m97 Gallery cordially invites you to "Empire: Impressions from China", a Solo Photography Exhibition by James Whitlow Delano.
Opening reception: Saturday, May 17th from 5pm to 7pm.
Exhibition dates: May 17th - June 18, 2008
Artist Lecture & Book Signing @ Glamour Bar*: Saturday May 24, 4 - 5 pm
m97 Gallery is pleased to present "Empire: Impressions from China," a solo exhibition by James Whitlow Delano of his profound black-and-white images of China taken between 1994 and 2004. This award-winning, Tokyo-based American photographer has one of the most significant bodies of work about China's past 15 years by a foreign photographer. This vast body of work is catalogued in his book, Empire: Impressions of China, which won the 2005 Award of Excellence from Communication Arts. The exhibition begins on May 17th, 2008, and m97 Gallery will hold an opening reception on Saturday May 17th from 5pm to 7pm. On Saturday May 24th from 4pm to 5:30pm the artist will be giving a presentation/discussion about his photography work as well as a book signing on the Bund at The Glamour Bar in Shanghai.
James Whitlow Delano is a world-renowned photographer having photographed all across Asia, from Afghanistan to Burma, India and Indonesia. His textured black-and-white photographs have the impact of documentary photography while presenting the viewer with an epic sense of the human condition. "Immersing myself in a country means, for me, quietly wandering the backstreets of its cities, towns and villages. I find it is still possible to slip into a place or situation unnoticed - at least temporarily. Speed is everything. I must pass by quickly and quietly in order to capture the 'out of the corner of my eye' immediacy that I seek before I disturb the scene," says Delano.
Tokyo-based Delano worked with Annie Leibovitz and Greg Gorman before going off on his own. Photographic assignments have taken him from the rainforests of Southeast Asia to the Silk Road, Africa and Europe, for Le Monde II, Time, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. Delano has received many awards, including the Alfred Eisenstaedt (Eisie) Award by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and presented by Life Magazine for work done in China, and the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Photography Competition and the National Geographic Society for "Jambeyang Holy Mountain, Tibet." Delano's "Empire: Impressions from China" body of photographs was the first one-person show of photography ever at the La Triennale di Milano Art Museum, Milano, Italy in 2005 and at Palazzo Battioro, in Venice, Italy in 2006.
*The Glamour Bar, 6/F, No. 5 The Bund (at Guangdong Road), Shanghai 200002
James Whitlow Delano 是一位全球知名的摄影师,他的作品涵盖了整个亚洲地区,从阿富汗到缅甸,印度,以及印度尼西亚。他那�酣鯑耽�的照片既有纪实摄影的深刻效果,又如史诗般壮丽地呈现了人类的状态。Delano 说:"对于我来说,深入一个国家意味着要在她的城市,小镇,乡村的后街小巷漫步。我发现还是可以溜到一个不被注意的场所或者场合――至少暂时如此。速度意味一切。我必须尽可能迅速且安静的经过以便能在其被我惊扰之前抓拍到我寻找已久的'在眼角之外'的那个瞬间。"