Let the between contrail when we follow, return that to be different from present new York. Wash in capitalism mix in vain alleged " gent is changed " before, new York is in move restlessly " summit summit " in, be full of confused, dirty, force. . . . . . . And such new York again nonexistent also. And all these, was filmed by the camera lens of cameraman Miron Zownir come down, recorded that new York that was held by all sorts of mad place.
20 centuries 70 time end, the friend that is in Berlin and London overcomes the period of flourishing, miron Zownir begins to contact photography. From at the beginning, he is right life condition of the society undertook sharp characterization at that time: The world is wandering between the anarchism of Utopian type and nihilistic ego destruction. Thenceforth rises, the work of Zownir exhibits with respect to the gallery of alive bound each district and museum.
Although he gained a success, zownir is sturdy still ground take root at him to the society critically. In fact, his byname " radical photography poet (The Poet Of Radical Photography) " (the nickname that Terry Southern of American well-known writer takes to him) also appear very apt today even. Here, we and this is called " radical " cameraman undertook be interviewinged simply.
·You are from what when begin to contact photography, why can photography attract you?
In my memory, my parents is in 50, 60 years subscribed to a lot of newspaper at that time and magazine, but the picture that their a bit did not realize to I go up to these magazines is interested. Because this is in my childhood, saw a photograph replace those children stories. Later, in a few years when contact photography at first, cameraman resembles any directors to me or the writer is same, be faceless existence. At that time, I am fond of the bring concussion sense of the thing with new experience, search those to be mixed unfamiliarly queer thing.
Today, I still have same feeling, discover a few magical things through photography. In the meantime, appear every time the circumstance that perplexes me, or it is to let me when life, sadness, I also can abreact with photography. Regard an on-the-spot record as cameraman, too much circumstance is worth to pay close attention to, but if you want to become a significant cameraman, you must choose the theme that you pay close attention to. Although I am right,vogue, scenery or effigies also are very interested, but when facing these subject matter, it is easy to writtening guarantee the control of fruit wants finally that I think much. But street photography was not forecasted so easily, you do not know what next meetings discover forever. For better for worse, you are important anounce expectation.
·Your photography work is celebrated with shift of violent black and white shadow, be what attracted you to choose such style?
Black-and-white photography is mixed more mysteriously than color photography careful, also do not have so clear. It aroused my imagination, is not dedicated at detail. Black and white gifted the content more weight that loses sight of to those naked eye place, be enclothed by an another gray and shadow place. Sometimes, black and white picture also allows us to take a risk to enter the airspace with an invisible eye. In short, black and white richer poetic flavour, more resemble dream, but enough however and true, also enough is disturbed we, make our doubt is mixed think over.
The cameraman that I like includes Wei Ji (Weegee) , black installs silk of · A Bo (Diane Arbus) , do not play game (Brassai) , Robert Frank (Robert Frank) and Don Maikekulin, they are celebrated with black-and-white photography. If you choose very dinkum black and white film, undertake creating with black and white film directly namely, so your eye shot has been mixed now everybody in the hand some mobile phones and digital camera have great difference. Nevertheless, when the chromophotograph that sees others, I also am self-identity and appreciation, because color also has a few,very good thing is inside.
·In street photography, you basically pay close attention to brim character it seems that. Why should you take these pictures?
Above all, because their life is such mix difficultly brutal, be worth to I am respected and pay close attention to. The 2nd, because they are ignored by public media greatly. We live in to be full of glamour, recreation, hypocritical affection and empty political world in. This is the call a spade a spade of a kind of morally, strangled any open to question opinions. I believe the thought is free, no matter whether it accords with so called regulation and system.
What still let me surprised is, I always am caused to the attention of brim character all sorts of doubt, "Why should pay close attention to them? "Why to pay close attention to? No matter be what reason, to me this is not important.
·In effigies of your a few street, I discover you and can have between the object that be photographed be looked attentively at directly and see the impact that is like insecurity. And in another some of photograph, film the object did not realize you are filming apparently they. Do you think cameraman and film the relation between the object should be what kind of?
Why to record the truth to you can have a problem? Why to record those from the person that is have at the beginning or filmed without consciousness be immoral? In these people that film in me, having a lot of people is not to stem from freewill and driftage street, a lot of people are environmental victim. What be no matter you appear in the reason of communal circumstance,, only two plant likelihood: Your or is being stared at, or is ignored.
If cameraman will take your picture, why can that be crime? That mights as well had banned street photography thoroughly. Do we take a picture how to many regulation still need? , do you also want to ban Buliesong (Henri Cartier-Bresson) , Dorothea · Lange (Dorothea Lange) or Robert Kapa (Robert Capa) work?
·You think why you these is in 20 centuries these photographs of 80 time, appear very important today?
See present new York, under photograph comparing, these photographs recorded new York not answer the fanaticism of existence is clammy. Come after that, rinse of new York classics it the unusual action of all kaleidoscope type, into paying exalted and absurd rent to let any, the person that lives in dove nest apartment however can safe existent place. . . . . .
·People classics is commonly used " radical " the work that one word will come to describe you. Do " radical cameraman " what to mean to you?
I just do the thing that I must do, no matter whether it has commercial value, still be media has fun at to this. Take no account of any expectation or acceptance, no matter age is popular trend, should not examine the content that I want to reveal or conveys more of course. I also pursue the film and writing job. No matter be what agency, I am met by my spirit, vision, aesthetic, imagination, detest, and the most important: Not by rule manner place is driven.
