{"product_id":"closing-ceremony-magazine-02","title":"CLOSING CEREMONY Magazine 02","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmerica is so photogenic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Closing Ceremony\" is an original photo magazine by \"Same Paper,\" a self-publishing studio founded in Shanghai in 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis second edition is \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003eabout\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003e\"Americano.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis issue does not compile a history of American photography, but rather looks at contemporary America and American photography, \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eand presents a not-too-serious narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e It is presented in a relaxed context.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMore than 10 US-based photographers will be invited to \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003ephotograph the American spirit\u003c\/span\u003e .\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Topics include gender, politics, class and consumption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe photographers set the smallest details of everyday life in bright, clear light, reconstructing and visualizing them \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eto create a new order in which it becomes difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd through the images, we can hear their voices amid the chaos of America.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhether it's a tourist lost at the base of Trump Tower or a white, middle-class man cooking a healthy meal in a Los Angeles mansion, the series of images crafted by the photographer offer a stark contrast to the portraits of proud Americans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n \u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\" face=\"arial, sans-serif\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to photographs, this issue features articles by artists, curators, and researchers, as well as illustrations by American artist Drake Carr, introducing the theme of America in various ways. It also features a photo essay by visual communication researcher Joel Vacheron titled \"The Proud Smoke,\" which explores American visual culture.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe second issue of Closing Ceremony Magazine is about Americano. In this issue, Instead of taking the American Photography History as the editing orientation, we attempt to continue our Not-Too-Serious narrative, and present the observation of contemporary America and American Photography in a relatively relaxing context. Centering American Spirit, we more than 10 US based photographers, expanding this issue into topics such as gender, politics, class and consumption. By re-constructing and visualizing the minor details of the daily life, setting them in a bright and clear lighting, these photographers create a new order, in which the realness and fiction is hard to distinguish. And through the images, their voices can be heard among the chaos which America is going through. Either the images about tourists lost in the bottom of Trump Tower, or the images of white middle-class men cooking healthy food in a mansion located in LA, a series of images are created by these photographers, which bring a huge contrast to the proud American portraits. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApart from photography, articles written by artists, curators, researchers come along in this second issue, as well as a set of special featured illustrations drawn by American artist Drake Carr, which brings the topic America into various forms. We also invite the senior lecturer and investigator of Visual Communication of ECAL Joël Vacheron to write a photographic essay about American visual culture, The Proud Smoke.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e CLOSING CEREMONY Magazine 02 features 10 contributing photographers: Buck Ellison, Charlie Engman, Chris Maggio, Eva O'Leary, Gregory Halpern, Matthew Connors, Peter Sutherland, Pixy Liao, Sophie Tianxin Chen, Torbjørn Rødland, along with an essay written by Joël Vacheron, articles written by Robin Peckham and Peng Ke. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION:NEW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Sizing\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 202 pages\u003cbr\u003e 16 pages booklet of Chinese (Simplified) Translation for China mainland only\u003cbr\u003e 210 x 275 x 14 mm\u003cbr\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e Printed in Zhejiang, China\u003cbr\u003e Summer, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FIFTH GENERAL STORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60251691974737,"sku":"acb1788115126511","price":17.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/7134\/5745\/files\/closing-ceremony-magazine-02_1.jpg?v=1788115132","url":"https:\/\/www.plumtreehouse.shop\/products\/closing-ceremony-magazine-02","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}