Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223) is a Beijing-based photographer and freelance author. His candid images of Chinese language youth exist outdoors of the conservative mainstream society and have garnered him consideration as a number one determine in Chinese language up to date images. His not too long ago revealed photobook, “Grand Amour” (Witty Books, 2020), is made up of photographs from his exhibition mission, “[email protected] Amour.” Curated by Anna Mistal, who invited him to shoot within the Lodge Grand Amour in Paris for a number of days, the mission was exhibited inside within the lodge in 2018. Zhipeng elaborates:
“I’m like a waiter who was given a particular identification. Presently, I could also be a stranger, maybe a maker of style and emotion, perhaps a peeper subsequent door, perhaps only a recorder utilizing a digital camera to invade others. The younger flesh got here out and in. Our communication was restricted to the narration of the shutter’s sound and an euphemistic dialogue. It is a colourful room full of invisible needs and sluggish laziness. The physique seems to be nonetheless, or only a dream, as a result of it’s not a robust oppressive relationship.”
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