Photo Shanghai 2015
By Billy Kung
After the success of its inaugural edition in 2014, the second iteration of Photo Shanghai—curated by fair director Alexander Montague-Sparey and organized by the World Photography Organization—will take place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from September 11–13. Art enthusiasts and collectors will once again have the opportunity to explore works by artists from across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as internationally renowned artists from Europe and America, amid the 50 international galleries from 15 different countries.
One of the main issues addressed by Photo Shanghai is to establish a dialogue in the photographic arts between East and West by ensuring nearly half the artists represent non-Western countries. From Europe and America galleries bring the works of world renowned artists such as French master of candid photography Henri Cartier Bresson, French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, American documentary photographer Elliot Erwitt, Candida Höfer, recognized for her technical perfection and Gustave Le Gray, hailed as the most important French photographer of the 19th century. From countries a little closer to home for those of us residing in the Asia-Pacific, expect to see Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki and Hiroshi Sugimoto from Japan, Beijing-born cinematographer Yang Fudong, Chinese new media artist Feng Mengbo and Taiwanese photographers Chien-Chi Chang and Hsieh Chun-te, among many others.
