TAM Hing Kai

 

 

Born in Hong Kong. Tam focuses on art photography. He had participated in various exhibitions in Europe, Hong Kong and Mainland China including: “Post Straight” Contemporary Hong Kong Photography Exhibition 2012, “China Ping Yao International Photo Festival 2011 and 2012”, “Chiaroscuro – New Photography Exhibition”, “Up and Go Photography Exhibition (Upper Station Gallery)” etc. He has been the guest instructor in S.H. Ho College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the instructor of “Eye to eye” photography documentation project held by Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in fine art in Hong Kong Art School/ RMIT University in 2013 and Master's Degree of Arts (Fine Arts) in The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015.

 

 

He was started learning photography since 2008 and his early works used the approach of Intimate Photography to present the relationship between him and his family member (My Grandmother, 2008). Also, he was try to use the method of Contemporary Art to reconstruct and re-examine his daily life in his work (The Exit, 2010 and Life in 336 Hours, 2011). From 2011, Tam's creations put emphasis to the external world and explore the nature of photography from difference directions (Praise of Shadow 2011, Untitled Video 2011-12 and The Monoliths, 2012) to represent the indeed feeling of peaceful, leisure and devotional exercise in his life.

 

 

 

 

譚慶楷

 

 

生於香港，專修藝術攝影。曾參與歐州，本港及內地多項展覽，包括：「後直」當代香港攝影展2012、「2011及2012中國平遙國際攝影大展」、「Chiaroscuro 黑白分明 - 新生代攝影展」、「Up and Go 攝影展 (Upper Station 畫廊)」等。譚氏曾任香港中文大學何善衡書院客席導師及香港攝影文化協會『另眼相看』紀實攝影計劃之導師。並在2013年取得香港藝術學院/ 澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學純藝術學士學位及在2015年取得香港中文大學藝術文學碩士學位。

 

自2008年起開始攝影創作，早期作品主要由自身出發並以親密攝影的方式表達與身邊的人的關係 (祖母, 2008)，也有賞試利用當代藝術的攝影手法把自已的生活再現在作品之中 (出口, 2010 及 生活336小時, 2011)，以重新檢視自已的生活方式。從2011年開始創作重點由自身轉向外在世界，並且從多個方向探討攝影的本質 (Praise of Shadow 2011，Untitled Video 2011-12 及 巨石 2012)，表現出作者在鬧市當中，帶有一種寧靜閑逸的心靈狀態及出世脫塵的價值觀。