'Just some portraits of those who grew up in the 1980s. The term "Post-80s" has been talked of too much, excessively, so much so that it has become a proper noun, signifying a few descriptions and even criticisms against young people born in the 80s. At once complicated, conspiratorial, critical, superficial, and imposed. Labels have become meaningless symbols. And so now we would speak for ourselves, not with text but with images, post-80s in the eyes of post-80s.

'We grow up in an interesting era. With the advent of digital photography, almost every post-80 has a camera of his/her own. Photo taking is no longer something reserved for festivities, nor is it the privileged activity of the professional photographer. One can take a photo just by clicking at one’s mobile phone. Some of us return to film photography, and toy cameras like LOMO, Polaroid, and even pinhole cameras, have become ever more popular among post-80s. No matter it is self-portraits or portraits of people nearby us, we have become increasingly sensitive towards our own selves and other people, and more eager to shoot ourselves and the world around us from our own perspectives. 

'This photobook is a collection of portrait works by post-80s in all walks of life. Some of them are photographers and artists, while most have nothing to do with art and creative industries, a few are still in school. There are works taken with a wide range of devices, including digital camera, LOMO, Polaroid, Fuji Mini, pinhole etc. There is no distinction of professional/amateur or good/bad, only an assortment of impressions of the post-80s by the photography-loving post-80s. Works that show a daily Hong Kong context are especially selected to illustrate the relationship between post-80s and the city.' (from press release)

This photobook is followed by an exhibition of the same title which is part of the Hong Kong Photo Festival programme, held in December 2010.



只是一些1980年代成長的人的肖像。「80後」這個詞被人說得太多了,說濫了,甚至變成了專有名詞,象徵了某幾種對80年代出生的年輕人的描寫分析:高深的、陰謀論的、批判的、片面的,但都是別人附加於我們身上的。標籤成為了沒有意義的符號。所以,這一次,不以文字,只以影像,由我們自己來說明,80後眼中的80後。 我們成長於一個很有趣的世代。因著數碼化相機的普及,每一個80後至少擁有一部私人相機。拍照不再是大時大節時才做的事,也不是專業攝影師的特權,拿著一部手提電話,我們已經能拍照。也有的回歸菲林相機,Toy Camera 如LOMO、Polaroid,甚至針孔相機,在80後之間也越發受歡迎。不論是自拍還是拍身邊的人,我們對自身和身邊的人的感覺是越發敏銳,也越發希望以自己的角度出發,去拍我們眼中的自己和世界。 這攝影集集結了各行各業的80前後人像作品,他們有的是攝影師,有的是藝術家,但更多的是跟藝術行業完全無關的人,也有在學中的學生。當中有數碼相機、LOMO、Polaroid、Fuji Mini、針孔相機等各種形式的作品。沒有專業業餘優劣之分,只想呈現各位愛拍照的80後眼中的80後而已。這次特別選出了取景於日常香港的人像作品,想藉此也表現出80後跟這個城市的關係。

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Onsite

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MON.LWL
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Chinese - Traditional

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2010

No of pages

120

ISBN / ISSN

9789881945815

No of copies

2

Content type

photobook

80± - post-80s in the eyes of post-80s: a photobook project by Mary Lee
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80± - post-80s in the eyes of post-80s: a photobook project by Mary Lee, 80± ─ 80後眼中的80後