Caochangdi PhotoSpring is an exclusive three-year collaboration with the Rencontres d’Arles that brings exhibitions and events from the famed international photography festival to Beijing. Inspired by the successful Impossible Exhibition at Rencontres d'Arles Photography Festival 2010, Impossible was invited to present analog instant photography artworks at Caochangdi PhotoSpring. Rather than showing the original Impossible Exhibition presented in Arles, a completely new and international exhibition has been put together for the occasion.

Curated by Valerie Hersleven, four Chinese and four European photographers have been creating unique analog photographs shot on the latest Impossible instant films: Christoph Morlinghaus, Hervé Plumet, Huang Xiaoliang 黄晓亮, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Michael Schnabel, Mo Yi 莫毅, Qiu 丘 and Zhang Xiao 张晓.


《不可思议展》盛赞了非数字即时拍摄影这一独一无二的遗产和充满创造力的未来。由瓦莱丽·赫斯莱文2010年为法国阿尔勒国际摄影节发起。“不可思议”展已应邀巡展至“2011年草场地摄影季——阿尔勒在北京。”此次展览标志着“不可思议即时拍摄影在中国首次亮相。

在本次展览中，以下四名中国摄影家和四名欧洲摄影家将采用最新的“不可思议”即时拍相纸创作作品，呈现一个独一无二且充满启发性的摄影展：克里斯托弗·莫林豪斯、埃尔韦·普鲁默、朱丽亚·福乐东- 贝屯、米歇尔·施纳贝尔、黄晓亮、莫毅，丘和张晓。

展览由“不可思议”艺术计划，彤德艺画廊和草场地摄影季共同主办
策展：瓦莱丽·赫斯莱文
项目负责：姬莲


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The

Photographers

Christoph Morlinghaus
Christoph’s often large scale work mirrors the size of the cities and places that are subjects, where people don't seem to exist, which gives an almost surreal, hyper-real feel.


Hervé Plumet
In his way, Hervé allows pictures to come to life, using light and shadow as a message to be read, leading to the communication of sincere universal emotions.


Huang Xiaoliang 黄晓亮
Huang Xiaoliang’s photography plays with the nature of the medium by presenting scenes constructed of shadows projected onto walls or other surfaces. The resultant works are steeped in memory and fantasy, simultaneously idyllic and haunting.


Julia Fullerton-Batten
In each of her photos, Julia tells a story, and transforms what could be a simple picture into a dreamlike and precarious full of life world.


Michael Schnabel
At night, everything becomes quiet - a very important aspect for the landscape photography of Michael Schnabel.


Mo Yi 莫毅
With a discerning and artful lens, Mo Yi’s photography documents and examines the transformation of urban China over the past thirty years.


Qiu 丘
Qiu's photography is delicate and subtle. His images are fragments of silent poetry, full of nostalgia and memory for one’s “spiritual home”.


Zhang Xiao 张晓
Zhang Xiao’s photographs capture fleeting encounters with the sometimes bizarre, often arbitrary and always captivating face of contemporary China and its inhabitants.