Week 6 - Paris

During week 6 I ventured off to Paris with the course to explore the wonders of Paris. We went for 5 days where we explored The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, Catacombs, Paris Photo and more.

The Eiffel Tower - Paris 

One exhibition which I really liked was Photoquai Branly. This exhibition was presented on the banks of the Seine River and also into the garden of the Quai Branly Museum. It is also shown at the Eiffel Tower.  

Some of the class looking around the Photoquai Branly museum

CHINE - Yue LIU - Mountain Blossom 2007
(image of exhibition taken by myself)

When first looking at the image of course you see a variety of mountains on a clear sky but looking individually they aren't mountains but some sort of patterned quilt. Maybe showing a sense of life. Only showing the tip of the mountain quilt and showing a lot of the sky shows maybe someones childhood with all the bright colours, going back to the past to show what was good in his life. 


This image was shown on the river side of the exhibition. I love this image, I think it shows a lot of creative thought and how they have presented it shows a great quality to the work. The pastel colours all blend in well together and your eyes scan through the images easily looking at them both individually and together as one image. 

"The quilt took on colours and floral motifs in a symbolic reflection of an entire people's aspirations towards a better life" Lui says how the mountain blossoms helps to symbolise the quilt of his childhood. I think meaning comfort and warmth from China. 

One of the individual images
Copied from Photoquai website

One of our projects whilst in Paris was to choose a picture from a photographer found at the Paris Photo exhibition which we would then find out the processes of ready for our next image lab session. 

my selected image for the image process

Image taken outside entrance of Paris Photo

Sources


presentation - Photoquai 2011. presentation - Photoquai 2011. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.photoquai.fr/fr/2011/presentation.html. [Accessed 16th November 2011] 


Yue Liu - Photoquai 2011. 2011. Yue Liu - Photoquai 2011. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.photoquai.fr/en/2011/photographs/select-by-photographers/picture/photo/mountain-blossom-1.html [Accessed 16th November 2011]


Yue Liu - Photoquai 2011. 2011. Yue Liu - Photoquai 2011. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.photoquai.fr/en/2011/photographs/select-by-photographers/picture/photo/mountain-blossom-1.html [Accessed 16th November]