Part of Shine Huang’s critically acclaimed Carry the Ocean series, this unique physical creation treats the single sheet of premium paper as an analytical laboratory for material and historical dynamics, focusing on adapting historical photographic processes into contemporary fine art. The diptych tracks an intense, deeply meditative graphic rhythm where unique abstract photographs are created without a camera by placing translucent objects directly on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light. The horizontal arrangement coordinates two independent sheets, juxtaposing a glowing ghost-like ancient text page on the left panel with an open historical volume showing a faint angel outline on the right panel over a deep, light-absorbing environmental void.
This project uses photograms, which are unique abstract photographs created without a camera by placing objects on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light. The result is a negative shadow image varying in tone, depending on transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear light; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear dark.
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Avant-Garde Analogue Photography - Ancient Page and Ancient Page Angel Diptych
Ancient Page and Ancient Page Angel, Diptych, 2017
From Series Carry the Ocean
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper.
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Signed on verso in ink
Shine Huang (M.F.A. Photography) is a Chinese-born photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been exhibited throughout international galleries and museums, including PhotoLondon, Photolux Gallery Lucca, Italy, Xuhui Art Museum Shanghai, China, Mason Fine Art Gallery Atlanta, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, South Southeast Gallery, Philadelphia Abington Art Center, Santa Fe Center Photo review, etc. Many of my work has been featured in magazines as Lensculture, Ilford Photo, Dodho Magazine Spain, SXSE Photo magazine, Jezebel Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, and etc. Shine’s photography skill is also well used in producing advertising campaigns and TV commercials. His clients include Coca-Cola, Crown Royal, Hennessy, Isakson Living, Martell, Moët & Chandon, Neiman Marcus. Shine holds an M.F.A in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. and a B.S. in Sport Management - Journalism from Arkansas State University. Shine is always seeking different methods of storytelling. He focuses on adapting historical photographic processes into contemporary art.
