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Old 01-15-11, 10:30 AM   #1
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some pics from China
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Old 01-15-11, 10:33 AM   #2
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photoshopped?
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Old 01-15-11, 10:33 AM   #3
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No. Its no fun website either.

Or more precise, the artist, a French photographer has edited the photos to arrange the interaction between bystanders and the location, but the heaps of boxes and things on the bikes nevertheless are real. He added persons and objects and accentuated colours and espeically the contraqst between fore- and background, in order to reach the effect that the already huge heaps of things against the background appear to be even bigger.

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/fahrkultu...739273,00.html

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Den Anstoß zu seiner Bilderserie erhielt der Fotograf 2009 während seines ersten Aufenthaltes in Shanghai. "Keiner der Arbeiter hat für mich posiert", erzählt der Fotograf. In den Fotos steckt ein enormer Retuschieraufwand. "Ich habe Tausende von Bildern gemacht und später alles rekonstruiert, indem ich stets das gleiche Standardverfahren angewendet habe: der Lastenträger und sein Stapel im Vordergrund, während die schwindelerregende Höhe der Ladung mit den modernen Gebäuden im Hintergrund korrespondiert."

In der zeitgenössischen Fotokunst ist Nachbearbeitung kein Tabubruch mehr. Die digitale Retusche ist Stilmittel und hilft, das Thema stärker herauszuarbeiten. Zusätzlich eingefügte Elemente vergrößern die ohnehin schon voluminöse Ladung, und farbliche Verfremdungseffekte entrücken die Szenerien ins Phantastische und Traumhafte. "Ich hatte den Eindruck, dass China hin und her schwankt zwischen der glanzvollen Modernität seiner Architektur und der Einfachheit eines großen Teils seiner Bevölkerung in den Straßen. Die enormen Ladungen auf den Transportgefährten erschienen mir beide Phänomene perfekt zu veranschaulichen."

Die glatte Oberfläche und die strahlenden Farben der Fotos erinnern an Werbung oder an Bildchen mit Hindugöttern, Süßigkeiten oder Spielzeug. Der putzige Eindruck täuscht. Die Schattenseite dieser Welt bleibt ausgeblendet. Unsichtbar bleiben die sozialen Zwänge, unter denen diese Menschen oft leben, die geringen Löhne und die fehlende soziale Absicherung. Man muss schon genau hinsehen.
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I have seen such bikeloads on TV also, in docus about China and Vietnam.
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just take a look at the shades...
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Old 01-15-11, 11:44 AM   #5
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If they are empty boxes, we used to see this sort of stuff in Korea too.
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Old 01-15-11, 12:04 PM   #6
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this sort of thing actually exist

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Indeed it is not much weight in most cases, the boxes on the first pic for example are described as empty "gift-boxes". It's all about balancing the whole thing.
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It is photoshopped. Even if the contents were light like cerial the mass would weigh over 1000 lbs. The wheels would bend and the tires pop. The shadows don't look right and even empty boxes would most likely flip the driver backwards.
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It is photoshopped in that the people and some items standing on the street, as well as background and foreground, have been composed and copied, thats why there are graphical artifacts, like non-matching shadows and people gazing odd. But I take it from the article and the picture texts that the main motive, the bicycle riders, are real. The pictures have composed and edited toi maximise the contrast between modernity and backwardedness, and to show the giant buildings of the baqckground against the giant loads of the simple people with their bikes, says the text.

It is looking odd, and I would think "photoshop" too - if only I would not understand the texts and the article differently.
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But now I am not sure myself anymore...
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Good luck if a gust of wind comes along.
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