Album – Silk Fan
This series highlights Confucian influences in the Vietnamese youth.
Portraits were taken at the cultural festival in the city of Hue, former imperial capital where scenes of mimes reconstituted the life in the Forbidden City. Models are wearing traditionnal ao dai dress.
Fans’ images are Chinese historical fan from the MET Archive.
The series uses the framing of drawings and paintings which is the common manner to see images on a wall or in a book.
The frame alters the perception and the meaning of the image.
Influence of an external power’s culture is exercised in the same manner on the Vietnamese society.
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Album – Silk Fan
Title : Landscape with Pavilions and Cranes Info : late Yuan (1271–1368), early Ming (1368–1644) dynasty
Title : Bird on a Loquat Tree Info : Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Title : Gentlemen Gazing at a Waterfall Info : Song dynasty (960–1279)
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Title : Autumn Splendor Info : Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Title : Camelia Flowers Info : Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
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Title : Flowers and Bees Info : Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Title : Sages Admiring Waterfall Info : Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
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