Caucasso Lee Jun
Caucasso Lee Jun:
Lee Jun was born in 1970s Shanghai and raised during the Cultural Revolution. When he was fi ve he moved with his family to Guizhou where he fi rst became interested in Art. In 1992 Lee ended a lifelong curiosity by using the money he made while working as an animator to purchased a Hai Ou- an old Chinese-model SLR. Soon afterwards he was spending all of his free time developing his own photographs in the dark room of Shenzhen Photography Magazine. After a period of intense experimentation Lee became dissatisfi ed with the limitations of traditional photography. Addressing what he saw as fundamental fl aw in camera design Lee chose to break photographic conventions and began to see the world using two „eyes“. Armed with two cameras, two enlargers, and utilizing fi lm developing techniques that required twice as many chemicals Lee created his own unique approach to photography. Throughout his decade long career Lee insisted upon using black and white fi lm and his singular photographic approach to forge a truly unique style. Regardless of what kind of improbable situation he found himself in or how rapidly the scene around him began to change, regardless of weather he was shooting objects in motion or a still life, he became convinced that the „life“ behind any action never becomes truly realized until it is captured on fi lm. Lee likes to shoot in public places because he believes beautiful moments to be rooted in the real world. It is there that his impulses take over and where moments, instant by instant rush before his eyes.
street serial - photograffity each 42cm x 60cm
Yvonne - photograffity each 42cm x 60cm
big heads - photograffity each 42cm x 60cm
Caucasso Lee Jun at the exhibition “Real Image Kitchen” at Island6 Shack Shanghai
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