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Chen Wei / Carolyn Drake / Harry Gruyaert / Rafael Goldchain / Andrea Torrei

Very proud to announce my participation in the 2021 Lavazza Calendar: The New Humanity. @LavazzaOfficial An art project that places man at its centre; a collective of artists in search of a rediscovered humanity. 13 masters of photography present a new vision of humanity that reflects their personal viewpoints and styles. They are #DavidLaChapelle #SimoneBramante #MartinSchoeller #AmiVitale #ChristyLeeRogers #SteveMcCurry #JoeyL #CarolynDrake #DenisRouvre #EugenioRecuenco #CharlieDavoli #MarthaCooper and #TOILETPAPER and six cultural “ambassadors” architect $CarloRatti, designer #StellaJean, writer #AlessandroBaricco, actress #KieraChaplin, singer- songwriter #PattiSmith, and Save the Children International CEO #IngerAshing The concept was sparked by the lockdown in spring 2020, when Lavazza decided to take a position and use its communication resources to speak out in favour of the universal values that are indispensable for the rebirth of humanity in a global scenario of serious adversity. “Everyday people can be transformed into angelic creatures with the slightest change of perspective, by using tools in new ways and allowing our mistakes to guide us toward new truths”. Christy Lee Rogers #THENEWHUMANITY #LavazzaCalendar #CalendarioLavazza #avant-garde #culturalmovement Thank you to my beautiful models @queenvcarlos @charlottemorris0415 @elisabeth.donaldson @ride_the_flow @tiffanyrose55 @courtney_e_condon and a special thank you to @elianenagata https://www.instagram.com/p/CHf1bZ1jgA2/?igshid=1b40lwup9wdi2

From the series 'Wild Pigeon' by #CarolynDrake https://www.instagram.com/p/BrfgFgCgzi7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=66p2h5vmzadg

‘The title for this body of work and book – Wild Pigeon – is borrowed from a fable of the same name by author Nurmuhemmet Yasin. It’s tale of a bird who sets out on a journey of discovery, but is captured and caged by humans. In the end, the pigeon commits suicide rather than live a life in captivity. Chinese authorities interpreted the story as a criticism of state control in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and sentenced the author to 10 years in prison. He has since disappeared. Paradoxically, despite the hero of the story dying, Wild Pigeon ends happily. I wanted to bring that positivity and note of hopefulness into the ending of the my photo book, so I included a booklet of images collected from customers at a mobile studio. Most Uyghurs aren’t permitted to leave China so I thought these self depictions of Uyghurs in foreign landscapes were a powerful demonstration of the imaginative potential of the photograph and represented a small a way for people to reclaim their agency.‘ – Carolyn Drake https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/carolyn-drake-wild-pigeon/

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アメリカの写真家、キャロリン・ドレイクが度々訪れた中国の西域ウイグル自治区。政治的にも複雑なこの地に写真家はプリントの箱、ハサミ、色鉛筆、スケッチブックを持って行ったそうです。現地の協力者(多分子どもたち)と再構成したらしい。外部の人である写真家と現地のウイグルの人々との交差の意味を探すための創造的なプロセスなのかもしれません。とても良いです。 #carolyndrake #photobook #wildpigeon #flotsambooks

Carolyn Drake Carolyn Drake (born in 1971 in California) is a North American photographer based in Athens, Georgia. She works on personal documentary projects, assigned commissions such as magazine editorial work, workshops, and gives lectures. Drake had a "multimedia job in New York's Silicon Alley" until starting as a photographer at the age of 30. She has documented the cultures of central Asia, and Xinjiang in China, in two well received self-published books, Two Rivers and Wild Pigeon. She has been a member of Panos Pictures, and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos; she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lange-Taylor Prize, four first place Pictures of the Year International awards and a World Press Photo award; and her work is held in the collection of the US Library of Congress. #carolyndrake

Carolyn Drake (born in 1971 in California) is a North American photographer based in Athens, Georgia. She works on personal documentary projects, assigned commissions such as magazine editorial work, workshops, and gives lectures. Drake had a "multimedia job in New York's Silicon Alley" until starting as a photographer at the age of 30. She has documented the cultures of central Asia, and Xinjiang in China, in two well received self-published books, Two Rivers and Wild Pigeon. She has been a member of Panos Pictures, and is a nominee member of Magnum Photos; she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lange-Taylor Prize, four first place Pictures of the Year International awards and a World Press Photo award; and her work is held in the collection of the US Library of Congress. #carolyndrake