Neo-Photography

In comparison with the history of painting which is more than a thousand years old , the history of photography is rather young as it only started in 1839. However, the function of photography in the construction, preservation, and transmission of history rapidly became unquestioned and essential. Yet, the public debate rather focused on whether or not we could encompass the functionality of photography, and consider its potential artistic value. Nowadays, with the ongoing technological progresses, photography has evolved from negatives to digital. The advent of science and technology triggered a profound transformation of photography, whose scope is now no more limited to the preservation of photogenic information. It involves a spatial performance and an aesthetic virtue ; photography became another medium to experience beauty. The four photographers invited for this exhibition are all about the artistic value of contemporary photography. Ultra-disc media, light, shadow, space, time, photography is no longer just a simple image, but a new world exploring the possibilities of graphic art.