这是一个与众不同的影像展览，所有的作品都是在2020-2021年间由手机拍摄完成的。而MOMENTS这个词，除了本意瞬间之外，也指向我们熟悉的朋友圈。在那里有我们每个人按时间顺序排列的生活图像，用影像拼出了你我的一整年。马丁·帕尔将手机对准自己家乡的海岸，拍下沙滩上晒着日光浴的人们。画面会让人联想起他著名的《最后的度假胜地》系列（《The Last Resort》）。但除此之外，他也拍下了因为身体不便而成为他出行必备品的蓝色电动滑板车；在冰淇淋店门牙上候着，伺机而动准备偷吃的鸟；在英国标准的阴雨天气，他坐在车里对着车窗产生的联想。迈克·哈斯班德拍下了自己在纽约工作室里的朋友，肖全拍下了自己的家乡成都的手艺人们，乔纳斯·本迪克森拍下了自己和家人们的一场郊游，麦克山下踏上直升机静候自己出生与成长的这座城市的一场日出......这些照片有着强烈的艺术家个人特点，也分享了他们诸多的平凡生活。正是这些琐碎的时刻让我们脱离标签，更接近这个人。正如麦克山下阐述中说的：“作为国家地理摄影师，大多数时间我都在全世界拍摄选题，而这次的选题我想为我自己的故事经历而做。年轻时我怀着梦去到过很多目的地，但这次我想要拍摄梦，以及一切开始的地方。”除了这些大师之作，这里也呈现了从384,878张2021 vivo VISION+影像计划投稿作品中挑选出的优秀作品。每个时期都有不同的手托起一片舞台，而他们都坚信影像的力量与感动，公平如太阳：人人都能感到、人人都能创造。正是这些时刻，让我们在嘈杂细碎的生活中不由自主地停下、捕捉，影像成为我们永恒的私藏，融化生活的乏味与艰难。正如埃尔文·潘诺夫斯基（Erwin Panofsky）在关于电影的那篇著名文章中写道：“让一种新技术的发现和逐步完善得以实现的，并不是对艺术的渴求；恰恰是技术的发明催生了一种新艺术的发现和逐步完善。”手机会对摄影甚至是更广阔的艺术催生什么呢？不得而知。但在这里，它让影像剥离了项目制的叙述语境，回归到一张图像本身画面的力量与属于创作者当下的那个瞬间。 文/马昕怡
2021 vivo VISION+影像计划，在人性化专业影像实力的加持下，积极实践“人人都是创作者”的理念，携手蔡司、美国国家地理、FIRST青年电影展等国内外知名行业合作伙伴，共同构建了包括VISION+手机摄影大赛、VISION+超短片大赛及VISION+影像学院在内的影像文化项目。
This year, the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival collaborates with vivo VISION+ in presenting “Our Moments, Create Together,” which showcases mobile phone photographs taken by Martin Parr, Xiao Quan, and other artists, as well as outstanding submissions to the VISION+ program. The exhibition explores the possibilities of the mobile phone as a new medium in photography, the meaning of those moments in life that force us to stop and observe, and photography’s return to its documentary roots.
Our Moments, Create TogetherThe special thing about this image exhibition is that all the works presented were captured via smartphones from 2020 to 2021. In addition to its original meaning of a very short period of time, the word moments also refers to the name of a familiar WeChat function (similar in scope to Facebook’s Stories). WeChat’s Moments keeps the images of our lives in chronological order and forms the prospects of an entire year based on images alone.Martin Parr turned his mobile lens on the coast of his hometown and photographed people sunbathing on the beach, reminding people of his famous The Last Resort series. He also focused on the blue electric scooter that has become a necessity for his travels because of his physical limitations; the bird waiting on the doorstep of the ice cream parlor for an opportunity to steal food; his random thoughts when sitting in a car; and looking into the window on a standard rainy day in the UK. Michael Halsband took photographs of his friends in his New York studio. Xiao Quan chose to shoot the craftsmen in his hometown of Chengdu. Jonas Bendiksen photographed a camping of his family. Michael Yamashita stepped into a helicopter in order to shoot a sunrise in the city where he was born and raised…. With these artists’ strong personal character, their photos share their ordinary lives. It is these trivial moments that bring us closer to the person behind the labels. As Michael Yamashita elaborated, “I spend most of my time shooting the selections around the world as a National Geographic photographer; however, I wanted to do it for my own storytelling experience. When I was young, I went to many destinations with dreams, but this time, I wanted to photograph the dreams and where it all began.”In addition to these works of masters, the exhibition also presents outstanding selections from among 384,878 works of the 2021 vivo VISION+ Project. Each period has different people holding up the stage, and they all believe in the power of images — fair as the sun — that everyone has the ability to sense and create. It is these moments that make us involuntarily stop and snapshot our noisy world. The images we capture therefore become our eternal private collection, melting the tedium and hardship of life.“It was not an artistic urge that gave rise to the discovery and gradual perfection of a new technique; it was a technical invention that gave rise to the discovery and gradual perfection of a new art,” Erwin Panofsky wrote in his famous article about film. What kind of influence will mobile phones exert on photography or even other forms of art? The answer is still up in the air. Here, though, images are allowed to rid themselves of the narrative context of a project-oriented system, thereby returning them to their powerful origins and the moments that belong to their creators. By/Ma Xinyi
Michael Halsband, Jessica, Circle, 2021. Courtesy of vivo VISION+. Shot on vivo.
Michael Yamashita, Dreamland,2021. Courtesy of vivo VISION+. Shot on vivo.
Xiao Quan, Chengdu,2021. Courtesy of vivo VISION+. Shot on vivo.
Jonas Bendiksen, An Autumn Tale, 2021.
Courtesy of vivo VISION+. Shot on vivo.
Martin Parr,No.376 Cornwall Story 2021,2021.
Courtesy of vivo VISION+.Shot on vivo.
vivo VISION+, Our 2021, Composed of 60 pictures.
Selected from the 384,878 submitted works received in the 2021 VISION+ Mobile Photo Awards.
205 days 384,878 photos3,160 short short filmsThis is how we portray the world with creators all over the world in 2021 vivo VISION+ project with mobile images. Our creators include world-class masters like Martin Parr, Jonas Bendiksen, Michael Halsband, Michael Yamashita, Xiao Quan, as well as people like us, who love life and expresses it sincerely. This is also a humanistic practice initiated by vivo, as a technology company with more than 400 million users worldwide. We believe that technology is to make people feel the world and connect with each other. As a universal language in the digital age, images allow us to break prejudices and boundaries and see the interlinkage and beauty of life.vivo is a technology company that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The company aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. vivo have a global network focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, photography and other up-and-coming technologies. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 50 countries and regions. With the strong support of vivo’s friendly and professional imaging technology and guided by the belief that “everyone can be a creator”, 2021 vivo VISION+ project joined hands with renowned brands from China and abroad, including ZEISS, National Geographic and FIRST International Film Festival. Our project includes VISION+ Mobile PhotoAwards, Short Short Film Awards and VISION+ Academy.