Graduates' Sharing

我在大學任教社會學，攝影成為我的業餘興趣已有十年時間。2015年毅然報讀這個深造課程，課程讓我看到影像創作的無窮可能性，也提供了非常寬闊和開放的藝術空間讓我探索自己的影像世界。一年的時間很短，卻收穫豐富，也將會畢生受用。完成課程之後，我嘗試繼續創作，有幸地獲得香港藝術發展局的資助，舉辦了首個個人攝影展，亦自資出版了我的第一本攝影集《流光.時黑》。這些，其實都不過只是個起點；但可以說，這課程是讓我走上藝術攝影道路的搖籃。

Although everyone can now take a technically acceptable photograph, the Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Photography of HKU SPACE shows you how to take a “better” photograph. There are two aspects to the answer:

1. How to take a more beautiful photograph. Many photographers take this as the major desired result in their photography. This produces a product for exhibition.


2. How to take a meaningful photograph. This is what the Postgraduate Diploma course trains you to do. The end result is photographs that make a casual observer stop in front of the photograph, look, reflect, and consider what impact the contents have on society. This produces an impact on society.

As example of aspect no. 2 is discussion on a series of photographs on child labour in America. The impact is a new law forbidding child labour in that country. A second example is on a woman photographer who photographs herself, often in 2 different roles in the same photograph, which reflects the role of women in society. These have not changed laws, but start society thinking about the role of women in a male-dominated society.

The course takes the students through different styles and topics through the development of photography in Europe, America, Japan, China and Hong Kong. It tells you what photograph was sold for US$ 2.5million in 2015 and why. It trains the student to make presentations on subject matters in his environment.