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October Unseen Exhibition features photographs from my “Outside-In” series that catches the ordinary moments glimpsed as we walk in our neighbourhoods at night. Whether it is a man standing at his front door; a woman watching television to unwind after a tiring day; a couple buying bread. These moments, isolated by the night, arouse my curiosity. The lit window or the open door holds the promise of a story.
My approach to these photographs is cinematic. Framed by a window or doorway, we are aware of being outside looking in. These images are reminiscent of Edward Hopper paintings. They invite us in yet exclude us. The surrounding darkness unsettles us as we experience our exclusion from that interior warmth, that intimacy, that relationship, that private moment, that sense of security.
”Outside-In” continues my observations of night life, begun with my “After Dark’” series (2011) of Feijiacun village on the outskirts of Beijing. In this latest series I explore further micro narratives that only exist at night.