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Photography Exhibit by Isis Hao and Joseph Niles November 28 - February 23, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 6 - 8 PM Open to all
Isis Hao
Using photography, Isis Hao has explored the concept of escape, not from a cultural identity, but from a distorted inaccurate cultural identity that she associates with Chinatown. Using Chinatown itself as a symbol of this cultural ensnarement, each of her pieces portrays a person, caught in the midst of this metaphorical entanglement. These images are bleak, often desolate: they are visual depictions of the tangible isolation that is felt when we categorize or stereotype a person, therefore limiting them, restricting them to our preconceived notions of who we think they should be. When we stereotype another human being, we are not only isolating them from ourselves but we are isolating ourselves from the rest of the world. In her work for this series, Isis spent many days wandering the streets of both Oakland’s Chinatown and San Francisco’s Chinatown. To see more of Isis Hao artwork, please visit isishao.webs.com
"Woman Reflected in Window" by Isis Hao
Joseph Niles
Joseph Niles has always been intrigued by cameras since a young age. He found his passion for it when he took his very first photography class in high school. Joseph lived in environments which flourish in nature and industry. Both have been a great inspiration to his art and the message in which he wanted to communicate. Joseph's series captures various industrial structures surrounded by an ample amount of nature. He's captured large bodies of water or manmade structures near water. He did this in order to combine reality with a dream-like quality to his work. It expresses the beauty of natural scenes along with the emotions we feel that can be guided and influence by nature. Our feelings about places like the ocean range from positive to negative emotions. As human beings, we perceive our world through the eyes of our experiences. Accordingly our emotions color, intensify, and change our perception of our surroundings. Joseph's images are a reflection of the inherent bias of human perception. "Blue Horizon" by Joseph Niles
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