Perfume: A Pazu Chan Photography Exhibition

Pazu Chan
Pazu Chan

 

When perfume meets with photographer, it can be more than just pack shot. Pazu Chan, raised and bred in Hong Kong, has recently presented his photography exhibition ‘Perfume: A Pazu Chan Photography Exhibition’ at Parfumerie Trésor, to explore inner sentiments through the pictorial formation of perfume.

Remember “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, a movie describes a strangely detached boy with superhuman sense of smell but without odor of his own at birth. As he is totally infatuated with a girl by scent, he is being a notorious murderer to collect scents by the desire to recreate the girl’s aroma. The movie sounds insane? Aroma, sex and desire are exactly the impressions which Pazu hopes to express through scent and imagery.

With sex and desire as the theme, Parfumerie Trésor’s attic seems to be the perfect match of this exhibition. The interior design of the attic is retro and classic with seductive red wallpaper reminds people of the Moulin rouge in France. Different from the cancan dancers who are all female, Pazu spent a few months to find his model – a male modern dancer. ‘Comparing with female, naked male body is competitive neutral with the combination of soft and strength. Yet it is difficult to find someone who is willing to be a nude model in Chinese society and has the ability to present the essence of the theme with movement of dance. Modern dancer can easily use their movement of dance to present the expression I want, with little instruction. I prefer these kind of interactive over enforcing the model with particular pose.’ Pazu said.

In addition to the element of dance, the goat mask also has its special expression, ‘It is a symbol of sex in the Western.’ The six photography and perfumes represent six kinds of feelings: passion, intensive, heavy, seductive, painful, ambiguous…or more. Imagery and perfume, which plays the leading role in this exhibition? Literally, both are equally important, the combination use feelings and impressions to create stories.

 

Information
Date: August 7 to Semptember 9, 2015 (12-8pm)
Address: 28 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
Interviewee: Pazu Chan
Source from: CC+ & Parfumerie Trésor

Perfume: Etiquette Bleue, D`Orsay
Perfume: Etiquette Bleue, D`Orsay

Concept of photography: Intensive

 

Perfume: Manoa
Perfume: Manoa

Concept of photography: Imbalance, Seeking

 

Perfume: 1969
Perfume: 1969

Concept of photography: Ambiguous, Seductive

 

Perfume: Black Ebony
Perfume: Black Ebony

Concept of photography: Struggle, Pain

 

Perfume: Private Label
Perfume: Private Label

Concept of photography: Light, Confusion

 

Perfume: Hard Leather
Perfume: Hard Leather

Concept of photography: Free style, Stories, Imagine

 

玩味藝術:《香水》攝影展

Pazu Chan
Pazu Chan

 

香水+攝影不一定等於產品攝影,誰能想到crossover後是玩味藝術?香港土生土長攝影師Pazu Chan(陳啟藍)與 精品香水店Parfumerie Trésor合作舉辦《香水》攝影展,氣味和影像結合後多了一個想像空間。

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