Every winter,a train runs across the island of Hokkaido in Japan. Known as the Okhotsk‑no‑Kaze (Wind of Okhotsk), it inspired the name of a series of snow-covered images by Shanghai-based photographer Ying Yin. “Snow is like a frame, and ” she says. “It can make usual things unusual. These photos reveal the feel of Hokkaido in heavy snow: silence,loneliness, time frozen, and the snow making the city like a watercolour.” Yin manipulates her images to blend contemporary photography and classical art. “There is a traditional Chinese portray skill,Liu Bai, which means you leave white space to allow others to fill it with their imaginations. I move the unnecessary details absent… You can start imagining.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk