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Everybody Has a Story | Shanghai Story | China on the Move | Abstractions | Shanghai Subway | Cityscape | Landscape | Story of Rachel | Portraits: Family, Friends, and Strangers | Grandma's 90th Birthday | Grandma and her Brother: Divided Still | The Mirror of My Soul | My Sky. 2003 | Greeting Cards | At the Gate of the Lion. 2003

At the Gate of the Lion. 2003

A photography project for EZ-Data, Inc.

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Teymoor G11-Feb-2005 07:21
abosolutely wonderful, all of them. This is a great series. i am partial to the last shot, as i love light painting with my own photography... which, i've been slacking on. keep sharing your beautiful photos! --teymoor--
Pic Chick04-Feb-2005 20:33
Jen,

I rode over this bridge every day for several years, but never did it look as majestic, powerful and beautiful as it has through your eyes. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent, and opening my eyes to unforeseen images. I also enjoyed reading Phil's comments and advice and these tuned me in to things I had not focused on.

Cheers!
Guest 04-Jan-2005 08:27
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visitor 10-Dec-2004 23:20
These are very beautiful images. Good job! Just one thing though, viewers really don't get a sense what the bridge is really like. I bet the bridge does not look like this 95% of the time when one walks up to it. How about a wide angle shot during the day time showing the heavy traffic flow. Sometimes it pays to step back from being artsy. The ordinary can be beautiful too.

good luck
Guest 05-Nov-2004 15:21
Dear Jen,

OMG, a lunch with Jen? You ain't teasing me right? Regardless,
it still looks like one since we are 12 hours apart. A lunch
is a dinner here, or vice versa. =)

Now that the deal has been done ;-), I wish you would like what
you're going to hear about, my 2 cents, Canadian. :)

First, I believe the current vertical layout works very well for
a "portrait" monitor, but probably not the many average "landscape"
montors. Secondly, if I recall correctly, the original gallery had
many more photos, all of which are as beautiful.

By displaying more as a whole and in one screen view, it was
simply overwhelming stunning, stellar and spectacular. It was more
like an entree than an appetizer. Oh my, am I greedy or what? :D

Yours,
Charlie
Jennifer Zhou27-Oct-2004 12:38
Marek,
It was a great experience shooting this bridge, and I was struggling hard to bring this bridge to a new vision every time. I made many many pictures of this bridge and they were displaied before as individual pictures, but now Phil came helping me to sort them out and compose them as a story! I was so excited to see the result! And I will later with Phil's help to write introduction and captions for this gallery to make it a real photo essay!

"The Bridge" by Ian Banks. Ok, I will keep that in mind and will look for that book (if I am allowed to buy it online from China.)

Thank you for your "constructive criticism" Marek! I never notice this problem before, but now I see some of them really lack of support on the bottom..Hahah....Hope they can still stand still in the pictures~~

Charlie,
You still like my original gallery? I had about 50 images before in this gallery, I know it is pity to see only a small part of them now, but what I am doing here and with my whole pbase gallery as well is to keep only the best pictures that can tell some stories. I probably took out 2/3 of my pictures and leave only about 200 images now. Hope you can still enjoy them and tell me what they mean to you if you have time. You have been long time supporting me and my gallery, thank you so much Charlie! I will buy you lunch when you come back to Shanghai next time!! :)

Jen
Guest 25-Oct-2004 17:18
Jen, your original gallery was the one made me fall in love
with your photos... I like the original gallery better... :P

Charlie
Guest 11-Oct-2004 10:20
This gallery is a very good example of a series of individual images making one whole. Something like this is a great indulgence for the photographer, but it also tests and exposes for all to see the artist's creative mettle. Since the subject matter is well-known, the viewer has higher expectations of seeing something different and visually-pleasing. You have definitely achieved all this here; in the aesthetic, but mainly through story-telling potential you have sparked in our imaginations. As Phil points out, some of your images here are loaded with symbolisms, eg the fire, and the gallery is rich in varied cultural references, eg the time-lapse traffic or starlights. At once mysterious, and fairy-tale like, it anchores our thoughts to that very powerful symbol, the bridge, and then takes us to the other side... If you get the time, read ‘The Bridge’, by Ian Banks. Finally, I have one bit of constructive (pun intended ;-) criticism. In some cases the lack of true vertical, perfect symmetry, or attention to the bottom of the support, weakens the visual strength of the bridge. It's just a technical thing, or maybe just a ‘man’ thing ;-)
Jennifer Zhou10-Oct-2004 08:36
Dear Phil,
Thank you so much for you below comment! You are the best teacher ever!:)
I am sorry you have to scroll forever to read comments, but me and Leo don't have that problem, And I use the same style sheet in all my other galleries, do you find the same problem with other galleries too? I don't know actually how to "edit" it to make it work for you but I did change something, please let me know how it shows now!

Yes, we will work on the titles and captions, let me finish work on my hands now and get to that soon! :)


Jen
Phil Douglis10-Oct-2004 05:13
Jen, Think about reworking the format of this page -- at it stands, at least on my monitor, you have to scroll forever to read the comments. I think you just need to check some box or something on the "edit" page to fix it. Meanwhile, I am still looking forward to helping you finish this remarkable essay by working on the headlines and captions with you. All I need is the basic info for each picture plus anything you might want to add in the captions about the making of these pictures. I'm ready when you are.

Phil
Phil Douglis08-Oct-2004 22:45
I read this exchange between you and Leo, Jen, with much pleasure. I am honored to have been invited by you to help edit your work, and I thank both Leo and you for acknowledging my efforts here. However I still insist that the the real reason why this essay works so well is because of the meaning that Jen expresses through these images. Photo-editing is a discipline that adds meaning to photographs by weeding out redundancies. It also involves the art of sequentially adding pictures to each other to tell a story. That's what I tried to do with Jen's marvelous pictures here. But the best photo-editor in the world can't add meaning through cumulative sequencing such as this if the images themselves fail to tell a story. That's why I must give all of the credit to Jen herself. These photographs are remarkable. My role here was simply to "uncover" these gems by separating them from a mass of less effective photographs, and then putting them into an order that made sense. If my contribution to this gallery can help turn you into a tough critic, as well as a better editor of your own work, Jen, it was time very well spent. Congratulations, my friend. This is only the beginning.

Phi
Jennifer Zhou08-Oct-2004 15:14
Thank you Leo for your wonderful, thoughtful, truthful comment here!!
You know that I always feel grateful deeply in my heart for everything teacher Phil has taught and helped me and if wasn't for him, I would still blindly seeking my way to understand what is ture photography all about, and most likely I may actually give up photography before I find the answer~~You knew that Leo, I was so close to give it up but here he is, my dear teacher Phil, evokes all my dreams, shows and leads me to the world of expressive photography. He is so wonderful, nothing can express my thank to him~~
And you Leo, you were there all the time when I took these pictures, thank you for all your support!

Jen
Leo 08-Oct-2004 09:20
Bravo~ If it is to be scored 100 for this gallery, I would give 50 to Phil. As I always believed, people need to be recognized for what they've done, especially when it comes to nice photographs like yours. When I saw your work, it's just like seeing magic because I was there physically when you took those pictures, but to be honest, I didn't even come close to imagin what could have been made. When Phil comes into your life, your photos are finally been woke up, and tells wonderful stories of their own. There is an old Chinese saying: a horse that can run a thousand miles may only be recognized by the wise horseman. I can feel how phil sees your photos after read his essey. You should put a proper creit here to recognize Phil's work. Maybe this gallery should be called, Gate to the Lions, Photo essey by Jennifer Zhou, composed by Phil Doglis. Keep going, and never give up, you will always find there are people who love your work.
Guest 16-Sep-2004 21:14
spectacular!!!!
Guest 01-Sep-2004 12:45
excellent gallery loved the visit
Phil Douglis13-Aug-2004 02:50
You show much promise as an architectural photographer in this collection, Jennifer. While devoid of people, this bridge is the work of man's genius, and you have captured that genius in your use of perspective, detail and form. Some of your images remind me of Margaret Bourke-White's industrial photography from the early 1930s. You have also placed the bridge into contexts that define its scale, use, and relationship to the cityscape and to nature. The most important contribution you make here is cumulative. The point of this series of images is the sum of its parts. While no single image says it all, all of your images say it well.
Robert Hepburn 30-Jul-2004 13:56
Oh, boy, Jennifer, do you bring back a lot of good memories with this gallery. My wife, Barbara, and I lived in Burnaby for five years and worked in Vancouver during that time.
I took a lot of photos back then with a 35mm camera and have albums full of those memories as well. Your photos bring us up to present day Vancouver, and we like all of them very much. Thanks for sharing them with us. Bob.
A Reid02-Apr-2004 05:17
Jennifer, which are your new shots?
Guest 26-Jan-2004 13:20
Glad to see you back. This gallery is really terrific.
Guest 24-Nov-2003 03:26
Exquisite work Jennifer. Wonderfull perspective, color and composition. I wish I had your eye for the outdoors. A gallery that is truly a treat to behold.
loren 20-Oct-2003 01:33
good photos. you love composing images. it reads clearly.
the lions gate bridge appeared to lose the serenity it offered
when the string of glaring lights given to the province of bc
were installed onto the suspension.

stopping in stanley park was not quite the same after that.

bridge-gazing lost its charm, in my opinion.
Dick Tsang18-Oct-2003 13:05
Jennifer,
This is an amazing collection of photos of a bridge! I can see you had made a few visits there, or even camped out there all night! Keep up the good work. Also, looking forward to see your daily pictures...
Dick
Brian Lai04-Oct-2003 11:31
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Best regards!
Brian
Randu 27-Sep-2003 09:19
All I want to say is "As a SFU Grad and an Overseas Chinese far from home, your pics cheer me up!"

Have a nice day and well done!
Jennifer Zhou26-Sep-2003 07:40
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Guest 25-Sep-2003 10:36
Hi Jennifer,

You should be thankful this many people are trying to help you with your project. However, I want to say something to onyx regarding his comments. I've seen many people's photos about the Lion's gate bridge, but I have to say, Jennifer has done an excellent job to capture some of the beauties of this bridge, compair to many others, even some professional photographers. However, as an amateur, her job is not perfect, manybe even not anywhere near there, but that's exactly her strong point because she has put her passion into her photos. Lion's gate bridge is not easy to photograph because it's so boring and lifeless. We need to encourage her for excellent job done as an amateur, and wish she one day become a peofessional.
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Guest 19-Sep-2003 07:19
Very beautiful ! No only the quality, and the composition.
rtvfan 19-Sep-2003 01:22
Very beautiful!
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