Negli ultimi giorni mi sono intrippata coi lavori di Michael Wolf e ne ho trovato uno piuttosto datato (2003) ma spettacolare! Si intitola 'Bastard Chairs' e ritrae delle sedute decisamente non canoniche che il fotografo ha immortalato durante uno dei suoi numerosi viaggi in Cina. Di seguito la (bellissima) definizione che del soggetto. Bastard Chairs = 'They are not elegant, nor are they always comfortable. But neither are they mass-produced: they are individuals. In china, the objects used for sitting are as manifold as the occasions for sitting. Each chair and stool has its own character, is a companion, a bastard, or a venerable elder. their occupants sit close to the floor, introspective, watching the world go by, without the pressure of time. But a photographer trying to document such a scene quickly becomes the focus of attention: people passing by wonder what is going on; the person on the chair assumes a pose, though the intent was to catch him or her unawares. sometimes, a photographed chair was immediately confiscated by its owner: having lost its anonymity by being singled out as a photographically noteworthy object, it became an object of embarrassment, too shoddy to come once again into the camera's viewfinder.' (M. Wolf)
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