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[NSFW] Suicide of the Controversial Photographer Ren Hang

 

(APPARENTLY OH WILL GIVE ME WP FOR NUDITY. I REMOVED THEM. CLICK LINK ABOVE ^ TO SEE ALL)

One of China's most renowned avant-garde photographer Ren Hang committed suicide... many guess that it's due to depression.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1. [+18806] Genius on the left, crazy on the right (a famous novel and drama on mental disorders), may Heaven be a release

 

2. [+9908] Ignoring the difference in our personal tastes, please give the creator sufficient respect. To those spewing hate in the comments, nobody needs to die just because you don't like their works, please accumulate some karma for yourself.

 

3. [+7373] Not forcing you all to recognize the talent but at least give basic respect.

 

4. [+5351] Not going to comment on whether his work is good or not. But at first glance it makes me feel suppressed, feel that the photographer must be really melancholic, his suicide proves this point. I can only say his works are a reflection of his view of this world, also something a depressed person sees.

 

5. [+3279] I think better not to repost, let him go in peace. All these big shots giving comments caused many people who do not know to come criticize him.

 

6. [+3125] (Replying to someone) If you don't know anything, don't spout nonsense.

 

7. [+1995] Also a photographer, I jumped off the 5th floor last January and am still enduring treatment for my legs. It's his depression that allows him to be avant-garde, not everyone can understand.

 

8. [+1596] Before her death, Taiwanese dancer Lo Man-fei comforted her friend by saying, "Life is like a party, I'm just going to another party, what's there to be sad about?" Just treat it like he's sick of this party and petulantly left.

 

 

9. [+860] It may be more appropriate to call him a designer instead. He does have ideas, but they are not very closely related to photography.

-[+325] There are many different kinds of photography. If you don't know, can't you read more books?

 

10. [+369] Followed him for a long time, very talented, what a pity

 

 

 

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One of China's most renowned avant-garde photographer Ren Hang committed suicide... many guess that it's due to depression. Facing the sea with spring blossoms (a poem), yet another person has left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1. [+11614] What a depressing sight

 

2. [+9114] I feel like this kind of photos are quite perverted

 

3. [+8079] You can fail to decipher but please don't attack, acting like a herd of idiotic pigs laughing at the intellectual human beings.

 

4. [+7899] Weird styling and poses + half/fully naked + cold background = avant-garde photography, truly don't understand.

 

5. [+7116] These photos express such loneliness

 

6. [+3820] Forgive this laymen but I truly can't appreciate...

 

7. [+1948] (Replying to someone) I feel a little disgusted looking at it

 

8. [+1356] This is the so called avant-garde art?

 

9. [+1149] (Replying to someone) Not going to comment on whether his work is good or not. But at first glance it makes me feel suppressed, feel that the photographer must be really melancholic, his suicide proves this point. I can only say his works are a reflection of his view of this world, also something a depressed person sees. (T/N: It's the exact same comment from the other post by a different user... copying?)

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"art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" - banksy

 

not to be all fake deep but i feel like there's some truth to this quote, that can be applied in this context. art shouldn't just be pretty, but rather provoking imo. it should stay with you for a while.

 

anyways i really love his pictures! sad that i only heard about him now that he's dead (as it usually goes with most artists)

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not to be all fake deep but i feel like there's some truth to this quote, that can be applied in this context. art shouldn't just be pretty, but rather provoking imo. it should stay with you for a while.

 

anyways i really love his pictures! sad that i only heard about him now that he's dead (as it usually goes with most artists)

 

yes. art is that form of manipulation to make you feel all sorts of ways

 

not gonna comment on his techniques and whatnot because imo everyone has their ways of expressing 

 

but these provocative photographs definitely made me feel that.....

 

 

 

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oh god this thread gonna get locked sjgklsjdhlkf OP OTTOKE U GONNA GET WARNING POINTS

 

 

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yes. art is that form of manipulation to make you feel all sorts of ways

 

not gonna comment on his techniques and whatnot because imo everyone has their ways of expressing

 

but these provocative photographs definitely made me feel that.....

 

 

 

 

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oh god this thread gonna get locked sjgklsjdhlkf OP OTTOKE U GONNA GET WARNING POINTS

 

 

 

What the... sis! I removed them pics. U mean it's still not good enough?! Shlafalavalavakaj 754f88575caa17115373c1dd156289d0.jpg

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(APPARENTLY OH WILL GIVE ME WP FOR NUDITY. I REMOVED THEM. CLICK LINK ABOVE ^ TO SEE ALL)

Amazing, apparently Ren Hang himself got so depressed because of how the Chinese authorities treated him because of his art and now OH! does the EXACT same thing and they probably don't even understand the irony...

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What the... sis! I removed them pics. U mean it's still not good enough?! Shlafalavalavakaj 754f88575caa17115373c1dd156289d0.jpg

 

call me bruv because i am a boi

 

but good on you!!

 

don't let em filthy mods get u!!! stay safe and sound!!

 

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Folks, art is a relative thing. It's about what the artist is feeling and what people interpret about it. It also depends on the cultural context and the artistic wave of the time (Do you know Pollock? You can see a lot of scribble, but this guy faced many criticisms for his art not being the usual of the time. He represented a cultural revolution where things could be abstract)

 

It's hard to explain, but this photographer was very expressive (Nowadays, there is a sexual revolution and maybe his art represents that. I imagine that in China, it's even more difficult to express your sexuality.) 

 

I hope he can rest in peace. 

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not to be all fake deep but i feel like there's some truth to this quote, that can be applied in this context. art shouldn't just be pretty, but rather provoking imo. it should stay with you for a while.

 

anyways i really love his pictures! sad that i only heard about him now that he's dead (as it usually goes with most artists)

"art" and "should (not) be" dont go together

 

also rip

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Reminds me of this (I won't embed the pic but it's not NSFW)

 

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOVFs3KcqP4/V2SJc1PpeLI/AAAAAAAAKZE/MsQcmlFa3yI9TgJPSq3ANZ_qK5NN7lfJwCLcB/s1600/The%2Bvulture%2Band%2Bthe%2Blittle%2Bgirl.jpg

 

This picture was taken when that little girl was dying and the vulture behind waiting till that happens. Due to other obligations, the photographer wasn't supposed to help the child and she died and the vulture ate her. The photographer commited suicide months later.

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Reminds me of this (I won't embed the pic but it's not NSFW)

 

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iOVFs3KcqP4/V2SJc1PpeLI/AAAAAAAAKZE/MsQcmlFa3yI9TgJPSq3ANZ_qK5NN7lfJwCLcB/s1600/The%2Bvulture%2Band%2Bthe%2Blittle%2Bgirl.jpg

 

This picture was taken when that little girl was dying and the vulture behind waiting till that happens. Due to other obligations, the photographer wasn't supposed to help the child and she died and the vulture ate her. The photographer commited suicide months later.

I thought it's uncertain what the fate of the little girl was? She could have been helped by someone else, hopefully. But yeah, the photographer committed suicide because he couldn't deal with the fact that he probably left the child to death and be eaten by vultures, it haunted him so much that he couldn't live with his guilt anymore. Poor soul(s).

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