Monday, October 09, 2006
10/09/2006 03:45:00 PM
10/09/2006 03:45:00 PM
Weird But Wonderful
posted by FH2o
I got this from Joel's blog and would like to share this with you about the Photography of Wu Xiao Kang. Simple yet hauntingly intriguing, they have a way of engaging you and make u stop and ponder like all great photographs do. Who say a few words and a simple image cannot move you? See this. And read his bio. It'll haunt you. It did me.
Wu Xiao Kang
1979 - 2005
Xiaokang spent half his life battling acute schizophrenia. he had often talked about himself and his hallucinations in the most intriguing way, unlike other patients. Xiaokang was a special case. you could never tell he was suffering from schizophrenia until you realize, that he never laughs at all. the 36 pictures you are about to see are from his last roll of film he shot before he died. he has shot this set of images repeatingly, for at least 35 times in 2 years. he was like a machine that was walking around the place and duplicating this set of slides for 35 times. the cropping for the images, although shot on different days, was alway the same. the writings are exerpts from his notebook.
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Post a Comment At Monday, 09 October, 2006 
said:
i came across a bespectacled lady in her thirties a few times at parkson,many years ago(may be...10yrs).she looks normal -if not,very normal like any educated looking lady.and shes pretty too - you know,the nana moskouri-type.then..of all a sudden,she'd just stand there and starts talking and bla-bla like ...like lecturing in a university.wow...the english she uses,she was good !then..she can just stop all of a sudden and walks off .i kinda felt sorry for her but i dont see her anymore after that.thats one type of schizophrenia...i think.
At Tuesday, 10 October, 2006 
Robin said:
a beautiful mind
At Friday, 13 October, 2006 urbanwriter said:
a very odd sensation; the there and not there, what you cannot hold - is in your hand, the invisible made visible.
it seems both voyeuristic and oddly welcoming.
it seems both voyeuristic and oddly welcoming.