Cooking, Zhangjiagang, China, 2004 by Jennifer Zhou

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12-JAN-2004

Cooking, Zhangjiagang, China, 2004

I abstracted the woman by using light and frame, drawing the eye into the steam. By doing so, I tried to make the picture convey a sense of place, and bring my viewers into the picture, helping them to both feel and smell this place.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
1/8s f/4.0 at 50.0mm iso100 full exif

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Mayand		29-Jun-2013 05:38
I love the frame here laoshi....

Jetski		11-Jun-2005 23:07
This is a great photo..Remind me of the movie "The Road Home" by Zhang Ziyi...please take more photos of cooking. :)

Guest		20-May-2005 16:20
I think this is some of the very best Black and White photography I have seen.

Guest		18-Nov-2004 16:42
Love how you emphasize cooking and not the cook in this image, makes me want to go to my favourite orienatal restaurant right now. Peter

Jennifer Zhou		18-Nov-2004 09:32
Very important detail that helps us understand better about this woman, thanks Tim for your wonderful eyes! By the way, that is tofu! Jen

Tim May		15-Nov-2004 18:50
I respond to the age and experience of the cook. She is cutting with a cleaver, through something (cheese? tofu?) directly into her hand. She has cooked for years and knows just how to use her tools.

Phil Douglis		02-Oct-2004 04:49
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Phil Douglis		28-Sep-2004 22:07
Marek says it perfectly, Jen. A sense of place means that you've put some things in this image that are unique to this particular scene and then memorably emphasized them. You abstract this person with light and frame, drawing our eyes into the steam that rises from the food. As the cook slices, you make us smell, and we can almost imagine the pungent odor rising from those onions, right. Our eyes begin to tear and its time to leave. But we shall always recall this place, because of how you have shown it to us here. Once again, this image becomes clear in black and white. Its message never came through in this way when I saw it in sepia.

Guest		09-Aug-2004 09:02
Wonderful light and composition. A real sense of place with a striking arrangement.

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