「it doesn’t have to rhyme」
Magnum Photos Creative Documentary and Photojournalism program 2023-2024
Chaoqun PANThis project revolves around the remnants of dream imagery and the imagination of the city
Each day before sunrise, I wander the streets, riversides, and surrounding forests of Paris, carrying the emotions lef over from the previous night's dreams, in search of scenes that resonate with them.
The city that emerges in these images stems from my imagination false, bizarre, grotesque, oppressive, and yet tenderly romantic These are the closest comfortable distances between me and the city.
Then, as the sun rises, the imagination fades, and I once again rejoin the millions of tourists in the city
Even though this project records the city through the lens of documentary photography, its essence is a quest into my inner world
I’m Chaoqun PAN, a photographer based in Paris and Hangzhou.
I graduated from Magnum Photos’ Creative Documentary and Photojournalism program, was the contracted photographer with ZEISS in China, and also served as a guest lecturer in photographic arts at l'ECV, a French art school
My main focus is on landscape photography and creative documentary photography. I specialize in artistic expression through poetic imagery and long-term personal projects
I am also the creator and host of "Photo Reason," the leading Chinese -language photography podcast with a global audience
Group Exhibitions
Modern Art Museum Shanghai – 2021.11
Photofairs Shanghai - 2024.04
Magnum Gallery (Paris) - 2024.06
Others
Columnist for《Photoworld》magazine - since 2024.01
chaoqunpan@163.com
+33 7 69 55 85 80
+86 139 1769 8978
