Macao ,2007 (Adam Lampton) by Edica

Objective:
-Revealing…
1.The physical change (eg. More and more casinos)
2.The cultural features (eg. Historical buildings)
-Contracting…
The real /surreal landscape of Macau

Representing Macau:
-Avoid two stereotype images
1.Colony of Portugal
2.Las Vegas of the East

-Adam showed us the difference between the reality and the “dream”





Conclusion:
-Lampton:
“The trick behind the photograph is that audience is only seeing what the photographer want you to see”

-Recent incidents showed us the real sides of Macau:
1. Corruption (the case of Au Man Lung)
2 .Denial of entry to Legco members
3. Sands Hotel (金沙賭場) in Macau laid off 500 after financial crisis
-Macau may not as good as we thought

Question:
1.Do you think the author was “honest" enough of telling us the real picture of Macau?
Is there anything we can add?
2.If you were Lampton, which places you will choose to take pictures in Hong Kong to illustrate the reality here?

Reference List
Carol Archer, “Spaces in Transition: Photographs by Adam Lampton”
http://www.adamlampton.com/macau_viewer/macau_pics.html
http://www.christianstudy.com/data/pastoral/gambling01.html
http://hk.search.yahoo.com/search/images?view=detailed&p=stanley+ho&b=1&pstart=1&curr_index=3&imgsz=&imgc=&ei=UTF-8