Book Launch & Signing
Instagrampier by Pierfrancesco Celada
Saturday, December 4th from 4-5pm
Get your copy of the 1st edition and have it signed by the photographer!
Instagrampier
The Instagrampier is a public cargo pier located on the west side of Hong Kong Island.
Every day, a great number of instagrammers, photographers and curious gather daily at the pier, especially at sunset, for taking selfies and scenic photos.
I started walking to the pier on a daily basis, and I soon begun noticing all the repetitions, including my own.
People would return to the pier, to create and re-create, very similar Instagram driven imagery; a constant repetition of poses and situations played by a never-ending number of interchangeable actors.
The pier becomes a place of transition, between reality and the virtual world of self-representation; between our real-selves and the way we wish our lives were perceived and represented; a “shared” portraiture of contemporary living.
Because of the nature of the place I’ve begun curating the Instagrampier’s own Instagram account.
IG: @insta_pier
About the Artist
After completing a PhD in Biomechanics, Pierfrancesco is now concentrating his attention on a series of personal long-term photographic projects documenting life in modern cities.
He won the Photo Folio Review, Les Rencontres d’Arles (2021), Guernsey Photography Festival International Competition (2020), PHmuseum Photography Grant (runner-up, 2020), Happiness Onthemove Award (2017), EPEA'03 (2015), the Photolux Leica Award (2014) and the Ideastap and Magnum Photos Photographic Award (2010).
His work has been published and exhibited internationally, including Tai Kwun, Fotografia Europea, Cortona ONTHEMOVE, Nobel Peace Center, Gulbenkian Foundation, Wyng Foundation and Deichtorhallen.
