ShanghaiPRIDE 2017 Photo Exhibition – Vote for your Top 3 Favorite Photos!

The Time is Now 捕捉多元精彩瞬间

活动内容：

This year’s theme for Pride Art photo exhibition, “The Time is Now 捕捉多元精彩瞬间 (to capture moments of diversity)”, is an extension to the main theme for ShanghaiPRIDE “The Time is Now”. The photos shown this year are all from the LGBTQ community and allies. Although everyone may have different jobs, identities, and backgrounds, they share their feelings and understanding of the theme through their camera lenses. If is not now, then when?

Pride Art photo exhibition will open at Henkes (Reel Mall) on 16-June 7pm. Tapas and drinks will be served at the opening reception. Audience will have a chance to interact with some of the photographers who will be sharing the behind-the scene stories. Exhibition will be free to public from 16-June to 25-June.

Special thanks to The Royal Danish Consulate in Shanghai, Henkes, Chance (media support), as well as Shanghai Q-Events (event and creative partner).

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PHOTO DETAILS

No.1 and No.2: The Time is Now 变得时尚和性感 (to be Sexy and Fashionable)
NAME：Kyle Fong (China)
OCCUPATION：Photographer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 5D2
INTRODUCTION： This is one of the series of Kyle Fong’s works on male models. This work was displayed on the internationally renowned men’s photography site, Homotography. It brings out the sexiness and stylishness in a straightforward, modern and emotional way.

No.3: The The Time is Now 说爱·他 (to Say I Love You)
NAME：Hao GUO (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Camera- Canon 70D
INTRODUCTION：This was he after a shower, when I took the picture. I like his smile, as well as his optimism. I am so happy we are together. Because of him, I have the courage to be myself. I love you.

No.4: The Time is Now 无脸男 (no-face boy)
NAME：Tommy YAN (China)
OCCUPATION：Salesman
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Nikon D5300
INTRODUCTION：A man who prefers to hide himself in the dark.

No.5, No.26, No.27: The Time is Now 2016上海骄傲节之瞬 (Moments of 2016 ShPRIDE)
NAME：Kelin BAI (China)
OCCUPATION：Photo Journalist
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 5DⅢ
INTRO：It was the first time I volunteered for ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 as a photographer. I was involved in almost all events. The event schedule was very tight in the whole month of June and volunteers were both exhausted and excited. Looking back after one year, I am still touched when recalling those moments.

No.6: The Time is Now 不做同妻 (No More Homo-wife)
NAME：Allen CHAO (China)
OCCUPATION：Creative Media Director
EQUIPTMENT：Camera – EOS 760D
INTRODUCTION：It is estimated that 16 million women in China are married to homosexual men, 70 percent of which suffered long-term abuse in their relationships – mainly due to their husbands’ lack of sexual interest in them – while 20 percent suffered repeated domestic violence.

No.7, No.8, No.9: The Time is Now 做个新的男孩 (be a New Boy)
NAME：Lang CHEN(China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Contax T2
INTRODUCTION：It is a boy.

No.10: The Time is Now 你好摩梭 (Hello Mosuo)
NAME：Max ZHANG (China)
OCCUPATION：Freelancer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Nikon D750
INTROUCTION：Danshi Duzhi, the little boy in the photo, is a new friend I met in Walabie, Yunnan. The Hall of Scriptures is the oldest historical building in the Mosuo community. When Danshi Duzhi was sitting beside the window in the afternoon, the streams of sutra outside the window looked like a rainbow.

No.11, No.12, No.13: The Time is Now 自然系列 (Nature Series)
NAME：Ariel YOUNG (China)
OCCUPATION：Manager
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone – Nexus 5
INTRODUCTION：We like to go out on sunny days, and feel the beauty of nature. It would be great if there are more people in the LGBTQIA community coming out of the dark.

No.14, No.18: The Time is Now 自由爱 (to Love Freely)
NAME：Li GU (China)
OCCUPATION：Photographer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon EOS 6D
INTRODUCTION：Homosexuals also have the right to love freely. The internet created many opportunities to find the love of one’s life.

No.15, No.16, No.17: The Time is Now 我们 (We)
NAME：Zhuobie LIN (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 5D Mark3
INTRODUCTION：Our age gap is 21 years, I am Chinese, and he is Japanese. Cross-generation, cross-culture, cross-nationality, but I want to write this wonderful story, which is us, now.

No.19: The Time is Now 牵手 (Holding Hands)
NAME：Xu YANG (China)
OCCUPATION：Graduate Student
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone -Huawei P9 plus
INTRODUCTION：We, two transgender girls, are finally together after separating for a year. Finally, we do not look like a straight couple now.

No.20, No.32: The Time is Now to Luve
NAME：Xi XU (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone – iPhone 6
INTRODUCTION：The first photo was taken in the library of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The second one was taken in Vienna, Austria. I wish the world is more tolerant and LGBTQ community is more courageous. The time is now, all you need is Luve.

No.21, No.22: The Time is Now 让我们结婚吧 (for Us to Get Married)
NAME：Moggy Chang (Taiwan, China)
OCCUPATION：Photographer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 5DⅢ
INTRODUCTION： Just be yourself. Love the one you want most.

No.23: The Time is Now 接吻 (to Kiss)
NAME：Yi XIN (China)
OCCUPATION：Construction Engineer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 6D
INTRODUCTION：On 1-April, 2017, it was the romantic season of sakura at my alma mater, Tongji University. I went back to the campus with my boyfriend, borrowed graduation gowns, and did something we did not dare to do all those years: kissing under the cherry tree.

No. 24: The Time is Now 手牵手 (Holding Hands with Nail Polish)
NAME：Wing SHEN (China)
OCCUPATION：Business development
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone – iPhone 7 plus
INTRODUCTION：Holding hands.

No.25: The Time is Now 结婚去 (to Get Married)
NAME：Clement Lui (Hong Kong, China)
OCCUPATION：Project manager
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone – iPhone 6
INTRODUCTION：Taken on Magic Island, Honolulu, Hawaii, when attending a couple’s wedding.

No.28: The The Time Is Now 消除偏见 (to Eliminate Discrimination)
NAME：Leander LI (China)
OCCUPATION：Photographer
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 7D1
INTRODUCTION：Pictures taken at the graffiti wall beside M50 in 2016. Main idea is eliminating discrimination. Rainbow covering the national flag implies diversity in the land. Panda landing on the moon implies future and pride.

No.29: The Time is Now 画彩虹 (to Paint the Rainbow)
NAME：Yitong TANG (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Cellphone – iPhone 6
INTRODUCTION：This is take when I was an exchange student at the University of Iceland. I saw two people merrily painting those graffiti outside the building of a local LGBTQ-friendly organisation. It was so beautiful.

No.30: The Time is Now 即刻触爱 (to Touch Love)
NAME：Te HU (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Camera – NikonD90
INTRODUCTION：When I participated in the Pride Walk in Mumbai last year, I was impressed by these lovely people and their bravery to show true love. I was deeply inspired when all the people holding the huge rainbow flag, as if we are connected by the power of love.

No.31: The Time is Now 气泡 (Bubble)
NAME：Ting DONG (China)
OCCUPATION：Student
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon 80D
INTRODUCTION：The girl played a balloon and I was attracted by her pure expression accidentally, then I thought that life is colourful. In order to show the support for ShanghaiPRIDE, this work is the wonderful moment of rainbow convergence, to stimulate a positive attitude towards life.

No.33: The Time is Now 日初 (Sunrise)
NAME：Dinno (China)
OCCUPATION：IT
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon
INTRODUCTION：It was taken in a chilly morning. I woke up early and drove down to the Shiretoko harbor. I was surrounded by the stillness of the moment and waited for the sun to rise. Slowly but surely, the sun began to rise slowly, and lit the sky with its orange hues, and at that moment, a bald eagle soared across the sunrise.

No.34: The Time is Now 户外 (to Go Outside)
NAME：Wenxiang LI (China)
OCCUPATION：Trading manager
EQUIPMENT：Camera – Canon EOS 6D
INTRODUCTION：The photo was taken on 5-April, 2017 at the peak of the mountain. We are a group of gay people, who enjoy the company of each other and nature.

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