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Chinese contemporary photography magazine Closing Ceremony returns with the latest issue all about that most common of photographers' commands: ‘Smile!’ The works from collaborators, artists, and photographers featured inside explore the implications of this ‘transient moment of staged happiness.’ Despite its positive communication, smiling comes with a lot of baggage these days like increasing surveillance, artificial emotions from advertising, and uncanny grins of fashion photography. Featured artists include: Chris Maggio, PZ Opassuksatit, Roe Ethridge, David Brandon Greeting, Max Siedentopf, Lucas Blalock, Peter De Potter, Feng Li, Fish Zhang, Guillaume Blondiau, Karolina Wjtas, and more. On the Journal:‘‘It’s a closing ceremony when pressing the shutter for creation,’ Closing Ceremony’s makers say of the idea behind its name. The magazine, one of a steady stream of new titles from China, is both a celebration of traditional photography and a platform for new photographers.’ Read more of our review. samepaper.com
