{"slug":"michael-wolf-cityscapes","title":"城市风景还能怎么拍？Michael Wolf摄影作品推荐~","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2023-02-26","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247497113&idx=1&sn=0ea8a40cbf482c1bc9dfc46b921340d0&chksm=eb820bfddcf582ebf1d33cdcc7f6b4dad3bb70081aee89dc738f51ae811e3bc5c311f25a256c&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"p","x":"城市风景是大家经常拍摄的题材。","b":false,"xe":"Cityscapes are a subject everyone photographs often."},{"t":"p","x":"不过只去常规的爬楼和打卡机位的话，确实很容易拍出来的照片千篇一律。","b":false,"xe":"But if you only go to the usual rooftop and check-in spots, it's indeed easy to produce photos that all look the same."},{"t":"p","x":"今天推荐的摄影师Michael Wolf，就用不同的方式把城市景观拍出了风格和深度，有助于开拓我们的思路。","b":false,"xe":"Today's recommended photographer, Michael Wolf, shot urban landscapes with style and depth in a different way, which helps broaden our thinking."},{"t":"img","f":"img-01","w":900,"h":720},{"t":"h","x":"视频","xe":"Video"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1PA41127Mo","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"城市风景还能怎么拍？Michael Wolf摄影作品推荐~"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的完整图文整理。Thomas 用 5 分钟介绍了德国摄影师 Michael Wolf（迈克尔·沃尔夫）拍摄香港的两组代表作——《城市密度》（Architecture of Density）与《城市角落》（Corner Houses），看看他不爬楼、不打卡，是怎么把同一座城市拍得更有深度、更加多样的。","xe":"This is the full illustrated write-up of the video above. In five minutes, Thomas walks through two celebrated Hong Kong series by German photographer Michael Wolf — Architecture of Density and Corner Houses — showing how he captured one city with more depth and variety, without rooftop climbing or landmark checklists."},{"t":"p","x":"先看视频 0:16 处的开篇问题卡：拍城市，除了爬楼拍一张高机位全景、去商业地标拍一张常规打卡照，还能怎么拍？Michael Wolf 用两组视角统一、气质迥异的作品给出了他的答案。","xe":"Start with the title card at 0:16: beyond rooftop panoramas and postcard shots of commercial landmarks, how else can a city be photographed? Michael Wolf's answer is two series with radically different, yet highly unified, perspectives."},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 城市密度：超长焦的压缩感","xe":"01 Urban Density: the Telephoto Compression"},{"t":"p","x":"第一组作品叫《城市密度》。它保持了高度统一的形式，却完全不是我们常规拍城市风光的方式：常规做法是广角镜头，把高楼大厦、天空和地面都装进画面；而 Michael Wolf 用的是超长焦——Thomas 自己模仿过类似作品，知道至少需要 100-400mm 甚至更长的焦段（视频 0:50-1:09 处）。","xe":"The first series is Architecture of Density. Its form is highly unified, yet it is nothing like the conventional cityscape approach: instead of a wide angle that sweeps in skyscrapers, sky and ground, Michael Wolf shot super-telephoto — Thomas, who has imitated this style, notes it takes 100-400mm or longer (around 0:50-1:09 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"长焦把层层叠叠的楼体压扁在一个平面上，形成非常密集的压缩感。他还会专门挑选楼挤着楼、叠在一起的场景去拍——这样的场景不只香港有，重庆等很多城市同样可以拍到（视频 1:21-1:25 处）。整组照片因此显得城市密度极高，甚至带着压抑。","xe":"The telephoto flattens stacked towers onto a single plane, creating an intense sense of compression. He deliberately sought out scenes where buildings pile upon buildings — and such scenes are not unique to Hong Kong; cities like Chongqing offer them too (1:21-1:25). The result is a city of extreme density, almost oppressive."},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"02 只取局部的极端构图","xe":"02 Radical Framing: Fragments Only"},{"t":"p","x":"这组作品的第二个特点，是彻底抛弃常规构图：拍摄时只聚焦城市建筑的局部，不取入任何天空，也不取入任何地面（视频 1:44-1:51 处）。画面里除了立面还是立面，观者无处可逃，只能直面这座城市本身的肌理。","xe":"The second hallmark of the series is its radical framing: Wolf focused only on fragments of the buildings, letting in neither sky nor ground (1:44-1:51). With nothing but facades filling the frame, the viewer is forced to confront the very texture of the city."},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"通过这种新视角和新构图，他精准传递出香港的城市特征——它是世界上人口密度最高的城市之一（视频 1:57-2:04 处）。Thomas 在视频里提醒我们：城市除了繁华和美好，也有温暖、压抑、紧张的一面。这些城市的多样性，正需要摄影师发挥观察力和想象力，去寻找不一样的视角。","xe":"Through this fresh perspective and framing, he captured precisely what defines Hong Kong — one of the most densely populated cities on earth (1:57-2:04). Thomas reminds us that a city is not only glamour and beauty; it can also be warm, oppressive, tense. Capturing that diversity demands a photographer's powers of observation and imagination to find unfamiliar angles."},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"03 城市角落：类型学的统一","xe":"03 Corner Houses: Unity of the Typology"},{"t":"p","x":"第二组作品叫《城市角落》，是一组真正的类型学（Typology）作品：每一张照片都拍摄同一个主题——香港街头转角处的老楼。这些街角楼往往有着特别的形状，而整组作品的拍摄角度也高度统一（视频 2:32-2:57 处）。","xe":"The second series, Corner Houses, is a true photographic typology: every frame depicts the same subject — the old buildings at Hong Kong street corners. These corner houses often have distinctive shapes, and the entire series was shot from a highly consistent angle (2:32-2:57)."},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"更关键的是天气的统一：整组作品全部在阴天拍摄。作为受杜塞尔多夫学派影响的德国摄影师，Michael Wolf 偏爱这种「冷面」（Deadpan）式的冷静呈现；阴天同时保证了光线的统一——如果有的楼在正午拍、有的在清晨拍、有的在夜里拍，整组作品的光线就会杂乱无章，类型学的和谐感与统一感会大打折扣（视频 2:57-3:35 处）。","xe":"Equally crucial is the consistency of weather: the whole series was shot on overcast days. As a German photographer influenced by the Düsseldorf school, Wolf favored this deadpan, dispassionate presentation. Overcast skies also guaranteed consistent light — had some buildings been shot at noon, others at dawn or night, the series would feel visually chaotic, and the typological harmony would collapse (2:57-3:35)."},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"阴天带来的，是所有楼体都被均匀的漫反射光线包裹，没有生硬的阴影，细节与色彩都处在同一种冷静的氛围里（视频 3:15-3:21 处）。单张看是街景记录，连成一组看，就是一部关于香港街角的视觉档案。","xe":"Overcast light wraps every building in even, diffuse illumination — no harsh shadows, every detail and color resting in the same calm atmosphere (3:15-3:21). Each frame alone is a street record; together they form a visual archive of Hong Kong's street corners."},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"04 文献价值与举一反三","xe":"04 Documentary Value, and Extending the Idea"},{"t":"p","x":"这样一组照片，除了艺术价值之外还有很强的文献价值：10 年、20 年之后，当城市发生变迁、照片里的老楼陆续被拆迁，这些影像就会变得越来越有味道——它们成了这座城市的记忆底片（视频 3:38-3:53 处）。","xe":"Beyond their artistic value, such photographs carry strong documentary weight: ten or twenty years on, as the city transforms and the old buildings in these frames are demolished one by one, the images grow only more resonant — they become the city's memory on film (3:38-3:53)."},{"t":"p","x":"这个思路完全可以举一反三：如果你经常出差，可以用同样的方式拍摄全国各地的火车站、大剧院等结构相似的建筑——在相似的天气、用相似的角度，以类型学的方式持续积累（视频 4:00-4:22 处）。整组作品呈现下来会非常精彩。","xe":"The idea scales readily: if you travel often for work, you can apply the same method to railway stations, opera houses and other structurally similar buildings across the country — similar weather, similar angle, steadily building a typology (4:00-4:22). Assembled as a series, the results can be remarkable."},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"Thomas 最后推荐去 Michael Wolf 的官方网站（photomichaelwolf.com）看原作：上面还有大量他对城市细致观察的精彩系列，比如出租车窗上的肖像（视频 4:41-4:51 处）。这两组香港作品都极易模仿，却能给我们自己的城市拍摄带来非常多启发。","xe":"Thomas closes by recommending Michael Wolf's official website (photomichaelwolf.com), where many more of his sharp-eyed urban series await — including portraits shot through taxi windows (4:41-4:51). Both Hong Kong series are easy to imitate, yet full of inspiration for photographing our own cities."},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 用 100-400mm 超长焦压缩楼体，只取建筑局部、不取天空地面，拍出城市的高密度与压抑感；2. 同一主题、同一角度、同一阴天漫反射光线，用类型学的方式成就系列的和谐与统一；3. 好的城市专题同时具有艺术价值与文献价值——多年后城市变迁，照片愈显珍贵；4. 举一反三：火车站、大剧院等相似建筑，都可以成为你的类型学题材。","xe":"1. Compress facades with a 100-400mm telephoto, framing only fragments — no sky, no ground — to convey urban density; 2. One subject, one angle, one overcast diffuse light: typology is what makes a series cohere; 3. A strong urban project is both art and document — as the city changes, the photographs grow more precious; 4. Extend the idea: railway stations, opera houses and other kin buildings can all become your typological subjects."},{"t":"h","x":"高清视频：","xe":"HD video:"},{"t":"p","x":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PA41127Mo/","b":false,"xe":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PA41127Mo/"}],"titleEn":"How Else Can You Shoot Cityscapes? Michael Wolf Photography Works Recommended~"}