MA TE is a photographer who does not communicate much about her person, she is based in Beijing.
The Chinese characters she uses to represent herself and that she calls CAI is « a symbol of destruction but also rebirth ».
MA TE self-published in 2017 a zine and a book in limited editions, both handmade and both titled "City of Dust", then in 2018 a large Leporello book with a cement cover titled "The Concrete Dream", and a second zine "I Often Be Asked How I Get Models" in 2019.
In 2021, a new handmade title is released: "Papersky", which is - like "City of Dust" - a book and a zine.
MA TE is a photographer who does not communicate much about her person, she is based in Beijing.
The Chinese characters she uses to represent herself and that she calls CAI is « a symbol of destruction but also rebirth ».
MA TE self-published in 2017 a zine and a book in limited editions, both handmade and both titled "City of Dust", then in 2018 a large Leporello book with a cement cover titled "The Concrete Dream", and a second zine "I Often Be Asked How I Get Models" in 2019.
On his website, MATE states :
My Artwork I like to call emotional Documentary.
I reflect what I see and what I feel that moment. Im not sure how much of my feelings are in those works, where I end and the others start.
Thats Empathy and thats probably nothing nobody can really destinct.
I dont Judge I dont as Photographer I cant Lie only Focus on whats important for me.
Thru this all my works are connected while telling different aspects.
And states of Humanity
Papersky (*book / zine / prints*)
.Rare copy of the zine available. Presentation by the artist: " Black line cutting through the Papersky searching their way under cloudless gray. Papersky is a handmade sisterbook from City of Dust "Papersky is a project developped for the book format, and - like the previous City of Dust - it is also available as a zine. For the purchase of the...
The Photo in Me (*signed & numbered*)
.Back in stock (September 2021). Presentation by the artist: " « Photo in MeThere was a Photoin meAn empty glass ofrealityVoices of waterscared of drying outHosted on a black starRun through my fingertipLet there be light The photo in meout of me » -- MA TE "Red metallic box, a sort of "cigarette box", including 6 prints inserted in a sealed...
I Often Be Asked How I Get Models (*signed*)
.Available. Presentation of this zine by the artist: « I often be asked how I get models, this book is about that. » Signed in ink by the artist. Includes a tipped-in bookmark-format half-sheet with the text of a typical conversation with a person in the street, and the artist's stamp. PLEASE NOTE: - This is handmade zine, with possible small...
City of Dust - Zine (*signed*)
.Sold out .City of Dust is a work about the city of Beijing, and about some young women of Beijing...On his website, MATE states (as is) : « My Artwork I like to call emotional Documentary. I reflect what I see and what I feel that moment. Im not sure how much of my feelings are in those works, where I end and the others start. Thats Empathy and...
City of Dust - Book (*signed*)
.Sold out!.City of Dust is a work about the city of Beijing, and about some young women of Beijing...On his website, MATE states (as is) : « My Artwork I like to call emotional Documentary. I reflect what I see and what I feel that moment. Im not sure how much of my feelings are in those works, where I end and the others start. Thats Empathy and...