Hanyi YinPhotographs

A small fishing boat with one standing figure, almost lost in a band of pink fog on still blue water under a clear sky.
01Fisherman in pink fogRose madder
A foggy street corner: an ornate lamp post with a green traffic light and a lit walk signal, a yellow fire hydrant, palmettos and pale old buildings fading into mist, a wide crosswalk in the foreground.
02Meeting Street in fogCharleston, South CarolinaViridian
Bare branches with small red buds hang over a dark river dimpled with rain, a frosted, tree-covered hill behind.
03Red buds, rain on the riverIndian red
A still river between frosted, wooded hills under a grey sky, the hills mirrored in the water. The black border of the 35mm frame is visible.
04Frost on still water35mmPayne's grey
Black-and-white photograph in falling snow: a boy in a knit hat stands beside a parked car holding a hand-lettered sign reading “Sleds $20, Hand Warmers $5 for Two Pairs”, plastic sleds propped against the car.
05Sleds, $20Flake white
A row of red swing frames after an ice storm, icicles hanging from the black seats, ice-coated trees and a yellow school bus behind a fence, orange traffic cones at the left.
06Swings after the ice stormCadmium red
Black-and-white flash photograph on a city sidewalk: a man in a white knit cap and long coat calls out toward the camera with one hand raised, a foam cup in the other, high-rise buildings behind.
07Downtown, December IAtlanta, GeorgiaIvory black
Black-and-white photograph of a man in a knit cap and layered jackets standing beside a large sidewalk bin, hands clasped, a bank and street banners behind him.
08Downtown, December IIAtlanta, GeorgiaDavy's grey
Tall, flame-shaped cypress trees against a bright blue sky with white clouds, a white church steeple rising between them.
09Cypress and steepleCharleston, South CarolinaCerulean blue
White crape myrtle blossoms hang across the frame in front of a white house with teal shutters and a dormer. The film’s sprocket holes and orange edge printing run down both sides.
10Crape myrtleCharleston, South Carolina · 35mm · Kodak Portra 400Cobalt teal
A white SUV parked under a flowering crape myrtle in front of pale houses with dark and light-blue shutters. Film sprocket holes and edge printing frame the picture.
11White car, crape myrtleCharleston, South Carolina · 35mm · Kodak Portra 400Zinc white
A vintage green Land Rover with a canvas top and a coil of rope on its bumper, parked in a narrow brick-paved alley between a white clapboard wall and a brick house with a gas lantern.
12Land Rover in the alleyCharleston, South CarolinaChromium oxide green
White sheets blowing on a washing line in a green yard beside a white clapboard house, a grey shingled house and the open sea beyond.
13Washing lineSap green
Two white Adirondack chairs on a green lawn facing a blue-grey shingled cottage. A person in a sun hat walks toward it past a long washing line of white sheets, the sea and a rocky island behind.
14Two chairsTitanium white
Inside a shop window full of fruit: bananas hanging on hooks, baskets of tomatoes, apples and oranges, a pile of lemons in front, a green-and-white striped awning outside and reversed lettering on the glass.
15Produce windowIndian yellow
A bearded man in a cream cap, sunglasses and a striped T-shirt stands with one hand in his pocket on a grassy field, two brightly checked hot-air balloons inflating behind him.
16Balloon fieldCadmium yellow
The same man raises a small camera to his eye in front of a huge rainbow-checked hot-air balloon, another balloon floating in the blue sky above.
17The other photographerOpera rose
A fleet of sailboats with black, yellow and white sails racing across dark blue water beneath a clear sky, a wooded shore behind.
18RegattaNaples yellow
Sailboats with dark sails rounding a bright orange inflatable racing mark on choppy blue water under a deep blue sky.
19Orange markCadmium orange
Black-and-white photograph of a sailor in sunglasses gripping the mast between large white sails, a dark sail logo in the lower corner.
20Between sailsAnother version: in colorCremnitz white
Pale plumes of pampas grass bending in the wind above dark green stalks, under a blue sky full of small rippled clouds.
21Wind in the pampasAnother version: wider cropManganese blue
In autumn woods, a man in a grey cap and a vividly painted silk shirt, his jacket over one shoulder, looks back over his shoulder on a leaf-covered gravel lane.
22Woods, looking backBurnt sienna
The same man walks away down the leafy lane, flinging his grey jacket out to one side.
23Woods, walking onPrussian blue
A man sits in a cognac leather chair in a dim music room, holding up a racket so a shaft of sunlight casts its net of shadow across his face. A window, an amplifier and a microphone behind him.
24Sun through a racketRaw sienna
Black-and-white photograph at night through a shop window: a woman in glasses works at an industrial sewing machine under a lamp, dress forms and a shirt on a hanger around her.
25Night shift, through glassLamp black
A close portrait of a bearded man in round wire glasses and a leather jacket, red, pink and blue neon signs streaking behind him in the dark.
26NeonVermilion
Black-and-white flash photograph of a bearded man in round glasses doubled over with laughter as a spotted cat climbs over his head and shoulders.
27Shoulder catMars black
A man in a painterly printed shirt holds a strip of colour film negatives up to a light, which throws a red band across his eyes against a dark wall. The black border of the 35mm frame is visible.
28Negatives, held to the light35mmAlizarin crimson

Hanyi Yin

Twenty-eight photographs. Nashville, Tennessee.

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