{"product_id":"closing-ceremony-magazine-03-smile-issue-roe-ethridge-cover","title":"CLOSING CEREMONY Magazine 03: Smile Issue [Roe Ethridge Cover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eBACK IN STOCK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The long-awaited third issue of Closing Ceremony Magazine, an art magazine by Shanghai publishing label Same Paper, has a theme of \"Smile\"!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e (From the description in the Same Paper)\u003cbr\u003e In general photography, photographers often ask their subjects to smile and try to capture a moment of temporary happiness. When we encounter difficulties, we tell ourselves to smile and pretend to be calm as if there is no problem.\u003cbr\u003e However, we realize that the staged positivity of \"smiling\" does not necessarily solve the problem, and that we can no longer lie to ourselves. Especially in the dire situations in which each of us is in greater or lesser degrees, \"smiling\" is not necessarily an expression of joy, but an emotion with contradictory meanings, and sometimes even creepy. The phenomenon of \"smiling\" now has a more complex meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Meanwhile, the economic decline has made it impossible to hide this melancholy even in the glittering and sophisticated commercial visuals. Artists are at a difficult crossroads, balancing their time-consuming creative endeavors with their expensive lifestyles. How do they find creative outlets to escape reality and deal with these difficulties under these economic constraints and limited working conditions? We would like to explore the more fundamental essence of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In this issue, we introduce stories created by artists and photographers from around the world based on the theme of \"Smile,\" drawing on various perspectives and unique life experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Featured Artist;\u003cbr\u003e Chris Maggio (US)\u003cbr\u003e David Brandon Geeting\u0026amp;Lina Sun Park (US)\u003cbr\u003e Feng Li (CN)\u003cbr\u003e Fish Zhang (CN)\u003cbr\u003e Gaetano Pesce (IT)\u003cbr\u003e Guillaume Blondiau (BE)\u003cbr\u003e Lucas Blalock (US)\u003cbr\u003e Masanao Hirayama (JP)\u003cbr\u003e Max Siedentopf (UK)\u003cbr\u003e Nigel Shafran (UK)\u003cbr\u003e Karolina Wojtas (PT)\u003cbr\u003e Paul Kooiker (NL)\u003cbr\u003e Peter De Potter (BE)\u003cbr\u003e PZtoday (TH)\u003cbr\u003e Roe Ethridge (US)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 248 pages \/ 23 x 30 x 1.7 cm \/ Softcover \/ Comes with a 20-page booklet \"amazine - Smile is Worth a Million\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The title of the accompanying booklet, Amazine, is a combination of the words \u0026lt;amazon\u0026gt;, the company headquartered in the United States, and the English word \u0026lt;amazing\u0026gt;.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Featured Artist;\u003cbr\u003e Alyssa Kazew\u003cbr\u003e boihugo\u003cbr\u003e fontanesi\u003cbr\u003e Hu Die Gong Zhu\u003cbr\u003e Jurgen Maelfeyt\u003cbr\u003e Kohhei Kawatani\u003cbr\u003e Kyle Berger\u003cbr\u003e Nico Krijno\u003cbr\u003e Minh Ngoc Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e Pietro Cocco\u003cbr\u003e So Mitsuya\u003cbr\u003e Trevor Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Albdorf\u003cbr\u003e Yituo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 20 pages \/ 23 x 30 x 0.1 cm \/ soft cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Same Paper: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samepaper\"\u003ewww.instagram.com\/samepaper\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Same Paper \/ amateur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49718083649838,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/9200\/8750\/files\/CC03_Cover_B.jpg?v=1739082357","url":"https:\/\/ccommunee.com\/en-international\/products\/closing-ceremony-magazine-03-smile-issue-roe-ethridge-cover","provider":"commune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}