travel starts with photography

Chapter 215 Wind and Love

There are a lot of flowers planted in this garden, and May and June are the days when a large number of flowers are in full bloom. The flowers of different colors add a lot of romantic color to the garden. Walking in such a garden, Chen Xing often sees kissing people lovers.

Kissing is all too common in France.

Smelling the refreshing fragrance of flowers, Chen Xing also wanted to hug something, but now he can only hug himself.

Liao!
To be honest, although I don’t know the difference between Monet’s aesthetics 100 years ago and now, in Chen Xing’s opinion, the design of this garden is not beautiful. If the types of flowers are not counted, then It is estimated to be at the same level as the garden behind Wenshu Monastery in Rongcheng.

It is said on the Internet that beauty is legendary, beauty is healing... there is no need to praise it like this.

At least in China, there are still countless beautiful gardens.

It's just that the types of flowers are really incomparable.

People in Xijiang like to grow and grow flowers very much. During the few days in Xijiang, Chen Xing doubled the number of flowers he knew in his knowledge base. However, when Chen Xing came to Monet's garden, there were still many flowers that could not be named.

It is estimated that except for professional people, few people can identify all the flowers in Monet's garden.

In their time, Monet was one of the few painters who enjoyed earning money while he was alive, buying this huge estate with the money he sold his paintings, and then spending most of the money he earned Come makeover this yard.

He bought plants from Egypt, Africa, Asia and other places to grow them, and took care of them himself, watching these flowers grow gradually.

Some people say that this is the source of inspiration for Monet. Chen Xing agrees with this. It is very difficult for an artist to live in such an environment without the idea of ​​creation.

When he came to the water garden, Chen Xing felt that it was more like a garden.

Read the introduction carefully.

Oh, the Japanese style, isn't that a variant of the Tang Dynasty style?

The teacher of the history of photography said that in the 19th century, the European photography art was impacted by the Ukiyo-e of the island country. The style of many photographers at that time had the sentiment of the island country, and the Japanese style gradually emerged in the international art world.

This is true for photography, but the painting field is even more affected.

Painters like Van Gogh, Monet, etc. all have a deep research on island art. When they came to the house where Monet lived, he would see a large number of ukiyo-e collected by him on the wall.

Speaking of Monet's house, there is another thing that surprised Chen Xing.

A painter with a beard, his room is actually powder blue, bright yellow, and decorated with a lot of floral decorations, the princess room is nothing more than that, it seems that Monet also has a girlish heart.

Walking out of Monet's garden, Chen Xing had fulfilled his wish.

Like most scenic spots, Monet's garden is no longer a place that can surprise you. Just like the famous former residence of Li Bai and Du Fu Thatched Cottage, it has become a place for fans of later generations to punch in and worship.

Being able to come here, seeing the place where Monet sat down to paint water lilies, and seeing the scenery in the pond as in his paintings, Chen Xing was already very satisfied.

Compared with the inside of this manor, he now cares more about the small town outside.

A garden that can be seen everywhere in China, and a small town full of exotic customs, who do you choose if you are a tourist?

Then you must choose a small town with style.

Who knows whether to encounter wind first or love first?

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Chen Xing left Paris on Friday, and it was on this Friday that ELLE released the latest issue of the magazine. It used Chen Xing's works on the cover of the French edition, and also used The works taken by Chen Xing are the inside pages, which give a good introduction to Chen Xing, a commercial photographer who has become popular in France.

The Hong Kong version of ELLE was bought by many fashion-conscious people as soon as it was released. As one of the top five women's fashion magazines in the world, "ELLE" also has a large number of fans in Hong Kong Island, China.

Wu Xiangling, the owner and designer of the Swetlana brand store, is one of the fans of "ELLE".

For her, watching ELLE is no longer a fan to appreciate the fashion inside, but to absorb elements and inspiration from it, so as to make her designs glow with new light.

On the first day of ELLE's release, four copies of "ELLE" from different regions were placed on my desk by my assistant.

English, French, Danish, Chinese, four versions.

Unable to finish the work at hand for a while, Wu Xiangling decided to relax and read magazines first.

She turned the pages and asked the assistant: "Have you read this issue of ELLE? Are there any interesting fashions?"

"I haven't had time to look at it yet."

The season has changed, and the whole company is busy all the time. How can an assistant like her read the book in the first time? If she really answered that she had read it, then the boss might know when you must be fishing.

In fact, Wu Xiangling didn't think too much about it, she just asked a casual question.

Her attention was attracted by the cover of the French edition.

Isn't this Hong Kong style?
French people don’t know this style, but Hong Kong Islanders don’t know it?They were shooting works in this style 30 years ago, even 20 years ago, whether it was photos or movies.

It's just that this style has gradually declined with the rise of mainland China.

He opened the French edition of the magazine, and there was indeed a sentence introducing the photographer on the cover—(The cover is from a talented Chinese photographer who studied in France, Chen Xing. His high-end retro photography is popular in France, and he has collaborated with many celebrities. )
High end vintage photography?

She carefully looked at the cover shot by Chen Xing. In the cover, Sophie Marceau was mature and confident, with a confident demeanor that even an old lady could stand up to if the sky fell.

It is indeed different from the traditional Hong Kong style, but it is a Chinese photographer who has absorbed the Hong Kong style, so why not promote it for Hong Kong Island at all?This kind of person is simply eating inside and outside...

In fact, God is sorry.

Chen Xing hasn't received an interview with EllE yet, the high-end retro style is just the name given to Chen Xing'an by the magazine.

She quickly read the French version.

When watching the Hong Kong version, Wu Xiangling saw Chen Xing's name and more photographic works, and the people in them were different. The last page of this group of works introduced Chen Xing in detail and confirmed the style .

[Chen Xing, a 20-year-old Chinese photographer studying at the National School of Decorative Arts (ENSAD) in Paris, France, is currently emerging in Paris. He was born out of Hong Kong style and integrated the unique freehand brushwork in Chen Xing's works, forming such a realistic and freehand photographer. In his work, he brings together two different styles, bridging the gap between old and new, tradition and consciousness.

Through exhibitions in France, his works are being recognized by the European mainstream photography and fashion circles, and he has become a banner among the new generation of photographers in China. 】

There is also a picture of Chen Xing holding a trophy at the back.

(Figure)

(Chen Xing won the Best Story Award at the 2021 French Winter Photography Festival)

She looked at these works over and over again.

20 years old.

It's amazing, the photos I took were actually on the cover of ELLE. When I was 20 years old, I would only hold this magazine and be full of fantasies, and I was also our photographer in Huaxia.

Is there any chance of cooperation?
It's a pity that I don't know how much ELLE magazine invited Chen Xing for.

"Zhou Zhou," she yelled
The assistant sitting outside looked over, and she said:

"Look at ELLE's Hong Kong Island magazine first, pay attention to the photographer Chen Xing in it, find out his contact information, and see if you can invite him to our fashion show next month."

After the assistant went back to work, Wu Xiangling didn't continue to work. Instead, she looked at Chen Xing's award-winning photos for a long time.

So familiar.

Have you seen it somewhere before?

………………

Chen Xing is eating at a restaurant called Baudy, and I heard that Monet often eats here, and the decoration style here is also that of the early [-]th century, with a sense of age, faded photo frames, stopped clocks, and dim Chandeliers, and tables that seem to be faded.

But for a restaurant, it's clean.

In Chen Xing's opinion, a well-built and loving small restaurant is definitely more worthy of shooting than a luxurious and gorgeous restaurant.

The fee is also acceptable, not as expensive as imagined, a set meal only costs less than 29.9 euros, [-] euros to be precise, and the main course is French confit duck leg, which he never expected to be so delicious before eating it.

He recorded himself on video with a camera.

When he goes back to cut it, he must strongly recommend this dish to his fans, it is really delicious!
During lunch, Chen Xing took out his mobile phone and played for a while.

There have been more and more calls recently, and Chen Xing has turned on rejecting all calls from strangers.

If you are really looking for your own, you can find Chen Xing's photography website on it, and there is his mailbox on it. Chen Xing will check the mailbox every night, and occasionally someone will use the works on the website.

There are people from home and abroad, and the number has increased significantly in the past two weeks.

Chen Xing was not in a hurry about this.

It's just a nickname in the photography and fashion circles. It's nothing. The impact on Chen Xing's travel is not even as good as the explosive video that he made out of inexplicably last time.

My writing is so good, only a few 10 of you will read the travel notes.

Post a video dictation, and it will be played millions of times... Outrageous!
While eating, Chen Xing saw an interesting person, a ten-year-old boy who was running around in the small town with a bamboo fish basket on his waist.

Chen Xing met him many times when he was visiting the town.

He ran in with his butt covered in dust, and seemed to have fallen, but he didn't seem to care at all. When he came in, he said, "Dad, I'm hungry!"

A woman came over and said, "You fell down again? Tell you not to run around, how nice it is to stay at home, and help your father with things, he is almost overwhelmed."

Now is the flowering season, and it is the busiest time for flower towns like Giverny.

"I'm too busy, I picked up a lot of flowers!"

He held up his fish basket.

No, it should be a flower basket. After all, it is for holding flowers. If you look closely, it does look a bit like a vase.

The child looked around in the store, and only Chen Xing was alone here, so he came over and asked, "Can I sit here?"

"No problem, please sit down."

The child's mother has already gone to work. This is a small shop, and the boss didn't invite too many people. It has always been a family business.

Chen Xing's respectful tone won the boy's favor, and he asked, "Where are you from?"

"Huaxia, I'm from Huaxia, do you know that?"

"I know, this is a country with a lot of rich people."

"In fact there are more poor people."

"You must not be poor! Then you came here alone to travel?"

Chen Xing put away his smile.

My smile is not for a flirtatious brat.

Chen Xing paid the bill and was about to leave. When he took out his wallet, he brought out a pink flower petal. He picked it up and put it in the bamboo pocket where the children put flowers, and said, "Here is for you."

"Thank you!"

After paying the money and going out, Chen Xing continued to wander around the town.

This town is small and can be walked in 10 to [-] minutes, but the scenery of some alleys is also very charming. It is the second time I pass these places seriously to feel the outdoor restaurants full of flowers and the low-hanging eaves of wisteria flowers.

There is beauty everywhere in this small town.

Like many people, Chen Xing stopped under a beautiful house. This family is very interesting. They installed a bubble machine under the eaves of the room, and then kept spitting bubbles, forming many small bubbles in the sun. rainbow.

Pair it with the flowers the family grows outside.

so gorgeous.

Chen Xing took a camera to take a close-up of the bubbles above the corner of the wall. A series of bubbles came out of the room, childlike and magical. The person who arranged this thing must be a wonderful person. How could such an interesting thing be imagined without an exquisite heart? ?
At this moment, apart from someone taking pictures with Chen Xing, there were also painters who immediately got inspiration, put down the easel they were carrying and started looking for paints.

Chen Xing glanced at her while taking pictures, and seeing that she was still looking for her, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, very happy.

Even though photography has many limitations compared to painting, there is one thing that painting cannot compare with.

Chen Xing pressed the shutter button again, and with a click, a photo was stored in the memory again.

That is efficiency.

The painters observe the scenery, hesitate to write, but seem to forget something, the photographer has pressed the shutter for the tenth time.

Suddenly someone came over and pulled Chen Xing's clothes.

Chen Xing was startled, he was concentrating on looking at the viewfinder.

Looking back, it was the little guy I met in the restaurant just now.

"What are you doing here?"

"Brother, can you pass this to that sister for me?" He raised his hand and handed Chen Xing something rolled up in paper.

"Ok?"

Chen Xing looked at him.

Teenagers, no more than twelve years old, look at the person he is referring to, it is the painter who came to the inspiration just now, a female painter, with short hair showing her arms, tattoos on her arms, and a wheat-colored body full of fitness beauty.

At least the same age as Chen Xing.

"What do you want to do, kid."

Picking up a conversation is something grown-ups like us can do, you can't handle it, young man.

"This is that sister's paint, I picked it up."

pigment?

Chen Xing looked at it, and it was indeed a paint, and it was a big white.

If this thing falls, it's still a fart.

Seeing that the man was still looking for something, Chen Xing almost poured out everything in the backpack. Chen Xing took it over and said to the artist, "Are you looking for this?"

"Yes, God, it's a good thing he's here."

She was so excited that she started to color the paint palette without even thinking about thanking Chen Xing.

But at this time, countless petals fell from the sky.

A gust of wind blows, and the colorful petals flutter with the wind.

Everyone looks back.

The child laughed loudly: "Sister Kailu! See if this is the romantic rainbow you want! I have found my boyfriend for you, and I will help you find the rainbow on land during the wedding."

Looking at the petals floating in the sky, mixed with the bubbles blown out by the bubble machine, and the surrounding scenery that was already charming like an oil painting, Chen Xing completely ignored the beauties, and turned his hands to pick up these flowers. But he didn't catch any of them. He turned around and watched the last flower fall.

This scenery is absolutely amazing!

One kind wants to take pictures... No, taking pictures can't express, I want to draw them!
【Giverny has the best weather and the brightest flowers in the suburbs of Paris. It is a continuous spring dream between the magic of light and the naked eye.The pictures of life flowing in front of me are not so much a record of nature, but an elegy of memory and time.]

【Wind and love may not be separated】

[Acquired Skill: Defensive Conditioned Reflex]

Will you give skills?
Is it appropriate to give this?

When I came back to my senses, the woman was chasing the child.

"I'm so pissed off! My new inspiration!"

(End of this chapter)