travel starts with photography

While waiting for the food to be served, Seth grabbed his tablet.

"The person who contacted us is named Kenji Moriyama. He is the person in charge of photography for this art festival. I checked and found out that he has a good background. He is related to Daido Moriyama, the master photographer of the island country, and he is also the deputy director of the Kyoto City Museum. He has a high voice in the island country’s circles.”

Chen Xing nodded.

Only such a person can plan a solo exhibition for him in an art festival.

"Now what we are considering is to submit three sets of works. The main ones are the photos you took in Dunhuang, and the Chinese countryside series will be used as a foil... the ancient town, the ancient town series, right?" Seth looked at Chen Xing and wanted to explain. , quickly changed his mind.

Chen Xing rolled his eyes and didn't dwell on the matter. He thought about it and said, "How many photos do I have that I haven't sold yet?"

"There are only about twenty pictures, basically from your Chinese Ancient Town series. Your set is very strange. A few collectors particularly like it, but most people and art museums and other places do not accept it. Sets, that’s why there are so many left.”

A strong oriental charm is Chen Xing's photography style, but if it is too stylized, fewer people will accept it.

"Then what should I do? Take them all out?"

"No." Seth shook his head quickly, "Although this is a small photography exhibition, the two sets of works are still a bit stingy. Haven't you taken any pictures recently?"

In the restaurant, Chen Xing looked at Seth, and the three people who came from the gallery looked at him.

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

Fortunately, the waiter came with the dishes at this time. The waiter was an island native, but his Chinese was OK.

"The food is here, please enjoy it."

This sentence interrupted the atmosphere where several people were looking at each other.

"Is there a real one?" Seth couldn't believe it. Chen Xing was known as a fast shooter when he first signed with the gallery. How long has it been since the last submission?
Chen Xing shook his head.

Then before anyone else could speak, he quickly said: "It's not that I didn't take any photos. Some time ago, I was either in my hometown or in Chengdu. Most of the photos I took were documentary works, black and white style. If such photos are available, I can get them." Take out a few."

Since his debut, his advantage has been color grading. It was because he had taken so many photos of this kind that he would take a batch of black and white ones to change his mood.

After all, this year’s deadline is still very early, so there’s no pressure.

"Black and white? Documentary?" Seth paused for a moment. Chen Xing thought he wanted to say that these things couldn't be used, but Seth immediately slapped the table and said loudly: "Great, black and white is good."

"What?" Chen Xing didn't react.

Seth put down the chopsticks he was not used to using and explained: "Are you thinking that black and white photos are different from your previous style? Do you think black and white photos are not popular?"

Before Chen Xing could answer, he continued: "Wrong, you are really wrong. You just debuted for too short a time. Maybe you haven't heard of how other masters became famous, right? Masters who are truly world-famous. Who hasn’t shot a few black-and-white documentary works?”

Jane Eyre nodded while eating, and said in a straight voice: "When fame comes, documentary works will sell better."

Chen Xing looked at them and said tentatively, "Can that be used?"

"Sure, let us see what you took."

Having said this, Seth wasn't even hungry anymore, and Jane Eyre basically wiped out all the food on the table. Chen Xing was picking photos with Seth on the side.

I didn’t take many photos during this period, they are all in the USB flash drive I carry with me, and I can select them by plugging them into my tablet.

None of the photos have been edited. Documentary works are very simple. You only need to press the shutter button to get the final picture. If you like black and white, just adjust the camera to black and white in advance. Documentary works are like this and do not require any modification. If you take them out for competition and the official discovers that your photos have been edited using photo editing software, they may be disqualified from the competition.

Chen Xing scratched the tablet, and the black and white photos were scratched out one by one.

"Most of these photos were taken in Rongcheng, and there are also some mountain cities in eastern Sichuan and plains in western Sichuan..."

It can be said that they are all around Rongcheng.

Seth liked these photos taken by Chen Xing very much. After praising each one for a few times, he asked: "Isn't this your first time taking photos?"

“I did some filming before when the technology was not so mature,” Chen Xing said.

When he was in Xi'an, he took many such humanistic documentary photos, but at that time he definitely didn't have as much emotion as he did in Sichuan Province.

Seth couldn't make a choice, so he simply gave the choice to Chen Xing.

"You pick, we want...six?"

It's hard to choose. Chen Xing's ancient town series is not popular in Europe, but this is Asia, and it is the island country most influenced by Chinese culture. There are many people who like Chen Xing's ancient town series. Maybe after this exhibition, Eight out of ten pairs can be sold.

The documentary photos were easy to sell, and Seth was ready to take them back to Europe.

"Okay, I'll choose it myself."

"You have to hurry up and give it to me before tonight. The art festival officially starts on the 22nd, and we still have to give others time to prepare."

"Do not worry."

If it was his first time to hold this kind of exhibition, Chen Xing might have difficulty choosing. He thought this one was better and the other one was not bad, as if they could both be printed out and shown to others. But now that I have developed more personally, I don’t have so many ideas.

Just select a few of the works marked with five stars.

………………

The number of tourists on the streets of Kyoto has increased visibly, and their clothing has changed from the modern clothes of the past few days to most women wearing kimonos and yukatas when going out. There are people on the streets who specially put makeup on these people, and tourists are waiting in line behind them. .

As soon as the beauty arrived, photographers with cameras came smelling her.

Everyone knows the three elements of photography.

The day the festival begins.

Seth was not very calm and took his assistant and Jane Eyre to the museum early in the morning. When Chen Xing got up, he looked out the window and saw that there were all heads on the road.

Today, this street is closed to vehicles and has been swept clean. People are standing on both sides. The road in the middle is prepared for the parade that will come in a while. The onlookers are also very good, even if they are packed like sardines, No one crosses that line to go to the middle highway.

The shops have also put up brand-new signs, which look like flags, either bright red or purple, and are very eye-catching. There are many people selling art festival peripherals on the roadside, and 70% of the people are wearing traditional costumes of the island country. This environment is very suitable for shooting Japanese-style atmospheric works.

Chen Xing was not interested in the parade. He watched the rehearsal a few days ago and felt that the squatting dance performed by the men was really ugly.

He had already prepared what to wear when going out today.

A set of Hanfu in Wei and Jin style. (End of chapter)