Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 20 Capture at the Photography Exhibition

The Modern Art Museum, with its natural and simple architecture, receives a large number of visitors every week.

Chen Pingsheng stood in front of the gate, carrying a backpack with a Nikon F5 inside.That's right, he plans to take another set of photos this time. This set of photos will be an extension of Yao Cun's portrait, and will be more straightforward and understandable than those photos.

But whether he can get the perfect shot depends on luck.

He had just had dinner at Professor Li's house, but when they went out together, Professor Li was suddenly stopped by a phone call.

It was probably a call from her children abroad who wanted to discuss something, so Professor Li asked Chen Pingsheng to come alone first, and she arrived later.

The art museum in front of you uses huge black squares as the main design element, and multiple squares are stacked to form an irregular quadrilateral building.The structure uses a large number of metal frames, which looks very linear when viewed from a distance.

Chen Pingsheng, who was here for the first time, looked around and followed the crowd past the security and entered the museum.

The art museum has five floors in total. The second to fifth floors are regular exhibition areas, which display the city's past history and cultural development and will basically not be changed.The first floor is a limited-time exhibition area, with one or two exhibitions every month. The content of the exhibitions is mainly fine arts.

Photography exhibitions like this one are rare.

When you walk into the photography exhibition, you will see a slightly dim corridor with photos of the old city on the walls.Above the photo is a top light to help the viewer see the details of the photo.

Walking further inside, there are gradually more lights and the environment is no longer dim.Photos of the city from different periods are displayed in the zigzag corridor.

There are humanities and architecture, and there are labels below that tell the stories behind the photos.

Chen Pingsheng slowed down and looked at the photos one by one with the crowd. After 10 minutes, he walked to the photos that told about impoverished villages.

Sure enough, it did not exceed his expectations. These photos all had a very pessimistic tone, whether they were people with sad faces, dry wells or old people farming.Although it is the reality of the village, the photographer's obvious tendency can be seen from the video perspective.

The most obvious one is the photo of two old men looking into the camera. The photographer adopted a bird's-eye view. From top to bottom, there are both the sad expressions of the old men and the empty eyes of the dead ox on the ground.Three pairs of eyes are looking at the camera, looking at this superior lens.The photographer deliberately puts the audience at a higher perspective than the subject. Everyone will feel a heavy psychological burden and pressure when they see this photo.

In terms of composition, Chen Pingsheng felt that there was nothing to fault.And whether it was light, shadow or color adjustment, he felt there was no problem.

The biggest problem is that viewers are not willing to look at this photo for a long time.

In other photos, people passing by will stay for a while, and occasionally three or four people will gather. Only in this photo, everyone will unconsciously look away after looking at it.

Maybe it's because it's too heavy, maybe because the photographer puts the audience in an too high position.But Chen Pingsheng feels that the key problem is that this photo lacks breath and white space.In other words, there is a lack of room for interpretation.

Because all the elements of the picture tend to be consistent and express the intense sadness, there is no room for relaxation.

The audience can't analyze anything else from this photo. Everyone has the same feeling when they see it, and naturally there is no room for discussion.

The photos taken by Chen Pingsheng are completely different. They seem ordinary, but in fact they contain both expression and blank space.This is why leaders stay.

But he hasn't seen his work yet, so he can't help but quicken his pace and walk towards the final passage.

As he passed by, he saw another photo. The content was lackluster, but the text label was the largest among all the photos.There are hundreds of densely written words, but if you look closer, they are just about the history and current situation of the village.Those who know, may think he is very expressive; those who don’t know, may think he is writing essays.

It’s still a composition that wouldn’t pass even in junior high school.

Chen Pingsheng smacked his lips in disgust, feeling that his time had been wasted as he looked but didn't seem to look.

Without any further hesitation, Chen Pingsheng quickly walked to the last exhibition location, only to find that many people were staying here.Everyone was whispering and discussing the last few photos, with expressions of curiosity and inquiry, as if it was the first time they encountered such special photos.

Chen Pingsheng approached softly and looked up. The photos that had been talked about the most were the portraits he took of Yao Village.

There was a moment of satisfaction in my heart, and then I immediately picked up the camera and came to the back of the crowd.

Looking at the crowds watching the exhibition, Chen Pingsheng's idea for the new photos is being realized little by little.

He raised the camera and aimed his eyes at the viewfinder, observing the scene, ready to seize every opportunity.

At the same time, Wang Yifan's trio also arrived in front of the art museum.

"Yifan, why did you bring a camera?" Jin Jiani was wearing a white dress today, her hair was dyed brown, and she looked young and beautiful.

She pointed to the camera in Wang Yifan's hand with a confused look on her face.

Wang Yifan smiled slightly: "It's a good time to come to the art museum to take pictures."

Li Binbin didn't say anything, but he knew that Wang Yifan must have planned to take a photo of himself being watched, and then post it on the "Shadow Circle" to attract a wave of followers.He now has [-] fans, and he is considered the best student in the school to run the "film industry". Even some teachers can't compare to Wang Yifan.

Because Wang Yifan knows how to attract traffic, he often leaves messages on accounts with many fans, or shoots some follow-up works.He would even take some handsome photos of himself and post them with the name of his school or the location of a luxury restaurant on the tag to attract female fans.Li Binbin naturally couldn't stand these methods and felt that this was not the behavior of a photographer.

But this does not prevent Wang Yifan from continuously gaining fans and becoming a small photography internet celebrity.

"Then you can take some photos for me later, okay?" Jin Jiani tugged on Wang Yifan's sleeve, and Wang Yifan immediately signed up.

"No problem, leave it to me."

After saying that, he asked Li Binbin: "Is Chen Pingsheng here?"

"Come, but I didn't ask when." Wang Yifan originally wanted to invite Chen Pingsheng to come with him, but Li Binbin dissuaded him. He felt that it was a bit excessive.

Although everyone knows that Chen Pingsheng's photography skills are terrible, but people's interactions are not just based on their skills. He thinks Chen Pingsheng's personality is quite good.

"Okay, let's go in and see what photos we have this time." Wang Yifan took the lead and was the first to walk into the art museum.

The two followed immediately.

(End of this chapter)