Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 200: Interpretation of the Shadow Circle and Vivian’s completion (the chapter is colorful)

On the way home, Chen Pingsheng kept looking at the film circle.

At present, the number of fans in the domestic film industry has reached 50, and it is still increasing steadily every day.

As his film festivals continue to be held in various places, the number of films has increased by tens of thousands every month. Basically, we only learned about Chen Pingsheng through short video promotions and offline exhibitions.

The influx of these new fans has also brought new vitality to his comment area.

As for the number of fans in the foreign version of the film industry, the growth rate is even faster, reaching 45, and it is about to surpass the number of domestic fans.

On the one hand, there are obviously more people in foreign countries who are keen on photography than in China. On the other hand, the touring exhibitions of Hauser & Wirth Gallery and the sale of photo albums have brought him a lot of fame.

The mysterious oriental photographer has become a word-of-mouth reference in the photography circle.

Some people even call him the Crow Master in the photography circle.

This shows the profound influence of the work "The Crow".

During the past few days of shooting along the Yellow River, he did not stop posting photos, but the frequency was not as frequent as before.

Recently released, there are photos taken using Vivian experience coupons, and some are selected photos taken on the roadside.

Now the number of comments has exceeded several thousand. Chen Pingsheng looked down one by one from the comments with the highest number of likes.

Here are the comments below the photo in memory of Vivian.

Linglu Luzi: "Commemorating Vivian? Who is Vivian? Why commemorate? I think Teacher Chen seems to have left a puzzle waiting for us to decipher. But personally, my favorite is that Zhang took a photo of the woman behind her. She was wearing a red spotted dress, standing near the pier with her hands behind her back. This was supposed to be the most ordinary afternoon, but the woman's hands made a strange gesture, with one hand open and the other making a fist.

"It seems like she is saying something to the photographer, but it is hard to figure out. There seems to be a story in it. Who is opposite her? Who is she saying goodbye to? Teacher Chen deliberately only framed her with the lens Behind it, we are left with infinite reverie.

"This reminds me of white space. Generally, white space in calligraphy and painting refers to deliberately leaving a blank space for the sake of coordination and beauty of the picture. However, Teacher Chen used the white space in literary works. His pictures are very full. , but his story leaves a deep suspense."

Meng Xi: "Perhaps Vivian is a foreign master? I like the picture of free food better. Teacher Chen took a picture of his own shadow on the ground, and next to the shadow is a free food slogan and a piece of abandoned food. .

"This is ironic. Slogans like free food are obviously prepared for some homeless people. For them, food cannot be wasted. This is what we have been taught since childhood. But when this piece of bread appears in the picture , but it is undoubtedly the opposite of this slogan.

"So I find it ironic that when some people are short of food, some people are wasting food. This is a common social situation."

Fengyisheng: "My evaluation of this set of photos is the interest of life. Chen Pingsheng tried a new photography style this time. Both the composition and the color reveal a strong sense of street news. If you cut out the photos If I select it and paste it in the newspaper, I will have no doubt that it is a reporter filming the news.

"Although there is no strong connection between these photos, and there is no similarity in composition, it also means that they are more natural and lack artificial carving. This set of photos by Vivian achieves a balance between humanity and interest. I think this is very important.

"Many photographers tend to use lenses with very strong metaphors to shoot and exaggerate humanistic themes, for fear that the audience will not be able to see their suffering. In terms of color palette, they tend to be more gloomy. But Chen Pingsheng is the opposite. I chose a sunnier color, bright, highly saturated, and looks like some kind of fairy tale.

“Especially the photo of the girl and the boy in the car, the composition is perfect. On the basis of the frame composition, it also takes into account the horizontal and vertical balance. Even in the upper left corner with fewer elements, there is a driver’s seat. The steering wheel acts as a balance. More importantly, the girl's expression and the boy's sleeping form a strong contrast.

"It makes the whole photo full of sense of story. Although the word sense of story has been used many times, I have to say that Chen Pingsheng is the photographer I have seen who is best at using this technique. I have Looking forward to his next work."

Liu Yizhao: "The third picture is the best in my heart. Two women face the camera, and in the middle are a group of elite-looking men. They are so good at taking pictures. Just looking at this picture, I already feel the difference. Some of the issues gender encounters in the workplace.

"And this is also a frame composition, but it is used more cleverly. It directly uses two women as the frame to frame the group of men. But I think what is more interesting is the look in the woman's eyes, with a little disgust and doubt. Especially all the straight faces Looking at the camera, one feels that they are secretly expressing their likes and dislikes to the group of men.

"I'm also curious whether I was questioned by two ladies after I took the photo, hahaha."

Small photography of crime committed against the wind: "These photos have really good tones, plenty of sunlight, and bright colors. They make me feel like walking on the street at noon. In fact, the things Teacher Chen took are very simple, whether it is the child or the people on the ground. Shadow. Others have taken pictures, but they just don’t feel like Teacher Chen.

"As Teacher Feng said, several photos are not connected in content, because their connection is the sense given by the color, and a story connection beyond the composition. Seeing this group of photos, I naturally thought of This is what the photographer has learned along the way. I will re-understand the cities and people in these ordinary scenes through the photos.

"They make me feel that street photography is interesting, good-looking, and attractive enough. I can't help but pick up the camera and want to go to the streets to take a group of photos that belong to me. Of course, after taking the photos, I can also be more Know the distance between yourself and Teacher Chen."

In the foreign version of the film industry, this is how everyone commented on this set of photos.

William Klein: "Vivian, it's a very nice name. Although I don't know what Chen means, I can feel from the name that this is a woman. Maybe he is looking at it from a female perspective." street?
"Look at this photo of a man in a suit. It's really interesting. Chen deliberately didn't keep his head, but played a kind of swap game with the head from the promotional page. What a creative idea.

"I think looking at Chen's photos really opens up your imagination in composition. You will find that they can be applied to any scene in life. If you are a photographer, you are right to take pictures."

Anna: "This photo of a child lying on the ground reminds me of my own child. It is really appropriate. Children are always full of curiosity at this age. This little guy must want to see what is under the well. , and then lay on the ground.

"The photographer captured this moment decisively, I like it very much."

Defend the United States with two guns: "Class, I saw a clear class in that group of men, just like the group of hyenas near my home who claim to be elites. It's ridiculous to live by sucking blood from ordinary people every day, Sooner or later I will let them know what it means to inviolate property!"

Ryan: "Hey guys upstairs, calm down, you don't want to eat mom's apple pie in jail."

Chen Pingsheng frowned when he saw this. He felt that this brother's mental state seemed a bit worrying. More importantly, his name was also very speechless.

Clicked on his avatar, wearing a classic red hat, he is obviously a die-hard supporter of MAGA.

"MAGA" stands for Make America Great Again, a political slogan that emerged from the Reagan era until it was carried forward by the previous president.

It has now become an integral part of any reference to America.

I didn’t expect to see such extremists in the film industry. It seems that life in the United States is becoming more and more magical.

However, there are only a few such people. The following comments returned to normal, and Chen Pingsheng also saw a familiar name.

Gary, who loves his mother: "Wow, I just didn't know there was such a software. Chen, your photos reminded me of my hometown and everything in my hometown. Sunshine, beach, girls in skirts and football. I am now in Shooting in Switzerland, I don’t know when I will be able to return home.

"But I want to go to Huaxia again. It's really clean there and different from my home. And the people are also very friendly. No one discriminates against me because of my skin color. When I buy things, I see smiling faces. It's really great." An experience.

"Look at this set of photos. The colors are so clear. I think Chen, you must publish a color photo album. It's so beautiful. I can't wait to see your physical color photos."

After reading it, Chen Pingsheng was convinced that this was the black young man, Hawke Galli.

Just reading his comments, it seems that the film industry is used as a chat tool.

Chen Pingsheng smiled and replied: "This is part of my new photo album. Of course, it has just begun."

After waiting for a few seconds, Gary, who loves his mother, commented: "That's great! Chen, I like your work. Maybe we can meet again at this year's awards ceremony. I'm also creating my own photo album recently."

"I wish you something successful." Chen Pingsheng put down his phone after replying.

I looked out the car window and saw that it was another quiet night. The neon lights of the city formed tracks outside the car and came into my eyes.

Chen Pingsheng leaned his head back, wondering whether he should go out and take some photos tomorrow.
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"In Memory of Vivian" is the name of Chen Pingsheng's new work.

Whether everyone can understand or understand it is not important to him.Anyway, no one else knows who Vivian is, and there is no one named Vivian in the photography world yet, so let everyone guess as much as they want.

"Crack!"

He was thinking about the work in his mind, but Chen Pingsheng's hands did not stop moving. He looked at the sky, adjusted the parameters, and immediately captured the scene in front of him.

It is a rather funny picture. A man wearing a blue shirt and gray pants is trying to cross the tall green wall.

Because if you want to walk to another road, you need to make a big detour and walk over an overpass.

Maybe the man was in a hurry and couldn't bear to walk so many meters further.

So he chose to stretch his legs and step into the green wall, leaving only one leg and half of his buttocks exposed.

After Chen Pingsheng finished filming, he saw this big brother entering the green wall. He couldn't help but laugh when he watched him avoid various branches and leaves inside.

Especially after the eldest brother finally succeeded in time travel, he suddenly found that his pants had been cut open, exposing his fair buttocks, and he immediately cursed loudly.

I don’t know whether he was scolding the people who built the green wall or himself.

After walking along the road for a while, Chen Pingsheng saw another yellow school bus. It was full of children, laughing and playing, and the driver was puffing away outside the bus.

Chen Pingsheng raised his camera and pointed it at the children in the car glass. The children immediately stopped talking and just stared at him, as if curious about what this brother was doing.

"Crack!"

Being a photographer means you have to be thick-skinned. If someone else was stared at like this, they would easily become timid and give up shooting.

But Chen Pingsheng thinks this is better. Looking directly at the camera will make him look more powerful.

After filming, he also said hello to the children and thanked them for their cooperation.

Just walking and shooting all the way, Chen Pingsheng feels that this is the fun of street photography.

Although this street is so familiar that it even seems boring after looking at it for too long, this does not mean that it is boring.

What is happening every moment and the people moving around every moment, the chain reaction they create is the most interesting part of street photography.

So when you have nothing to do, if you walk around the streets with your camera, you may get something unexpected.

Chen Pingsheng came to an open-air swimming pool. The exterior wall here was surrounded by white bricks. He walked around to see if there was anything interesting to take pictures, and then he saw two old people.

Wearing swimsuits, they lay on the outer wall and looked inside through the missing bricks on the wall, as if they were looking for people in the pool or looking at the decoration inside.

Chen Pingsheng filmed it without saying a word.

The old man and the old lady also finished reading at this time, touching their Mediterranean foreheads and walking towards the entrance of the swimming pool.

Chen Pingsheng looked back and thought it was very interesting. It was similar to the photos in the decisive moment. They were all about people facing some gaps to see the scenery in other directions, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

This kind of photos can actually be taken as a series.

Just like the photo of a woman’s hands behind her back mentioned in the comment section, this kind of close-up of parts of the body can also be taken into a series.

Because many photos are actually relatively isolated if viewed individually.Often using the same composition to photograph more different people is also a good creative method.

Many photographers have done this in history.

And if the time dimension is lengthened, the viewability of the photo will be doubled.For example, if you take the same picture and the same composition continuously every year, more than ten years later, you may get a set of photos that can shock everyone.

This is true even in the most mundane daily life.

So Chen Pingsheng plans to take more pictures when he encounters the same scene next time.

Soon, he walked into the city. In front of him was a street specializing in selling vintage clothing and jewelry. Every shop here followed a retro style, using dark brown, red and white as a combination, attracting passersby. Girls come in to buy.

But maybe it was still too early and it was a working day, so the flow of people on the whole street was not large.

Chen Pingsheng entered these shops with his camera, looking for suitable places for shooting.

It didn't take long for him to see the prop he wanted.

Mirror.

How can there be no lack of mirrors in the photo album commemorating Vivian!

Chen Pingsheng would not admit that he was still thinking about taking a selfie after taking the last photo.

At this time, in front of him was a large mirror lying on the ground, with a retro wooden frame. Like other ornaments and chairs in the store, it had a unified color aesthetic.

There is a mirror further on the wall, parallel to the mirror on the ground, and Chen Pingsheng's face can also be seen.

Tables and chairs are placed in other parts of the room. This is a room specially used for resting. The walls are covered with red wallpaper with complicated patterns. The overall feeling is very retro in the 90s.

Chen Pingsheng picked up his camera and put it in front of his eyes to cover part of his face, then looked at the composition and pressed the shutter.

In the picture, Chen Pingsheng appears in two mirrors at the same time. It seems that they are separated in time and space, and there is one of him taking the picture.

After taking this photo, he changed to another store.

After walking around, I found a row of portraits in the corner of the store.

But what’s even more interesting is that there’s a mirror sandwiched between the portraits.

Maybe it’s the owner’s bad taste, he wants customers to stand side by side with these portraits when passing by, and experience the feeling of commemorating the same portraits.

This was exactly what Chen Pingsheng wanted. He came to the mirror, bent down slightly, and took a portrait with the same visual proportions.

Of course, the camera is still in front of the face.

Later, while wandering around, he found a similar scene.

It was a shop window, with two small cityscape paintings hanging on the left and a large mirror hanging on the right.

The mirror has a gold-colored frame and is very clean, reflecting the parked vehicles and retro-decorated stores across the street.

It just so happened that Chen Pingsheng's outfit today was relatively retro, with a blue linen shirt paired with a white T-shirt underneath.So he adjusted his position, put his body close to the glass, raised the camera, and took another picture of himself.

I watched the replay and it was pretty good.

At the first glance of the photo, it is not even clear whether Chen Pingsheng in the mirror is a real person. If you don't look carefully, it is easy to mistake it for a portrait.

But as soon as people see the camera, they react immediately.

Then Chen Pingsheng did not continue to shoot the mirror, but walked out of the street and came to the next location.

This is a construction site where buildings are being built, and of course there are also buildings that have been completed and delivered. Walking here, you can see that the dark blue iron sheets block everyone's prying eyes, dividing the street into two worlds.

Perhaps there was something wrong with the fencing. There was a piece of iron sheet missing at one of the curved corners, exposing the wooden fence inside.

So people passing by couldn't help but look inside out of curiosity.

Chen Pingsheng stood there and waited for a while, then saw a man in formal clothes, a uniformed security guard, a passing uncle and a worker looking inside.

"Is this human curiosity?" Chen Pingsheng smiled and pressed the shutter to record this scene.

After all, it is rare to see such a neat frame in the same frame. The four people are staggered in different heights and poses. The key is that they do not block each other, making the picture extremely harmonious.

Just as he finished shooting, he suddenly saw a man and a woman carrying a huge mirror to the building next to it.

Chen Pingsheng thought that their company should be renovating and needed a mirror.

So he walked forward, trying to find an angle to see if he could get any suitable pictures.

However, what was unexpected was that as soon as he walked over, the girl carrying the mirror suddenly tripped on her feet and fell directly to the ground.

And in mid-air, she also let go of her hand. This time, the boy couldn't lift the mirror by himself, so he had to let go.

Chen Pingsheng wanted to step forward to help catch it, but the distance was still a bit far and he didn't touch it.

In an instant, there was a "bang" sound, and the entire mirror cracked into pieces.

"Ah this..." Chen Pingsheng looked at the two workers and found that their expressions were very interesting. One was crestfallen, while the other was already shouting to the sky.

Needless to say the classic national curse, when they were discussing how to communicate with the boss about the mirror, Chen Pingsheng had already walked to the mirror.

Because he found that although the mirrors were shattered all over the floor, there was one piece that was extraordinarily large, and there were various small lenses scattered around it. They reflected the tall buildings and the sky, giving them a wonderful sense of depth.

Chen Pingsheng lowered his head, raised the camera, looked at himself in the mirror, and took the picture with a click.

Then he took out a band-aid from his small bag and handed it to the man and woman, asking: "Are you injured? I have a band-aid here."

"Thank you." The girl nodded and took the band-aid gratefully. It wasn't that her hand was scratched, but her leg was scratched by the shattered and flying lenses.

"What are you going to do?" Chen Pingsheng asked as a melon-eater.

The boy smiled and said: "It's okay, I just said that a car suddenly rushed over and scared us both."

Chen Pingsheng raised his eyebrows, this was a lie.

"But you can't convince the boss just by talking, right?" he asked.

The boy didn't answer. Instead, he walked over to an older brother who was sitting in a van watching the excitement not far away and chatted with him for a few words.

Then he scanned his elder brother's payment code with his mobile phone.

Then the eldest brother drove the van to the mirror.

The boy asked the girl to return to her original position and took a blurry photo while shaking her phone.

Chen Pingsheng looked at it curiously and found that he couldn't see the license plate clearly. He could only see a car parked not far from the mirror. It seemed that it was about to hit him, but it didn't hit him.

Then he chatted with the girl for a while, and after completing the communication, he walked to Chen Pingsheng.

"How much did it cost?" Chen Pingsheng probably understood what he was doing. He was just using the driver's brother as an excuse to avoid his responsibilities.

"200." The boy said with a smile: "This mirror is custom-made, 1200 a piece. Now we only need to contribute 100 each. Our boss is a person with clear powers and responsibilities, so as long as I give enough reasons, he will not We will pay for it.”

After a pause, he added: "And if we are asked to lift it, we have to bear the risk. Don't you think so?"

"That's right." Chen Pingsheng felt that this young man was quite powerful. On the one hand, he understood the boss's temperament, and on the other hand, he could find ways to help himself and his colleagues avoid punishment. With one operation, he won people's hearts and saved money.

If the company wants to promote employees in the future, it is obvious that this girl will be the main force supporting him.

And look at the sign on her chest, Assistant Secretary.

Secretary, there are many things that need to be said.

Of course, there are risks in doing this, such as being exposed by others, or the boss will make him pay in the end.

But even if compensation is needed in the end, it will only be an extra one hundred per person.

It is obviously a good deal to bet one thousand and two with one hundred.

Chen Pingsheng even suspected that if two people had to pay compensation in the end, the boy would definitely bear the 200 expenses himself to win the favor of the girl.

"It's so fine!"

Chen Pingsheng has no doubt about this young man's future development in the workplace. Being capable is only one aspect, but more importantly, he has the courage to take responsibility and dare to gamble.

Not everyone has this kind of courage.

Many people stay at the step of imagination and dare not practice it.

Therefore, in the workplace, we can only stay in basic positions in the end.

But after sighing, Chen Pingsheng put him behind him. He didn't have to go to work anyway, and taking pictures would be the rhythm of his future life.

This is what he loves most, touching people with creativity and inspiration.

(End of this chapter)