Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 21 The Clown Is Actually Himself

"How did such photos come to be? Ridiculous." Under a row of photo walls, Wang Yifan was complaining one by one.

He pointed at the person in the photo and said: "There is no light on the face at all. It looks so blurry. This level is not good."

Jin Jiani nodded: "The composition is not very good either."

Li Binbin looked at the label. It was a slightly familiar name. He seemed to be a professor of photography at the school where his girlfriend went.He had gone to a class with his girlfriend before.

"Let's look at the next one." Wang Yifan sighed to express his dissatisfaction.

The three of them continued to look behind them, and soon discovered many photos showing farming scenes.

Several people recalled Chen Pingsheng's advice at that time and couldn't help but fell silent for a while.

"Senior Chen is right. Many people have taken photos of farming." Jin Jiani looked regretful. She felt that if she had taken some photos other than farming, she might have a chance of being selected.

"What's the use of saying it? How can we have so much time to find other shooting locations?" Wang Yifan retorted.

"That's better than filming farming all the time." Li Binbin also had the same idea as Jin Jiani.

"Tch." Wang Yifan rolled his eyes and was too lazy to continue reasoning.

"Let's go take a look at the photos of the Yao Village." Jin Jiani was now eager to know where the Yao Village was.

However, the three of them had already walked around and didn't see any photos of Yao Village.

So they moved further back, went around a few corners, and suddenly found a few photos of Yao Village.

"From here is Yao Village." Li Binbin pointed to the familiar figure in the photo, which was Village Chief Luo. He stood in the yard, surrounded by several roosters, and took a photo.

"This should have been taken by another school." Wang Yifan looked unconcerned. He just wanted to see his own photo.

After walking a few more steps, they saw from a distance that there were the most people at the end of the exhibition.It was obviously already noon, and there were no more viewers around the other photos, but there were still some people gathered here, discussing something.

"Is that a photo of our school?" Jin Jiani turned around and asked.

"I think it looks like it." Li Binbin nodded and continued: "Maybe it's Professor Li's photo."

Wang Yifan didn't speak this time, but it could be seen from his approaching trot that he was very excited.

But when they got closer, they discovered that the first photo on the photo wall was Wang Yifan's photo.This is a photo of a dry river bed in the village, and it is also the photo that Wang Yifan attaches least importance to.

Wang Yifan looked at the empty photo in front of him. His expression was disappointed at first, and then he laughed awkwardly: "There are too few people at noon."

Jin Jiani and Li Binbin turned to look at the crowd gathered not far away, feeling inexplicable irony.

"It's strange, those last few photos are so big." Jin Jiani suddenly stood on tiptoes and looked at the center of the crowd with a puzzled tone.

No need for her to say anything, Li Binbin and Wang Yifan naturally saw it too.

It vaguely seemed to be a portrait of someone, but they had no impression that such a photo had been taken, and they had never seen Professor Li take a portrait. Could it be from another school?

Taking a closer look, several people became even more confused.

They had no impression of such a huge and distinctive portrait and couldn't figure out who took it.

Chen Pingsheng?Senior Chen?
Everyone knows his level. In order to verify the accuracy of his information, Wang Yifan also found the works submitted by Chen Pingsheng in the past and showed them to Li Binbin and Jin Jiani. They can be said to be ordinary works among the ordinary.

"Look at the third picture. Is it the uncle who visited the house with Senior Chen?" Li Binbin suddenly remembered something and reminded him.

"Yes, it's him. He's missing an arm." Jin Jiani also noticed and became excited.

"Is it really taken by Senior Chen?" She tried to get in between several people to take a look.

"Stop making trouble, how is it possible?" Wang Yifan sneered, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Jin Jiani shouting: "It's really Senior Chen!"

Immediately, the expression on his face froze.After a moment of unnaturalness, he also squeezed in front of the photo, still muttering: "I didn't expect that Senior Chen also left a hand."

The three quickly gathered under the photo and found the text label.

I saw the name and author of the work written in black and white on it.

"Equality of Eyes" author: Chen Pingsheng. "Senior Chen is so awesome!" Jin Jiani couldn't help but praise.

Li Binbin also looked at the photos carefully, wondering if he could learn anything.

Only Wang Yifan glanced at it and said nonchalantly: "Isn't this just a portrait? It's nothing except that it's a little bigger."

"Young man, take a good look, this is no ordinary portrait." A bald old man wearing a vest and carrying a camera suddenly said.

Wang Yifan didn't expect that someone would answer his words, and his face suddenly looked bad, but he still said firmly: "What do you think you have to say?"

The old man smiled slightly, and the others also smiled knowingly.

This smile made Wang Yifan a little creepy, as if he was the only one who was kept in the dark about what everyone knew.

"Teacher Liu has told me before that you are late." A middle-aged woman wearing glasses said.

Uncle Liu waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll teach these young people a lesson!"

"Okay, Teacher Liu, please explain again. I didn't understand it before." Others echoed.

But when they heard Uncle Liu say it again, the people who were about to leave stopped immediately.

Jin Jiani and Li Binbin also pricked up their ears, ready to hear what Uncle Liu had to say.

Uncle Liu pointed at the photos and said, "Look at the five photos first. What is your first impression?"

"Calm down!" The glasses-wearing lady from earlier immediately responded.

"Yes, calm." Uncle Liu nodded and continued: "Maybe other people feel that it is quiet and tranquil, it is the same. It means that these photos give people a unified impression. But then the next question, why do you think they do So peaceful?"

"You don't need to tell me the answer." Uncle Liu said slowly: "Because any reason is possible, so each of you has the right idea. And this is the interpretation space of the photo, but it is not enough."

"From this texture point of view, it must be film, medium format, to capture this feeling. In the first picture of this old man, the wrinkles and posture of his face are very clearly displayed in front of us, and at the same time, the sun shines on his face Multiple layers of shadows are formed. The dark parts are not completely black, and the highlights are not overexposed. It is a pleasure for us just to look at it.”

"The second picture is more exciting. There is still a trace of bitterness on the old man's face. But there is no trace of bitterness on her face. She is calm and seems to be isolated from the world. Especially if you focus on her standing posture, she is straighter than the others! Look again The party emblem on her chest shows that her identity is not simple."

"And in the third picture, this little brother is missing his arm. His collar is not yellowed at all, which means he washes it very frequently. But why does he, a rural person who never leaves the village, cherish this piece of clothing so much? Maybe it's because This dress is important to him."

"The fourth and fifth pictures, these two children look simple. But if we look closely, we can see that the girl's hair is tied up by herself, because if the mother helped, it would not be so messy. And the boy's hair is tied up by himself. The mouth has been closed tightly and is somewhat bulging, which means that the teeth are a bit bucky and you don’t want to show shyness.”

After saying this, Uncle Liu picked up the water glass and took a sip of water: "These photos are very rich in details! I just looked at them briefly, and there is so much to say. This is why the large-size photos never tire of it, and many people If you look at the photos with that mobile phone, what can you see? There is no way to see the real shock of a photo."

"So this set of photos is more outstanding than other photos, but that's not all. Sometimes when we look at photography, we not only have to look at what the photographer took, but also what the photographer didn't take. Don't you think this Is there anything missing from the set of photos?”

"No women, no young people." The lady with glasses answered again.

"Hey, yes. Why? Photographers don't like taking pictures? Impossible. This means that there are no middle-aged women or young people in the village. Where have they all gone? They have all come to the city to work. This is the true meaning of this set of photos. What it conveys to us is that if we don’t pay attention to this issue, many villages will become dead villages!”

After speaking, Uncle Liu looked at Wang Yifan and the others: "Young man, do you understand now?"

"I understand!" Li Binbin replied excitedly, Jin Jiani nodded her head, but Wang Yifan remained silent and expressionless.

"Okay, just understand it. That's the end of today's class. I'll leave first." After speaking, Uncle Liu walked towards the door, and others gathered around him to leave.

"Sister, who is this uncle? I feel very powerful." Jin Jiani asked hurriedly when she saw that the glasses girl hadn't left yet.

"He is not an ordinary person. He is the vice president of our city's Photography Association!" The glasses lady introduced: "If you search in the film industry, Liu Yizhao is him."

Li Binbin quickly searched and found that this account had more than 20 fans.

He clicked follow casually, and then recommended the account to the WeChat group of three people.

"Let's go, finished reading." At this moment, Wang Yifan suddenly stepped forward and walked out of the photography exhibition without waiting for the other two to react.

Jin Jiani and Li Binbin looked at each other, said goodbye to the glasses lady, and left the photography exhibition.

The next moment, Chen Pingsheng, who had just finished lunch, returned to the position where his photos were taken, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, preparing to wait for the opportunity to snap a few more photos.

(End of this chapter)