Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 236 The unlucky Fei Ming and Chen Pingsheng responded (Wan update 24)

"Chen, so I think you should hold more exhibitions so that everyone can feel your decisive moment more clearly." Mr. Ericson suggested.

Although he likes Chen Pingsheng's works very much, his position has always been on the side of the photography industry.

That is to say, as long as it is beneficial to the photography industry, he supports it.

The recent emergence of a trend against decisive moments has led many photographers to create many unexpected works. He feels that this may be the development direction of the photography industry in the future.

Therefore, he very much hopes that Chen Pingsheng can represent the decisive moment and face the opponents' opinions head-on, so as to bring new vitality to the photography world.

But for Chen Pingsheng, this is a completely thankless thing.

He has fully demonstrated his concepts and works. If he continues to shoot, it will be nothing more than repeating the same old tune.

Such a waste of time has no benefit other than making some money.

If Chen Pingsheng had no other creative career, he could have taken the time to come over for dialogue. But now that Tini's follow-up filming has just begun, there is no time to debate with these boring opponents one by one.

Therefore, Chen Pingsheng rejected Mr. Erikson's suggestion: "I don't think it has much significance. Time will prove this work, Mr. Chairman."

"Well, okay. Chen, I respect your idea." Mr. Ericson did not continue to persuade.

Artists always have their own persistence, he understands.

"By the way, Mr. Chairman, has this year's qualifying award ceremony been decided? Where will it be?" Chen Pingsheng suddenly thought of this question.

"It's settled, Chen, in Japan." Mr. Erikson replied: "I will send you invitation letters next month."

"No problem." Chen Pingsheng didn't expect that the Japanese he learned would really come in handy, and now he could communicate without any barriers.

"Let's go, Chen. I'll take you to see these new works. They are all very talented photographers."

After Mr. Ericson finished speaking, he took Chen Pingsheng and Huang Liao to look at the photos one by one.

The style of these photos is different from that in the past photography industry. They are no longer just shooting beautiful scenery, nor are they shooting grand scenes or rare scenes.

On the contrary, most of them focus on shooting around cities and geographical locations, and what they shoot is not the beautiful scenery, but the main purpose of recording. We can see the photographers' new thinking about the scenery.

This coincided with Huang Liao's style, so she was fascinated by it. She would also write down the photographer's name and search for it on the film industry to follow.

After reading it, Mr. Ericson asked Chen Pingsheng for his opinion.

Chen Pingsheng thought for a while and said: "I think the most important change in these photos is the shift from grand narrative to focus on individuals and cities. This is also the meaning of new geography, although it seems relatively ordinary and not so spectacular. scenery. But it is more in line with the look and feel of the surrounding scenery in life, and it is also more in line with the preferences of modern people."

"That's right, Chen." Mr. Ericson affirmed: "This is what I mean by planning this exhibition. I need to make everyone realize that the trend of photography has changed. We can't always shoot those old themes. , there must be changes, there must be new ideas.”

"I have seen the creative works of many photographers this year. Mr. Chairman, what you want is slowly coming true." Chen Pingsheng sighed.

"But it's not enough, isn't it? Although the sales of this year's album are much better than before, we must admit that your album has made a great contribution." Mr. Ericson smiled: "So what's next? Is there still a photo album to be published?”

"Yes, of course." Then Chen Pingsheng briefly talked about his "Beiliu Huohuo".

"Oh, I know that, Feiming Camera asked you to take the photo." Mr. Ericson thought about it, and then said with a strange expression: "Chen, do you know what happened to Feiming recently?"

"What happened?" Chen Pingsheng was a little confused. He didn't seem to hear anything.

"About that new camera, it is said that Feiming has only successfully sold three units since its release." Mr. Ericson said about the news he heard from relevant people not long ago.

"What? Santai?" Chen Pingsheng was completely surprised.

He thought that no matter how bulky and expensive this camera was, he could still sell dozens of them.However, only three units have been sold now, which is a huge loss to my grandma’s family.

No wonder Lauren never contacted him again to talk to him about sales.

"Yes, so their directors can't sit still and plan to package Feiming and sell it." Mr. Ericson said.

"Uh..." Chen Pingsheng felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose.Fei Ming even specially hired him to take proof pictures. Now he is half-dead and feels like he is the one who killed him.

"Then Mr. Chairman, does he know who he plans to sell it to?"

Mr. Erikson spread his hands: "I don't know very well, but I don't think many people will be interested. After all, the losses are very serious."

"Well, I hope Lauren won't lose her job." Chen Pingsheng could only pray silently.

The photography exhibition was quickly finished, and then it was time to work.

After the photography exhibition ended that day, Huang Liao set up a few lights for Chen Pingsheng, and Chen Pingsheng took a few relevant photos with his camera and posted them on the photo circle to encourage everyone to come and see them.

This photography exhibition lasts for fifteen days, so it doesn’t matter if you promote it a little bit.

When they learned that Chen Pingsheng would also be at the photography exhibition, his fans immediately became enthusiastic.

Clayton: "My favorite photographer is finally here. I didn't have time to go to the last art exhibition, so I won't miss it this time."

Wick: "I will take the photo album with me, Chen, you must not go away! I really, really need your autograph."

Anna: "Wow! Chen, Chen alive! I saw it! Everyone must come, he is so charming!"

William Klein: "When I go to the scene tomorrow, I must ask Chen a few questions: 1. Do you have a girlfriend? 2. Do you have a boyfriend? 3. What do you think of the anti-decisive moment?"

Many people liked his comment, and some people even commented: "Death to those who oppose the decisive moment! This is the bible of the photography world, an undoubted classic, what is solidified photography, they are simply slandering it." "

Chen Pingsheng also felt a headache when he saw such comments. Although he seemed to be on his side, the crazy support in his words was really too much for him.

Another group of opponents also appeared in the comment area.

Wesker's Cat: "This is not a classic, but a constraint! What photography needs is freedom!"

Finier: “Against the decisive moment, we need the natural beauty of photography, everything we see unintentionally.”

Ice Dog: "The works shot by Asians all convey the concept of restraint and rules, without exception."

I won’t go into details about similar comments. After reading it, Chen Pingsheng just found it a bit ridiculous.

What is unintentional?What is natural beauty?It even escalates to racial and regional discrimination.

If you see two people fighting on the street and then film it, it must be considered unintentional, but who says this is not a decisive moment?

It can only be said that many people start to comment without fully understanding the preface of the work, which is really frustrating.Not to mention there are a lot of stupid people out there.

But Chen Pingsheng is not surprised by this situation, because any work will be boycotted after it is disseminated.

How could these superior white men tolerate an Asian teaching them how to take photos?

So Chen Pingsheng replied: "After the work is presented, I will not make any comments, so I welcome any interpretation that does not deviate from the theme. Photography has many possibilities, of course not just the decisive moment. The same , and certainly not just the anti-decisive moment. I suggest everyone look at this issue rationally. I would rather continue filming the next work instead of spending time solving doubts."

(End of this chapter)