Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 255 The best breakthrough photo of the year!
After a few minutes of pleasantries, the countdown to the ceremony officially began.

Chen Pingsheng and the other photographers all sat back in their seats. This time, he was at the head of the second row, which was very suitable for watching the ceremony.

As everyone sat down, the staff walked back and forth in the venue several times. After there were no problems, the entire theater gradually darkened.

At seven o'clock sharp, the competition award ceremony begins on time!
"Long time no see, my old friends!" A host in a black suit walked to the front of the stage from the side. He was white, but his mustache looked quite neon.

"This is the second time I've appeared here since I hosted the Gesay Awards three years ago. There may be many people who don't know me. My name is Chris. My grandfather is a Neon man and my grandmother is British, so back to It’s like coming home here.”

His hosting style is less exaggerated than last year's host, but still very eloquent.

He talked about the talk show on the stage for a full 5 minutes, making everyone laugh several times before giving up and finally getting to the point.

"Welcome everyone to the Freeze World Grand Prix award ceremony. Now, let us ask Mr. Rosen from the organizing committee to introduce us to the guests present!"

Mr. Rosen?

This is a somewhat unfamiliar name to Chen Pingsheng, and in fact it is also the same to others.

However, the name of the qualifying competition organizing committee is still very resounding, but I don’t know why he was invited first.

Moreover, it seems that the organizing committee was not introduced in previous years’ competitions.

Just one episode made Chen Pingsheng realize that this competition is different from the past.

As soon as this 70-year-old gentleman came on stage, he immediately started a long speech, starting from the photography industry to the development of Gesai, and finally to the original intention of Gesai.

"We were established to allow more emerging photographers to have the possibility of being seen. And it turns out that we have done a pretty good job. Just like Chen, and his "Crow", this work has become the most popular work in the world. The response from the world has been great and we are honored by it.”

After Rosen said this, he began to introduce the guests.

It took more than ten minutes to end his speech eloquently, and then the band came on stage to start the warm-up performance.

"Chen! What do you think?" Suddenly, the bearded man sitting next to Chen Pingsheng asked.

He is Doug Wall, a famous portrait master in the photography industry, and he happened to be sitting with Chen Pingsheng this time.

"Mr. Wall, what do you think?" Chen Pingsheng didn't understand what he meant for a while.

"That's what Rosen said." Mr. Wall spread his hands and said, "I don't think that was Gesai's original intention."

He said it very directly.

"Why? Isn't it good to let new photographers take the lead?" After all, Chen Pingsheng is still relatively young and doesn't know Gesai well.

Mr. Wall laughed: "Chen, although Gesai has attracted much attention, are there no other photography awards in the photography industry?"

"No, of course not." Chen Pingsheng shook his head. On the contrary, many small photography awards and art festival awards will also attract everyone's attention.

"So, the reason why Gesai is where he is today is because of his authority and his influence on the trend of photography. Just like your "Crow" last year, this is a new trend that has been affirmed. This year is similar. Many works have been created.”

Mr. Wall explained for him: "Everyone has always believed that Gesei represents the highest level of appreciation in the photography industry. But now they seem to be saying that as long as there are new faces, they can win awards. I think this is very Damn it.”

Chen Pingsheng nodded and thought for a moment, then said: "Perhaps it's in the direction. The selection level shouldn't change much."

"Can only hope so."

Not long after the two ended their chat, host Chris came to the stage again. "Next, is the award ceremony that we are all looking forward to! First of all, the first award to be awarded is..."

"Huh? Isn't there Mr. Ericson's speech?" Chen Pingsheng was a little confused, and the photographers around him also looked a little puzzled.

Before the same awards last year, Mr. Chairman would deliver a speech, but this year it was replaced by Mr. Rosen. Although they are both members of the organizing committee, the weight is still not comparable.

Regardless of social status, at least in terms of competition, no one can surpass Eriksson's status.

This makes people even more worried about what happened at this award ceremony.

But the awarding process left no room for thinking. Soon, category awards were awarded to the photographers one by one.

Awards for landscapes, characters, architecture, etc. all aroused bursts of cheers from the audience.

Many new faces of photography appeared on the awards stage, accepting praises and awards from guests.

Until the first heavyweight award appeared.

The stage turned completely dark, and then a beam of light lit up with a bang, hitting the host Chris.

"Time flies so fast, and it's time for us to be most excited, which is the moment when the first award is announced."

He slowly walked to the center, took the microphone and said: "This award is very difficult to be honest, not from a Geset perspective. It's from a photographer's perspective. A photographer's style will develop over a long period of time." To form, it includes his life, his lover, and his preferences. But similarly, when the style is formed, it takes great perseverance and determination to break it."

"For this reason, whenever a photographer makes such a huge breakthrough, it will definitely attract the attention of the photography world. At least Gesai is always paying attention to you. So the nominees for the best breakthrough photo of the year are..."

At the end of the sentence, Chris raised his volume and lengthened the ending.

Everyone immediately held their breath and watched intently to see who would win the first grand prize.

"Respectively, France, Khalifa Karen, "Rose" photo series!"

A shot of the nominees immediately appeared on the big screen. A man dressed as a gentleman took a deep breath and clasped his hands to express his joy.

Chris smiled, took the card and continued to announce: "South Korea, Sun Zhenghui, "The Third Vision"!"

In the camera, a fat Korean with slicked back hair kept nodding his head in thanks.

"USA, Lidia Mansour, "Afternoon" photo series!"

The woman wearing a backless dress and heavy makeup covered her mouth in surprise.

“Italy, Wayne Jensen, Skylight!”

"China Taiwan, Wang Yiqiang, "Life in the Corridor"!"

Chris read out the second to last name in one breath, and then after watching the nominees express their excitement, he smiled and said loudly: "There is one last one!"

"Huaxia, Chen Pingsheng, "Beiliu Huohuo"!"

Upon hearing these words, the director's camera and everyone in the audience immediately turned their attention to this year's most popular photographer.

(End of this chapter)