Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 29 Looking for traces of crows

There is still one month left until the qualifying deadline.

Chen Pingsheng is searching for traces of crows on the Internet. The work he is planning to shoot is the masterpiece "Crow" by Masahisa Fukase.

This is a work with an extremely distinctive style and personality.The old British photography magazine "British Journal of Photography" rated "The Crow" as the best photography book in the past 25 years, praising it as a masterpiece full of obscurity and bitterness.

The inspiration for the work "The Crow" is actually not as sad as the interpretation of him on the Internet.Many people say that it was because he returned to his hometown in Hokkaido after divorcing his beloved wife Yoko and saw a large number of crows. He felt that he was in a very similar situation to the crows, so he took photos of the crows and finally published them.

But in fact, if you know about Fukase Masahisa's past, you will find that he found a new wife just six months after divorcing Yoko.

Chen Pingsheng felt that it was hard to tell how deeply Masahisa Fukase loved Yoko with such a performance. Yoko was more like his exclusive model than his wife.He never tires of taking pictures of Yoko, and his strong possessiveness makes people feel suffocated and unhappy.Even Yoko said: "Our lives are filled with suffocating dullness, sometimes interspersed with sporadic and violent violence and precipitating suicidal thoughts."

From a photographer's point of view, Chen Pingsheng felt that Fukase Masahisa might regard his wife Yoko as an exclusive possession of his lens. To put it more harshly, Yoko is like a living human figure, and Fukase Masahisa is like a future. grown up children.

Most of his love probably comes from the fact that Yoko can be filmed endlessly, rather than from actually loving Yoko as a person.

But no matter what, he completed such a masterpiece. No photographer has ever bound his image to animals in such a profound way. As long as you mention crows, it must involve Fukase Masahisa's "Crow" .

The status of this work in the history of photography goes without saying. The reason why Chen Pingsheng chose this work was, on the one hand, to test his ability. On the other hand, he felt that he was like a stray crow, lonely in this world. The world flies.

The thoughts about "Crow" have come to an end. What Chen Pingsheng urgently needs to solve now is how to find them.

During this time, he has been collecting information from everywhere, but few people in the city actually know where crows gather.

He also asked Professor Li and the others, but the answers they received were all unclear. After all, no one would go out of their way to look for crows.However, I can find from the Internet that there is a place where a large number of crows gather.

It is a national nature reserve.

There are a large number of large-billed crows living there, and it may be the largest crow gathering place in the province.

However, this kind of place is difficult to photograph, and it doesn't quite meet Chen Pingsheng's requirements, so he wants to take another look.

"Simu, do you know where there are flocks of crows?" Chen Pingsheng asked Lin Zishan on WeChat.

After waiting for 10 minutes, Lin Zishan's reply came belatedly: "I don't know. I asked my friends in Yunnan, and they didn't know where there are crows."

"Are you going to take pictures of crows? (Dog looks confused)"

"Yes, Gesai's work." Chen Pingsheng actually has another choice, and that is Stephen Shore's "Unusual Places". This work only needs to find an abandoned town to shoot, and it can show the general outline.

But to be honest, this is not a safe choice, because this work is too obscure. Many people who see this work feel that it is no different from what they usually shoot.It's nothing more than patting the ceiling, patting the bed, patting the town scene, no surprises or surprises.

To interpret this work, you really need to have certain photography experience and knowledge reserves to understand its meaning.

It is not like Masahisa Fukase's "Crow", which is very emotional, and it is easy for viewers to see their own understanding and become involved in it.

Therefore, Chen Pingsheng is still more inclined to choose "The Crow" as his blockbuster work.

"Then I'll ask other friends!" Lin Zishan immediately called other people after seeing Chen Pingsheng's reply. After all, the work that Chen Pingsheng can prepare for must be superb.She has been communicating with Chen Pingsheng about photo issues in the past few days. Whether it is the parameter setting of the equipment, the shooting angle, or the shooting ideas, she has learned a lot.

In her opinion, even the teacher's accomplishments in photography cannot be compared with Chen Pingsheng. She doesn't know where his unparalleled ability comes from. Has he started taking pictures since he was a child?Or was it raised by someone at home?

However, she now has no doubt about Chen Pingsheng's photography skills, and feels that his works will definitely occupy a place in the competition. Even if he does not win an award, it is normal to get a nomination.

After consulting everyone to no avail, Chen Pingsheng thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and posted a message on "Shadow Circle".

"Does anyone know which city has a crow colony around it?"

His current number of fans is close to [-]. It has only been two weeks since his first fandom. The speed is still very fast, which shows the importance of platform recommendations.

But the rate of increase in followers is still not fast enough, mainly because the photos he takes are not popular photos. If he posts photos of beautiful women every day, it is estimated that his rate of increase in followers will be twice as fast as it is now.

There is no way, sex is the primary productive force that promotes human development.

He began to look forward to the release of Wei Seya's photos. The two of them had decided that the show would be broadcast in the second half of the month, and 64 people from 32 people would be selected to advance.When Wei Seya is promoted, she will post a set of photos, once for each promotion, and Chen Pingsheng can also update them simultaneously.

It will definitely increase a wave of traffic.

As for why Wei Seya is so confident?Chen Pingsheng also asked her this question, but the answer he got was one sentence.

"I'm not confident, but I know the rules of this market too well."

Her words were still ringing in his ears. Chen Pingsheng smiled and received a reply from "Shadow Circle".

I am a little Xiaochuan said: "Crow? A tough guy wants to shoot a crow? I can't imagine the picture."

Sun Yimao commented: "There are some crows in my hometown, but they seem to be scattered. Do you remember them?"

I am a little Xiaochuan and replied: "Remember, it is too few and does not meet the requirements."

Fan Shusheng said: "Crows? Unfortunately, I am in the capital. Although there are some crows in the city, they don't seem to gather together."

Simu Mumu commented on Shusheng Fan: "So Teacher Fan is in the capital? Is he engaged in photography?"

Fan Shusheng replied: "No, he is just an ordinary employee."

Chen Pingsheng looked at the comment area, and it seemed that no one could tell him where he wanted to go. It seemed that he was going to a protected area in the next two days to see if he could take photos.

And just when he was about to turn off his phone, Ranbumuraqiu, who often made jokes under his photos, suddenly replied with a message.

"I know, there are them in Songyuan. There's a whole flock of crows, that's a lot."

This sentence made Chen Pingsheng pause and think of something.

(End of this chapter)