Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 293 Discussion about unusual places
While Chen Pingsheng was still busy working on his "After Humanity Disappears", his photo albums had been published one after another.

"Unusual Places" was also officially published after the popularity of "The Look of the New Earth", which caught all new followers of Chen Pingsheng off guard.

The old fans have popularized one thing for them, that is, Chen Pingsheng's publishing speed of photo albums is much faster than everyone imagined.

He seems to never have a creative bottleneck and is shooting albums anytime and anywhere.

Some photography bloggers described it this way: "I wake up every morning and start thinking about the topic for the album. I go to bed at [-] o'clock in the evening and I am still thinking about the topic for the album. It took three months to decide on the topic and shooting location. It took another half a year to take thousands of photos, and finally it took another two months to select the photos. And this is still a thousand miles away from publication. I still need to color, type, communicate and revise, and then print. Look at the proofs and finally publish them.”

"But Chen Pingsheng seems to have completely omitted this step and published four or five photo albums a year. What does this mean?"

"This means that the cycle of each photo album is three months. One week to select the topic, one week to prepare, two months to shoot, one week to select photos, color grade, layout, and then start printing and publishing. What speed is this? It is simply divine. speed."

As for the speed of his creation, some people initially thought that Chen Pingsheng might have plagiarized or misappropriated, which is why he has such a speed.

But it's almost the third year, and with so many albums published, no one can find any clues or traces of plagiarism. Even each of his albums is refreshing everyone's understanding of photography.

This is undoubtedly very scary.

So much so that the saying that Chen Pingsheng dominated the photography world became more common after "The Decisive Moment".

When it comes to "Unusual Place", this statement is simply implemented.

Because everyone who watched this album was silent.

Part of it is because I can't understand it at all. Those ordinary things and buildings are like an abstract maze. Even if I project all my imagination into it, I can't get the answer.

The other part was because they understood it, so they were so shocked that they couldn't speak at all.

This also leads to the fact that usually everyone will comment on the album three days after it comes out, but now more than a week has passed, and there is no comment on it online.

Until a blogger who didn’t know how to live or die angrily complained that this photo album was the worst one in Chen Pingsheng’s photography resume!
"After reading this album three times, my rating is zero stars! Trash! A money-making work!

"I have never seen such a boring photo album. Apart from the still bright and vivid colors and the relatively neat composition, I can't find any shining points! Why? Why did Chen Pingsheng take such confusing photos? The album doesn't even have a visual center in the picture, so I have no chance to defend it.

"Even if you are a fan of Chen Pingsheng, I advise you not to buy it, because it is too bad. I suspect that Chen Pingsheng has lost his ability to innovate and has started to make things up."

As for his video, it immediately sparked a lot of discussion in the photography community, and many people said they couldn't understand it.

Until Aisha, the critic who once wrote a book cover for Chen Pingsheng, released a video.

She was sitting in front of the sofa, holding "Unusual Places" in her hand. The angle of view was a bit low, and the camera should have been placed on the coffee table. It looked like a chat video.

But what she said was very firm and shocking.

"This is Chen's best work! It is better than "The Crow" and "The Decisive Moment". You must want to ask why? Right? Why do some people say they can't understand it, or even think it is bad, but I want to say It's the best.

"In fact, before you can understand this work, you need to understand a concept first, which I didn't notice at first. Photography is actually shot from a human perspective, a reflection of the real world. What we use Cameras and lenses are all trying their best to simulate the real world in human eyes, and try to achieve a consistent look and feel.

“The more the images captured by a camera match what we see, the more we think the camera is excellent. Do you think this is true?
"But this creates a paradox, that is, is the world in our eyes the real world?"

At this point Aisha smiled and frowned: "To be honest, when I first heard this, I wanted to fart. But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was very correct. Because in the end, human beings Eyes are also an observation tool.

"The eyes are lenses and the brain is a camera. We actually use this set of tools to record the world every day. So if you see something that does not match your perception, you will easily be able to tell the truth from the false.

"But what is the real world? This is the answer given by this album."

Fosken sat in front of the camera, with an unfolded version of "Unusual Places" on his table, the most conspicuous of which was the car in the parking lot.

He pointed at the photo and said: "You will find that this photo does not have a central visual point that dominates the picture in the traditional sense. When we first look at the photo, we will have the illusion that we have no idea where to start. Because there is no overly prominent color, There is no very focused composition either. Chen Pingsheng placed everything in the picture in such a straightforward manner, as if it was just to show off the vehicles.

"But don't you think this is what the real world looks like? The human eye has a focus and a focusing function. But if we separate from the observation of the human eye, the entire world is actually very clear, without any blurry areas.

"Looking at the perspective relationship in the picture, there is no linear perspective, no near or far, no color perspective, no color transformation. Even because of the infinite depth of field, we can see the farthest place clearly.

"That's what the photo implies, and that's the key to what I call the best."

Photography critic William Klein wrote in his article: "I personally believe that the development of photography must go from simulation to breakthrough to deconstruction and then to abstraction. The current stage of development of the photography industry is Simulation and breakthrough. Simulation, that is, using a camera to simulate the world in human eyes. "The Decisive Moment" and "Suffering of Light" are among the best.

"Breakthrough means breaking through the imagination and starting to use various tools to create 'real pictures' that do not exist in the real world. For example, "Blue's Long Vacation" breaks through the constraints of the real world and creates memories that only belong to the real world. in the picture.

"The third step is to deconstruct photography, which focuses more on exploring the connection between photography and the real world, and on destroying the original rules. This is the case with Chen Pingsheng's "Unusual Places", which abandons the basic principles of photography. The law of perspective, choose to show the real world in the opposite way.

"This is closer to the real world and more contrary to our cognition. But even so, the photos taken by Chen Pingsheng are still eye-catching. His use of color is so perfect that he does not need to dominate the color of the picture to make people pay attention. Look at the seemingly messy colors in the photo.

“This is due to his color grading, which looks very close to the real world, very consistent with our naked eye’s perception of color, not exaggerated or dim, and suitable for our long-term viewing.

"I believe that if these photos are held in a film festival, it will be the film festival with the longest average viewing time in the photography industry, because every picture is worthy of repeated viewing by the audience. Every detail is important. After you have seen all the corners, Maybe you’ll understand what’s so good about this photo.”

Domestic critics, however, unexpectedly expressed their shallowness in their treatment of "Unusual Places" this time.Feng Yisheng wrote in her review: "Even after reading the entire work three times, I am still a layman. Chen Pingsheng's work this time is no longer as clear in theme as in the past, and looks extremely obscure.

"But this kind of obscurity is completely different from the obscurity of those niche artists. It's not the kind that makes a fuss about the content of the picture and makes people look physically uncomfortable, so that they can't understand his creative state. But everything is very clear. , is the daily life of a small town, but after watching it, I can vaguely feel that I have missed something, but I can’t be sure of it.

"This is undoubtedly a more advanced creative technique. Everything is on the surface, but the puzzle is impossible to guess. Even I have read the preface of the album, and combined with the perspective mentioned in it, I slowly understood the album. intention of.

"There is no doubt that this will be one of the most important works in the world of photography, because it is the first attempt to deconstruct photography itself and begin to subvert the rules set by photography since its development.

“This is far more difficult than innovation, and it is not in line with what some people say is the worst work.

"But I still don't recommend everyone to buy it, because the threshold for this photo album is very high. If you don't have the patience, or just want to simply look at wonderful photos, then Chen Pingsheng's other works are very suitable for you."

Zhou Wenyuan spoke more directly and exaggeratedly: "My prediction failed last time, but that was not my problem. But this time, I think there will be no more problems. As long as you understand photography, understand photography, and love photography, It's impossible not to watch "Unusual Places."

"And if you watch it, it's impossible not to vote for it. This year's best film series, I think there has been no controversy since it appeared.

"And the best photographer of the year will definitely be awarded to Chen Pingsheng, because until now, no photographer has reached half of Chen Pingsheng's photo album and reputation. In one year, he wrote his name in Global media twice!

"As for those who say that the album is incomprehensible, I suggest that you first learn about the relevant information. After all, this is not an album for people who don't understand photography. It will become a trend and development direction in the future.

"To be honest, if it hadn't been for Chen Pingsheng to publish this photo album, no one would have been able to spark such a heated discussion. It would have inevitably led to such a wonderful photo album being lost among so many mediocre works."

Just after many critics and bloggers expressed their opinions on this photo album, photographers also began to pay attention to this photo album.

After watching it again and again, their answers were surprisingly consistent.

That is an "unsurpassable" classic. They believe that this work is in a field they have never imagined and is a true master's work.

Some foreign photography schools have even included this photo album as required reading, and have also used it in class to explain it to their students.

This is undoubtedly another thing that boosts your reputation.

It happened that at this time, Feiming issued a statement.

This is a statement about a new camera. In the statement, they stated that they have reached a cooperation with Chen Pingsheng, and the camera designed by Chen Pingsheng has officially entered the production process.

This camera will be the dream device of all photographers. It will adopt the sensor size of medium format and add various functions, making it the first digital medium format camera in the world to reach [-] million pixels!
As soon as the news came out, the entire photography circle was in a frenzy.

All photographers know the concept of [-] million pixels. This represents a new level. These words alone are enough to make people excited.

Not to mention that Feiming has also announced other camera parameters one after another.

It includes 5-axis 7-stop anti-shake effect, native ISO sensitivity as low as 64, 16-bit color depth that can present approximately 281 trillion colors, and a built-in hard drive.

This camera actually has a 512g built-in hard drive. This news makes all photographers excited.

You need to know what is most easily lost in a camera, it is the lens cap.

The easiest thing to forget is the memory card.

If Feiming's new camera can solve this pain point, coupled with its extremely competitive [-] million pixels, it is obvious that all photography enthusiasts will go crazy for it!
At this highly anticipated time, Feiming Sales Director, Lauren, announced the name of the new camera on social platforms.

A special branch factory will be set up to produce the new camera, and the name of the branch factory is: Hasselblad.

So the new camera was named Hasselblad X1.

In just one hour, the name spread across the global Internet, and photographers and equipment enthusiasts were discussing its shape and performance.

Some people say that Feiming's previous large-format camera failed miserably, so this time it is probably just a large toy.

But some people say that this camera is very practical just by looking at the parameters, not to mention the built-in 512g memory. If nothing goes wrong, it will become the new main model for photographers.

Of course, everyone generally questions Chen Pingsheng’s design level and wonders how he managed to design a camera.

Or is it that Feiming just borrowed his name? In fact, the design has nothing to do with him.

All of this is a mystery, but because of this, more and more people are discussing it.

Chen Pingsheng's name spread again, and his albums also rose in this discussion. In particular, "Looks of the New Earth" has become the sales king this year, even more outstanding than the sales of "The Crow" at the time.

Obviously, Chen Pingsheng will once again retain the annual throne of album sales.

He will also become the uncrowned king of the album sales market.

(End of this chapter)