Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 6 Brother Chen is confident

To get to Yao Village, they had to take a two-hour train ride.

Then they have to take a car for an hour, and then take a donkey cart for another hour, which is the only means of transportation in Yao Village.

But now they don't know how much punishment their butts are going to suffer. Professor Li and Jin Jiani are sitting in their seats chatting. Several boys gather in the aisle, smoking while looking at the scenery and the beautiful women passing by.

"Have you participated in this year's Freeze World?" Wang Yifan started the topic again.

Li Binbin shook his head: "I haven't thought about what to take. This time we have finished taking photos of the kiln village. If the photos are good, I will enter a competition."

"Brother Chen, where are you?" Wang Yifan puffed out words without delaying his speech.

Chen Pingsheng, who was leaning in front of the door and watching the scenery flashing through the glass, turned around and said, "I will take pictures of the entries after I finish taking pictures of the kiln village."

"It seems that Brother Chen is very confident." Wang Yifan smiled and said, "I have already finished shooting, and I even asked a master to help me with color correction. However, the competition is too strict, and there is probably nothing to gain. It would be too much to have a newcomer nominated. It’s not easy anymore.”

Gesai is the abbreviation of "freezing the world" spoken by photographers.

In Chen Pingsheng's eyes, Wang Yifan, who speaks self-effacing words, is the most confident among the three. Although he doesn't know where his confidence comes from, respecting the fate of others has always been Chen Pingsheng's creed.He didn't care what Wang Yifan shot or what color master he found.

His mind was filled with thoughts about the subject he was about to shoot. In the past two days, he had been thinking about how to reflect the poverty in Yao Village. Should he exaggerate the suffering?

Subconsciously, he didn't want to do this. One of his photography principles is respect, respect for the photographed, and respect for himself.

He does not want his photos to become a kind of condescending pity. He wants to truly show the suffering of the kiln village and allow the subjects and viewers to communicate on an equal footing.

"Equality." The wording was very good this time, and Chen Pingsheng, who was deep in thought, seemed to have caught some inspiration.

But he was still hesitant about how to shoot.

Subconsciously, he opened the system, looked at his attributes, and suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have used the points he got from the lottery.

"Name: Chen Pingsheng"

"Photography: 21"

"Photography inspiration: 5"

"Photography field of view: 6"

The moment the points were added up, an idea suddenly flashed in Chen Pingsheng's mind, and he thought of a person, Thomas Ruff.He was a photographer who inherited the sober typology of photography. Most of his works presented the most authentic picture of an object, without modification or adding the photographer's personal intention.The photo screen looks cold and textured.

The most famous set of photos he took is called "Portraits". As the name suggests, he takes frontal portraits of different people.It sounds ordinary, but in the history of art, any work that leaves a mark naturally has its own unique artistic value. If you view this set of photos through the Internet platform or mobile phone, they will naturally disappear into the public eye.But if placed in an art exhibition hall, the shock it can bring to the audience will be no less than the works of other masters.

Thinking of these, Chen Pingsheng felt that his thoughts suddenly became clear.

He also had an idea on how to shoot and was just waiting to implement it.

After thinking about it, Chen Pingsheng looked up again and looked at Wang Yifan, who was still chatting with Li Binbin. He did not participate and turned around and left the aisle.

The train soon arrived at the local county town closest to Yao Village. After a few people got off the bus, they took a bus. They endured all kinds of unpleasant smells and bumpy road conditions along the way, which almost made people fall apart.

When they felt dizzy, the bus finally arrived at the foot of Yaocun Mountain.

After Jin Jiani got out of the car, she almost vomited.Wang Yifan and Li Binbin didn't look good either. Only Chen Pingsheng and Professor Li could still talk and laugh happily.

One of them had endured a lot of difficult circumstances for filming, and the other was older and had experienced many things. They didn't take these things seriously, so only the other three looked bitter.

"Are you the new photo masters?" Luo Gui, a bald man wearing cloth shoes who came to greet them from Yao Village, was squatting by the roadside. When he saw someone getting out of the car, he immediately stepped forward and asked.

"We are photographers who cooperate with the government." Wang Yifan corrected his statement.

"That's right, master, what's your name?" Chen Pingsheng didn't care about the details and directly handed over a cigarette.

"Hey, my name is Luo Gui, what do you think?" Luo Gui smelled it and knew it was a good cigarette. He was so happy that he didn't smoke it directly, but held it to his ear.

"Just call me Xiao Chen." Chen Pingsheng didn't sound like a city dweller in his words. He took Professor Li's bag and looked at the donkey driveway in the distance: "Master Luo, should we take that one to go up the mountain?"

"Yes, it's difficult for carts to run on the mountain, but donkeys are very stable." Luo Gui explained, and then led everyone to the donkey cart. "Teacher, please sit inside, be careful not to bump into her." Chen Pingsheng carefully helped Li Baoling into the car.

Afterwards, Li Binbin also helped Jin Jiani get into the car. She no longer wore a white skirt. Instead, she changed into shorts and a T-shirt at the train station after Chen Pingsheng reminded her.

The two girls got on, plus their luggage, and the donkey cart, which was not very spacious, suddenly became a lot more crowded.

Chen Pingsheng got on the bus third without saying a word. Except for ladies first, he didn't intend to let anyone take advantage of him.Li Binbin happened to be standing behind him and got into the car.

Wang Yifan didn't expect that he would be the last one. He opened his mouth and was too embarrassed to let anyone move his position.I could only sit at the end in frustration. It didn't feel very stable, so I simply grabbed the board under my butt.

"Let's go! Drive!" Luo Gui saw that everyone was gathered, shook his whip, and drove the donkey cart up the mountain.

Along the way, if Chen Pingsheng had not known that they were going up the mountain, he would have thought that they were riding a boat on the turbulent sea. Small waves followed big waves, one wave higher than the other, wishing they could have their butts bumped into pieces. valve.

Wang Yifan felt his hands were sore halfway through sitting and let go of the board. As a result, he was knocked out of the car when passing by a big pit and sat on the ground.

Looking at the donkey cart going away, Wang Yifan shouted: "Hey! Hey!" and then trotted along with the donkey cart.

When Chen Pingsheng saw his appearance, he almost shouted out the word "Swallow" and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

It was like this for more than an hour before they reached their final destination, Yao Village.

Everyone who got off the car felt that their backs and buttocks ached, and they couldn't help but rub their buttocks at the same time.

Only brother Luo Gui still walked naturally. He led everyone across a small hillside, and in front of them was the destination Yao Village.

Several gray and dilapidated houses are connected together. There is a stone road on the ground connecting the entrance and the end of the village. The farthest away is the village chief's house where they will live tonight.

"Can people live here?" Jin Jiani couldn't help but sigh. She had thought the conditions would be difficult, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Luo Gui on the side grinned after hearing this.

Professor Li patted Jin Jiani on the shoulder: "Don't worry, two groups of people have come before us."

Yes, they were the last to arrive. Professors from other schools had already finished taking pictures and left, and they would be exhibiting next weekend.

After taking a brief look at the appearance of the village, the group followed Luo Gui towards the village chief's house.On the way, they saw an old man in his sixties sitting at the door basking in the sun, and children with runny noses playing with each other, but not even a young man.

This is worse than Chen Pingsheng imagined.

Professor Li also looked solemn. Some cruel realities can only be truly understood by going to the local area.If there is no rescue and publicity, the entire village may disappear as time goes by.

Everyone suddenly felt a heavier sense of mission on their shoulders.

While others were anxious about the current situation of the village, only Chen Pingsheng had a calm expression and carefully observed the houses.He found that the roofs of these houses had signs of repair, and there were no obvious holes. It should be maintained by specialized people.

Is he a village cadre?Or young people?
Looking at the old men and women around him, he didn't think that these old arms and legs could be used to repair tiles.

Just as they were guessing, they had already arrived at the door of the village chief's house.

"Welcome everyone, welcome everyone!" An old man in simple clothes and a hat welcomed everyone in.

"My name is Luo Guoming, and I am the village chief of Yao Village." He spoke in awkward Mandarin, which sounded a little awkward.

"Village Chief Luo, don't be so polite. We are really causing trouble for you by coming here." Professor Li took the old village chief's hand and spoke sincerely.

"No trouble, no trouble, our kiln village has to rely on your photography..." The old village chief thought for a moment before remembering the term: "Photography, yes. We still have to rely on you to take photos for us."

"No problem, Village Chief Luo, we will try our best." Professor Li smiled and patted the old village chief's hand.

"Come in the house, come in the house." Village Chief Luo pulled Professor Li forward.

Chen Pingsheng and the others followed behind, passing by the yard that smelled of chicken shit. Soon, they saw their residence tonight, two rooms facing each other, with no bed and only a kang.

(End of this chapter)