travel starts with photography

While Chen Xing was on leisurely vacation, the officials of the Kyoto Art Festival also received an email from Perenna Gallery.

Kyoto City Museum, Temporary Art Festival Photography Team Office...

An old man couldn't wait to enter the password to unlock these photos.

After a short loading, a group of works with strong color conflicts and full of emotions pop up from the screen. This is a photographic film with the highest resolution. Without the consent of Ahmed, the current owner of the work, Chen Xing himself would not be able to exhibit it.

"Is this a work worth 20 euros? The Flying Goddess of Dunhuang?"

The old man bent over and opened his eyes to observe every detail on the screen.

Why do some people say that the opening of every international photography festival is a unique teaching? It is because in the photography festival you can see a large number of works shot by different photographers, and you can feel the emotions in each work.

By wandering among these works, you will gradually understand which style suits you, and then you can learn and surpass.

Photography schools around the world have their own work walls. This is also the reason why our students can improve quickly in such an environment.

This old man has known Chen Xing's name for a long time. Not only has he seen Chen Xing's other works on the Internet, but he also took advantage of his position to see another photo from the Dunhuang series at close range. But this is my first time seeing this flying goddess.

It’s not that I don’t want to see it, it’s mainly that I don’t have a way.

This set of photos was first exhibited in Europe. As soon as the exhibition ended, the best photos were bought, and not even a single mosaic could be found on the Internet.

Thanks to the international emphasis on photography copyright in recent years, the rights and interests of all photographers and collectors have been protected, which indirectly increases the value of photographic works in the collection world.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, there are fewer ways to see good works.

Nowadays, if you want to see clear masterpieces of photography, it is the same as viewing oil paintings in the past. The most convenient way is to go to major museums.

Chen Xing's time to become famous is too short, and his fame is mainly concentrated in Europe. If the price offered by others is high, Perenna Gallery will definitely give priority to solving these large orders, and then consider the spread of Chen Xing's fame and deliver a few more pictures in places with a strong photography atmosphere in Asia.

As the place with the strongest photography atmosphere in Asia, the island country is naturally also the country with the largest collection of Chen Xing’s works in Asia.

There are two paintings in the Kyoto area alone. One of them has the same origin as the Dunhuang Feitian in front of me. It belongs to the Dunhuang series and is now in the Kyoto City Art Museum. This old man is the deputy director of the Kyoto City Art Museum, named Kenji Moriyama, who is in charge of the modern art area and is a well-known critic in the island country.

I have to say here that the islanders particularly like Chen Xing’s Dunhuang series. The place is not big, but they bought four photos from this set.

A bunch of people were watching around the computer, and most of them were studying. However, there were also some people who held prejudices. When looking at the pictures, they did not think about where they surpassed themselves. Instead, they instinctively felt that although the pictures were beautiful, they were not worth it. This price.

"Hype, no one in Europe has started to hype a Chinese!"

a young man shouted, clenching his fists.

It's sour, so sour. His prints are very famous in the island country, and the production process is very complicated, but they can only be sold for about a few thousand euros.

How easy it is to take photos. Chen Xing is more than ten years younger than me, yet so many people are following him? ?

His teeth were almost broken.

After finishing speaking, he looked at his companions, looking for anyone who had the same opinion as him. Sure enough, there are still people who can't stand it.

"I have thought about this too. After all, this young man Chen Xing has only debuted for more than two years. Sometimes I can't figure out why he was so popular last year and even won the Arles Photography Festival Grand Prize from Mr. Yamazaki."

Kintaro Yamazaki has a high status in the island country. As a young man who participated in the European photography industry last year, he was noticed by countless young photographers from the island country. He thought he could easily win the award, but this award was lost to Chen Xing in the finals. Take away.

Many people think this is a shady story.

After all, the Arles Photography Festival is an event held in France. Although Chen Xing is not French, he is a French academic. His teacher is the world-famous photography master and documentary director Cliff Nobel, and he belongs to France.

"Can't figure it out? Young man?"

Moriyama Kenji stood up straight, staring fiercely at the two of them with his black eyes under his white hair, and cursed: "Baga, who are you? Do you deserve to comment on the masters who come to the exhibition this time?"

"Yes!"

The young man immediately bowed and was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

"Mr. Chen Xing's work is the most understandable among modern photographers, especially for us Asians. If you can't understand it, then it doesn't deserve to appear in this art museum!" Moriyama Kenji sternly lectured, and then glanced at the others. young people. "You must know that this young man you are talking about is a precious guest that we only invited here after visiting the thatched cottage three times."

The remaining people in this office did not dare to speak and lowered their heads deeply.

Kenji Moriyama continued: "And aren't you complaining about Kintaro Yamazaki? He is the one who invited Mr. Chen this time. The people you admire regard Chen Xing as your lifelong enemy. Doesn't this show that you are short-sighted?" "

"Hey!"

A strong pressure appeared in this office.

The person who just spoke had frightened eyes and was sweating.

Kenji Moriyama has a very high status in this art museum and has always admired Chen Xing's photography style. He believes that he is a rare photography master in modern East Asia and has promoted Eastern art to the world in his own way.

I was in a hurry and said something slanderous about Chen Xing before, but now I'm in trouble.

He is just a very ordinary printmaker, and he has gained a little fame by being an expert in this museum. If he is fired...

Whatever he thought came to him, Moriyama Kenji said in a very calm voice: "Go back, a guy without aesthetics is not worthy of appearing in a museum in Kyoto."

"Hey!"

After finishing speaking, Kenji Moriyama didn't care what the person's reaction was, and he put his hands behind his back and prepared to leave. The photos had been sent anyway, so he could go back to his office and enjoy them slowly. I was about to walk out the door when I suddenly remembered something and turned back to the computer.

"Why were only nine issued?"

He talked to himself, then looked out the window at the museum with people coming and going, and said to his disciple Gomi Akihide:

"You can contact Chen Xing's gallery through this phone number. Nine photos are too few. We will use a special venue to display Mr. Chen Xing's works after the art festival begins. At least thirty works will be needed." ( End of this chapter)