"Xing, what are you looking at?" Chen Xing looked at the middle-aged female teacher on the podium who had sunk into the ocean of history, and said softly: "I posted a video of my trip to China to YouTube, and I am reading the comments. .”
"China's travel video? Xing, please share it with me!" This classmate named Ke Leji was very interested.
China is a virgin land in the eyes of many Westerners. It has enthusiastic Chinese people, rich geographical diversity, and unique ethnic customs. These are all very novel and mysterious to them.
But... very few people go. If French students want to choose a place to travel, they can go to Northern Europe to see the world of ice and snow, and then go to Southern Europe to see Italy, Spain, etc. and feel the Southern European customs, but few people go to China.
Because of mystery. Mystery means scary. This does not prevent foreigners from learning about China, but the key is that they cannot understand Chinese characters, so they still learn about China on various English social media.
But in almost every video that beautifies China, someone will come out to cause trouble. They say something is bad in the country, and there is no freedom. The people are living in dire straits, they can’t even afford tea eggs, and public security is very poor.
These remarks have deterred many people who want to travel to China. In recent years, with the rise of China's international status, fewer and fewer foreign talents believe in these remarks. Some foreigners even quarrel with those who badmouth China in videos. This has to be said to be a kind of progress.
Nowadays, foreigners can be seen visiting even those slightly smaller attractions. Koregi is a Norwegian photographer, six years older than Chen Xing, and is planning a trip in two months.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the issue of holidays in France. For domestic students, there are many European university holidays, but for Europeans, France is also envious and jealous. Many universities in Paris can even decide to register on their own. Date rights.
For example, the beginning of a semester is September. In principle, the summer vacation is from June 8 to September 8. However, students from many schools can only register at the end of September, and then the school officially enters the curriculum from October. study.
Early June to late September. This nearly four months is enough time for the students to travel around the world.
As long as you don't walk around the world, you can do whatever you want.
"Do you want to go to China?"
"It kind of means that. I see that the photos on the Internet are all beautiful, and you Chinese people are also very enthusiastic." Chen Xing shared his video address with him.
Correggi put on his headphones and secretly watched the video. The history of photography is dispensable for a photographer. At most, it allows you to know more about the predecessors who pioneered photography technology. It cannot teach you any skills. Although Chen Xing lacks this, he has no interest in it.
Multitasking, listening to the teacher talk about the development of photography decades ago, while looking at the upcoming course schedule.
In the afternoon, there is a class on composition appreciation. Composition is the most basic skill in photography. From beginners to top masters, they are always racking their brains to find the composition, but Chen Xing is not interested in this class at all.
His composition is a top-notch technique directly instilled in the system. It's enough to be a teacher here, so what else do you need to learn?
Among the courses in the past few days, the only thing that aroused Chen Xing's interest was color science. Now his understanding of color is at a very high stage, but his application skills are still relatively rudimentary. He wants to see if he can In this lesson, you will learn some techniques for using colors.
I don’t know what Professor Nobel’s art photography course teaches. This is also a course that Chen Xing pays close attention to.
After this class, the girl who dragged Chen Xing into the class group yesterday found Chen Xing.
"Xing, can you give me some of the works you took? Everyone in our class took about five and placed them in the corridor on the third floor. Now I am missing yours."
"Everyone's works? Can you show me their works?" The girl said neatly: "Of course!" She looked ordinary, but she was very efficient in everything she said and did. She introduced herself as Romanchenko on the way, and she was the ator of their photography class. , can be translated into domestic squad leader, grade representative and so on.
Whether it is the corridor on the school floor or the corner of the stairs, the entire school is covered with various works of students, teachers, professors, and outstanding graduates, some of which are architectural sketches and some of which are oil paintings.
Painting does not have an independent major in this school, but it is a course required by most majors.
From a top art school, it’s not enough to graduate without knowing how to paint. So even the photography school where Chen Xing studied included sketching, oil painting and other courses.
On the third floor, Chen Xing saw many works captured by cameras. Romanchenko pointed to a row and said: "From here to No. 252 in front are all the works of our classmates. Every work can be shortlisted in ordinary photography exhibitions, and even win awards..." She was very proud.
However, when I thought about Chen Xing winning the Category A award at a top photography festival, my pride was somewhat tempered.
"If your work was given to me, it should be placed in this position." She pointed to the space in the middle of a row of photos, leaning towards the top. This is an excellent viewing angle and location, but the viewer needs to look up slightly.
"After all, excellent works are privileged," she said. Chen Xing touched his chin and looked at them one by one.
The third-year students at the School of Photography are indeed quite capable. They have all broken away from the ordinary concept of "taking beautiful photos" and begun to pursue art and appreciation. Many of them are not just photography, but the interaction between photography and PS. Combined product.
Photography is originally connected with photo retouching. Here Chen Xing singles it out, which proves that the proportion of PS is completely beyond the scope of normal photography and has reached a photography style dominated by PS.
For example, in one photo, the photographer used telephone poles as the main subject and used dense wires to divide the day into ten parts.
In the photos, there are stars in the middle of the night, the rising sun, the drizzle, the dazzling rainbow after the rain, and the dazzling sunshine.
Chen Xing read all the works of the third graders and some of the works of other grades in the School of Photography. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will sort out my works and send them to you when I get back. Am I sending them to you?"
"Yes, just add me on the Facebook app." Back at his residence, Chen Xing began to select a few of his works and send them to Romanchenko.
Romanchenko wanted Chen Xing to take out the award-winning photos. This would not only improve the reputation of the Photography School in the school, but also improve the aesthetics of the students of the Photography School. In another direction, Wan What if someone learns Chen Xing’s shooting style?
It is inherently difficult to develop a new style in photography, so all photographers who can break out are the objects of learning and imitation by other photographers and enthusiasts.
But Chen Xing did not choose the photos taken on the snowy mountains. Instead, I took some photos taken in Xinchang Ancient Town during the Chinese New Year.
After taking out the original film, color correcting and retouching, Chen Xing sent all these works to Romanchenko. [Hello, this is my work, I named it Huaxia Nian] [...Okay] Romanchenko didn’t expect that he had hinted so clearly. Chen Xing also came up with some new works, and they were like this It is a completely Chinese style work.
Logically speaking, it is a personal matter for students to put any works on the wall, but she specially reserved the best seat in their class just to see Chen Xing's most famous snow mountain series, and this?
Chinese New Year series? She clicked on Chen Xing's works on her notebook. The first picture is on the street. Countless people are standing on both sides of the street taking pictures with their mobile phones. In the middle is a dragon dance team wearing red tops or shirtless. Fireworks are everywhere and the lights are dim. This picture is It can make her feel the atmosphere of Chinese New Year.
The overall composition is grand and joyful. She thought about the gossip that had been circulated in the past two days.
I heard that Chen Xing was rejected by the National Academy of Fine Arts because he paid too much attention to the Chinese style in his photography. However, their Higher School of Decoration did not care about this. In particular, some professors liked Chen Xing's style very much, so they received an exception as a third-year student. .
The third grade is just a transition, and they will be upgraded to the fourth grade in a few months. The second picture is a portrait. A girl wearing a red coat and two small buns is standing under a red Chinese knot with words. She pulls open the tassels under the Chinese knot with her hands and looks at it with a smile. lens.
What a cute kid. The third picture is also of a little girl, holding a red balloon in her hand. The photographer’s composition is to use the red balloon as the foreground, and use a quarter of the balloon to block the surrounding environment, so that the audience’s attention is focused on on the little girl's face.
She was looking at her red balloon, alert and focused. Romanchenko looked more and more seriously. He is indeed a person who can win an award at a top photography festival. People on the Internet who say that he only won this award because of the bag-catching scandal are really bitter.
They don't need those photos from the snow mountain series, just these few photos are enough for them to learn. How did Chen Xing achieve the effect of humanistic photography using such basic portrait photography techniques?
Portrait photography is very basic in the circle. Those who have been admitted to the Higher School of Decoration are not very willing to take portraits, but Chen Xing uses portrait techniques to shoot Chinese humanities and art.
Just the work of a little girl holding a balloon, you can feel the joy in her heart. Romanchenko was thinking that if there were more works like Chen Xing's and a photography exhibition could be held, then just by looking at Chen Xing's works, one would be able to feel a festive atmosphere and understand the New Year's feelings of most Chinese people. .
"What a great piece of work," she said. Romanchenko quickly found someone to make these photos. She wanted to put these photos in the corridor for people to admire tomorrow.
Paris is a diversified city, and you can see all styles of art here. Oriental art has had works from island countries a long time ago, and there are even schools specializing in the appreciation of island country ukiyo-e.
In her opinion, if Chen Xing can continue to promote this Chinese style, then maybe one can see appreciation of Chinese art in art schools in Paris.
She is also very familiar with China. After all, she is a Russian, and her hometown is also close to Northeast China.
…………Chen Xing is still re-editing and dubbing previous travel videos. Due to this period of time, Chen Xing himself was very popular in China. After the video was moved to YouTube, he could not be regarded as unknown. Some fans learned about it and jumped over the wall to support. After this basic popularity, many foreigners were also This series of videos attracted me.
A few days later, Chen Xing finished an introduction to art class, and the professor stopped Chen Xing when get out of class was over.
"Huaxia Xing, please wait a moment." Chen Xing said to the classmate next to him, and then waited in the classroom.
Students in the photography department prepare very few things and can leave the classroom directly after school, but professors usually hold a lot of manuscript paper. Professors at the Higher School of Decoration like to look at some professional data during class.
So it will take a while to clean up. After the professor finished cleaning up, he looked back and saw Chen Xing and said with a smile: "Xing, you have been coming to us from China for a while. How do you feel about your time at our school?"
"I can learn knowledge every day. I feel very fulfilled." The professor took the teaching materials and walked away. Chen Xing followed him. He continued: "You came too late. You have learned a lot from the extracurricular tutoring that my classmates have experienced before." I have never experienced it... You are excellent, but these experiences are also very important. After all, you will all have your own professional direction in the future, and you may never have the opportunity to have such an experience again."
"Teacher, you mean?"
"You have to make up for these experiences. Two days later, one of my students was invited to ELLE to shoot commercial photography. If you are free, you can come and have a look. Of course, see more and do less, they can't afford to hire you to shoot. Woolen cloth."
"...Teacher, stop joking." Chen Xing and the professor happened to be passing by on the third floor. He glanced at the crowded corridor and said with a smile: "Work hard, Professor Nobel is waiting for you. I went to help him when he was in fourth grade." He patted Chen Xing on the shoulder and went back to the office downstairs.
Chen Xing looked at the corridor. A few days ago, my work was placed in the corridor. This kind of Chinese New Year work that Parisian artists rarely saw, quickly attracted them.
It’s not like they haven’t experienced the Chinese New Year. The 13th arrondissement of Paris is the Chinese district. There is a traditional dragon dance performance every New Year. However, no photographer has ever been able to capture the essence of the Chinese New Year. What they pay most attention to is not the dragon dance, but the two small pictures. Girl portrait.
Cover level work! This is the common evaluation of several professors in the school.
