In addition to large media such as European Art, Chen Xing has also accepted some small media such as "Paris Photography". However, this media can only be said to be small in size and has a high reputation among French photographers.
Just like the magazine Lonely Planet, it is like a bible in the eyes of travel friends who like to travel. Many travel friends went abroad for the first time in their lives because of reading the guide in Lonely Planet.
Chen Xing is known as the number one person in the travel area in Bizhan, but he has not actually been in this magazine.
In fact, you can give it a try.
After all, Lonely Planet is also a travelogue. Chen Xing’s previous trips may not have met the standards due to various reasons, but this trip to Wuyuan, Jiangxi, from the origin of the trip to the final discovery of the Buddha carvings that had been forgotten for hundreds of years, is absolutely Qualified enough.
If that doesn't work, how about a photo?
Chen Xing didn't have time to think about this now. He had already met several groups of people in a row, and he didn't even have time to go out for dinner at noon. A dozen gallery employees plus Chen Xing and Hedwig all ate takeaways in the office.
A young man from the exhibition department said while eating: "This is the first time I have seen so many Asians in our gallery."
"Chen is an Asian, so there must be more Asians coming."
Although their gallery is called Galerie, most of its projects are photography works. The boss likes photography works. As the saying goes, what goes up is what goes down. The employees recruited in the gallery also prefer photography, and are even photography enthusiasts themselves.
The young man has worked in the exhibition department for three years and has run many photography exhibitions, but this is the first time he has seen so many Asians in a photography exhibition.
Another girl said: "Chen, you will definitely become a photography master."
Many people are echoing: "Yes, there have been so many photo exhibitions of yours in the past two months, and I insist on this, keep up the good work!"
Several girls were chirping and cheering for Chen Xing. Regardless of whether they thought so or not, who doesn't like to hear good words? Chen Xing thanked him repeatedly and smiled broadly, which made the girls even more excited.
Have a meal?
The beauty is so delicious.
The plastic fork in Hedwig's hand was stabbed into the dessert. She originally liked sweets, but now she didn't feel sweet at all.
Since Dellin became familiar with several critics, he went out to see Chen Xing's works. Chen Xing actually has a lot of reference value for him. He is very skilled in the use of light in posed photos, but Chen Xing is very good at capturing the light of nature.
It is impossible to shoot commercial photography for a lifetime. Nowadays, young photographers are entering the industry with new ideas and more and more tricks. Even AI is coming to compete with them for jobs.
If this trend continues, wedding photographers will be the first photographers to be eliminated by the times.
Dellin is a bit more high-end than wedding photography, but it needs to change. Otherwise, in a few years, as long as celebrities authorize AI to use their face data, high-end commercial works can also be generated by AI.
If you think about it carefully, it would be better to be a natural landscape photographer like Chen Xing.
At least for another ten years.
By the way, he also likes to shoot humanities. This is the last bottom line for photographers. This category will probably never be replaced.
When he walked to the separate room on the right side of the hall, Dellin saw the "Buddha's Light" taken by Chen Xing.
Even though it was the least crowded time after dinner, there were still many people in suits and ties commenting on the work in this room, as well as some Arles tourists with cameras, almost all of whom had some knowledge of photography.
Now their faces show their love. If this photo is willing to be sold, and the price is what they expected.
It is estimated that 100% of people will want to take this work home, and it will be suitable no matter where it is placed.
"A magnificent work," someone said with emotion.
"Were these flying birds later cultivated? They are very real." A woman noticed the birds on the stone wall, which formed silhouettes in the light and shadow of the setting sun. But if you look closely, you can see the expressions of the birds clearly.
The birds just look like silhouettes.
No part of this work is pure black, and Hasselblad’s excellent pixels are enough to support such a large image.
The person who stood in the front row and watched this work for at least an hour said without looking back: "It's not P's. This photo has not been retouched at all, and there is not even a little light processing."
"This photographer is so lucky," the woman said.
When Dellin heard this, he shook his head and said:
"Opportunities will only come to those who are prepared. This is a Chinese proverb. Different beauties appear in nature every moment. I believe that somewhere in the world at this moment, there must be a more beautiful scene than this work. , but we couldn’t photograph it.”
The man who spoke before looked back, and it was clear from Dellin's dress that he was just a photographer.
Don't worry, this is not your opponent.
Many photos in this photography exhibition are valuable, but this Buddha's light is not for sale.
He got the news from Seth that this photo would only be sold to museums in his country, and the Center Pompidou was determined to get this painting. The photography works in their museum had not been updated for a long time.
There are three other works opposite the Buddha's Light. The quality of these three works is better than those in the hall, but obviously not as good as the Buddha's Light.
Looking closer, these three pictures should have been taken at the same place. Two of them are portraits, and the last one is a scene of Chinese architecture bathed in the sunset. Since this photography exhibition is called Sunset·Chen Xing, there will definitely be a large number of sunset works like this.
This sunset work has been sold, so the price is no longer visible.
But since they are here, the prices of these three photos should be about the same.
Dellin approached another picture, which was a Chinese woman taken indoors. She was sitting on a Chinese-style chair, wearing an Oriental cheongsam, playing an unknown musical instrument, and her temperament was elegant.
See the introduction:
China's national intangible cultural heritage - Suzhou Pingtan.
This is a dialect-style traditional Chinese drama popular in the Jiangsu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai areas of China. The women in the photo are soft and gentle, and they are the most traditional Chinese women. They were taken during Chen Xing's travels in the Jiangnan region of China.
Price: 45,000 euros.
Also suitable.
It's easy for Dellin to make 40,000 yuan, but it's just different from Chen Xing's method.
This price may seem very expensive, and to many ordinary people, only scammers would be willing to buy it, but photographers, like painters, are buying the photographer’s reputation. Mr. Abbott's gallery has spent so much money to promote Chen Xing in the past two months. Of course, it must take advantage of the Arles Photography Festival to knock down Chen Xing's status.
That is to say, Chen Xing had just made his debut. If Chen Xing had been shooting for a few more years, they would even dare to price the most ordinary work at 100,000.
The last one is also a portrait.
You can't tell your gender or age in this one, and you can't even see your face clearly, because this is a stage, and the actors on the stage are wearing heavy makeup.
Chinese drama!
Chinese dramas sold tickets better in Europe than in China. Dellin sometimes went to see a few performances. Listening to the foreign language and watching the expressive movements of the actors on the stage, he even thought it was more beautiful than an opera.
But the costume in the photo was different from the Peking Opera he had seen.
Yue Opera, the second largest opera type in China, is known as Chinese opera in Europe and is also the most performed Chinese opera type in Europe. If you are interested in the drama in the picture, you can buy tickets for the Chinese Yue Opera performance at the Cannes Philharmonic Hall on September 21.
Price: 45,000 euros.
This photo has been seen by a little more people than the previous one. Dellin has never seen this kind of drama, but many people have seen it and like it very much.
A 30-year-old white man with curly hair took pictures with his mobile phone for a long time. After making up his mind, he went to the staff of this exhibition hall and said, "Hello, I want this work."
"Okay, please come to the side with me to register!"
The girl confirmed the number of the photo, took off the price tag, and took someone to register. The money can be given first, but the work cannot be taken away until the end of Chen Xing's photography exhibition.
Another person was still looking at it when he noticed that someone had removed the price tag from the photo. He was stunned for a moment and said:
"Sold now? So quickly?"
"Yeah, tens of thousands of euros, I'm really willing to give it up..."
The speaker was an Asian woman, probably from China. She was surprised that such a scene that she often saw was sold for tens of thousands of euros. However, the foreigner who spoke before ignored him and said quickly:
"I bought this over here! Come on, break the price for me!"
He didn't even wait for the staff member to return, and asked his female companion to take down the price sign, as if he was afraid that someone would take the photo away again.
The Asian woman was stunned.
He saw that the photographer was a Chinese, so he joined in the fun and came in to visit. After all, ten euros was not expensive. He took care of the fellow and came in to see what he had taken. Before coming in, I was even mentally prepared that no one would be there.
As soon as I came in, I was shocked.
There are people everywhere.
I walked around casually and walked into the most beautiful and quietest room. Within a few minutes, I saw a deal worth about 100,000 euros completed.
Why?
Isn't that just a casual photo taken by someone else while they were acting?
I also took a lot of photos.
She was filled with confusion and looked around blankly.
As expected, I don’t understand art. I can’t see what’s so good about the photos in the Arles Photography Exhibition outside, and I don’t know how valuable this Chinese photographer’s photos are. But I will definitely tell my friends what happened today when I go back.
So interesting.
………………
Dellin came in from outside the office and saw a group of people packing lunch boxes inside.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and Chen Xing and the others had just finished eating.
Dellin looked at what they were eating and complained: "This is what you eat? Chen Xing, Chen Xing, do you know how much your photos have been sold for?"
"Ah? How much did you sell?"
He had been dealing with reporters and critics all morning, and now he was going out to meet ordinary guests. I really don’t have time to know how many of my photos have been sold, but there should be more art exhibitions in the past, right?
France is Chen Xing's home base. There are many people who recognize him, so some small works will definitely sell easily.
Dellin recalled the works without price tags in the exhibition hall, but his brain soon shut down. He was an art student and could not understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a hundred.
"It's a lot anyway, you really should have a party tonight."
"I know so few people, even if there is a party, not many people will come."
Chen Xing has attended several artists' gatherings.
The scene... was unsightly.
Chen Xing would avoid doing such things, and they would even dare to take off his pants in public. Chen Xing often felt incompatible with them because he was not perverted enough.
Europeans are very tolerant of artists. There are many things that ordinary stars cannot do, but they think it is normal for artists to do these things. This kind of culture makes European artists sometimes completely ignore the rules of society.
Seth came in and said, "There really should be a party. I'll arrange it then."
Chen Xing asked: "Sold a lot?"
"Well, basically all the better ones have been sold, but there are more cheap ones left. From now on, you have to control your annual production." Seth reminded him habitually, and then remembered that Chen Xing's film production rate was not very high. High.
Only one Buddha's light was released in a year. If we control it again, will there still be photos?
Then he immediately changed his words and said: "No, no, just pretend I didn't say anything. Anyway, show me your finished products in the future."
Chen Xing said OK and hurriedly went out.
He wanted to see what ordinary tourists thought of his work.
A short walk from the office is the lobby. At this time, there are no longer the one or two hundred people in the morning. The room is almost full of tourists, but the noisy sound makes Chen Xing feel very wonderful.
He is a person who likes to be alone, but this is his photography exhibition.
These are all people who paid money to come in and see their works. To Chen Xing, they are all gods.
"The photographer is out!"
Chen Xing's appearance is relatively recognizable to Westerners, so he is recognized as soon as he appears. What's more, there are many Asians mixed in, and for them, Chen Xing's appearance is even more unforgettable. Lost.
"Chan! halo!"
Chen Xing smiled and waved to the person who greeted him.
A fat white man holding a camera asked excitedly: "Photographer?! How did you come up with the idea of taking photos like this?"
"How do you like it?"
"I like it, this is so cool. If you publish a photo book of yours, I will definitely buy it! No matter how much it costs!"
"Thank you for your like, but it may be a little troublesome to explain why I take photos like this. You can pay attention to the following issues of "European Art", or follow my YouTube account. Sometimes I will update some of my experiences on it. .”
"I will!"
Ever since Chen Xing came out, people outside have been asking questions all the time. This novel shooting method has allowed many photographers who like color but don't like black and white to find another high-end way out.
Chen Xing also prefers the current environment.
Facing critics, Chen Xing can only get one or two likes.
But inside the gallery, he could see countless adoring looks at just a glance.
(End of chapter)
