Recalling carefully, there are indeed forks in that road.
However, Chen Xing followed the navigation all the way without thinking about where the fork in the road would lead.
But no matter how nice it is there, I can’t go there today.
After chatting with the boss for a while, Chen Xing took the noodles and went to the room after the water boiled. The hotel here is not as modern as in the city outside, and some of the equipment is not available, making it inconvenient.
I don’t know when this rain will stop.
But when you open the window in the room on the second floor, sit in front of the window and watch the rain while working, and listen to the sound of rain, you will feel a lot more peaceful.
Clicking on the email, Seth replied.
"Handsome, this is what our little photography master should look like. Who did you ask to help you take this photo? Your domestic photographer?"
"Yes, she is still a female photographer with a very delicate style."
Seth replied after a few minutes. He didn't seem to particularly care about who took the photos of Chen Xing. He said: "The results of the two exhibitions in France were very good. Mr. Abbott is going to Italy immediately. What do you think?"
What?"
"I have no objection. You know, I don't know anything about this."
"ok."
Seth certainly understands that for artists like Chen Xing, fame and money are not the most important to them. How to improve their skills or expand their thinking is what they want most.
But if Chen Xing knew what he was thinking, he would definitely reply... I still want the money.
When I was in France, I always lived as a foreigner and lived alone. I spent my money without any anxiety. But when I returned to China, I immediately thought about a house. I bought one and wanted to live in a bigger place.
The air is better, and then I think about money.
It seems that compared with a real master like Professor Nobel, Chen Xing may have reached the level of technology but not the mentality.
Then there are inquiries from Hasselblad.
[I would like to ask Mr. Chen Xing, a photographer from China, do you have any comments or dissatisfaction with this camera of our company? You can reply directly to this email address, we are looking forward to hearing from you]
Other testers have given them some feedback, saying that the appearance needs to be improved, a certain function needs to be strengthened, or they are not satisfied with the anti-shake aspect. Even before the price has been announced, some people say that the price is too expensive. p>
Chen Xing didn’t send any news to them.
He was thinking about it after seeing the email, but he always felt that this camera was perfect. He was very satisfied with it in terms of frame, mechanical feel, hand feel and image quality.
Perhaps the only thing I'm not satisfied with is the price of the lens.
But this is Chen Xing’s shortcoming, not the camera’s.
"I'm very happy to receive your news. I have been using this camera for several months, and there has been no glitches or unsmooth images during this period. My desire to create never stops with this camera, so it is very important to me.
This camera is perfect. Yes, I don’t have any opinions to you. If I have to say something, it may be that I can’t buy a suitable creative lens. As you know, I am just a newbie in photography.
Just a teacher..."
Arles, one o'clock in the afternoon.
Kintaro Yamazaki came to the exhibition hall again.
"Is the photographer who took this work still not here today?"
The staff in the exhibition hall shook their heads and said: "Mr. Chen Xing has only come here once since we launched, so we don't know his whereabouts. If you insist on finding Mr. Chen Xing, then please ask
Mr. Chen Xing himself, or the gallery he signed with."
Of course he knew where Chen Xing could be found by looking for a gallery, but he didn't dare to contact other galleries for personal matters.
It doesn't matter whether he is misunderstood by the gallery, but he cares about the opinions of some art critics.
In the past, his works were more famous among Westerners, but in the past week, more and more people have come specifically for Chen Xing, and most of them are white, which makes him feel incredible.<
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He knew that Chen Xing was opening a gallery during this period, but the effect was so immediate. Is this really possible?
"Then if this photographer comes back, please contact me." He said.
Yamazaki Kintaro just wants to communicate with Chen Xing.
In fact, he himself likes Chen Xing's works very much. The village, wooden buildings, and lanterns in the night scene have a peaceful and beautiful feeling that makes people feel nostalgic and far away, just like cherry blossoms that only bloom seven days in a year.
, they will eventually wither.
The artistic conception is so beautiful.
However, he is even more convinced that his work is better than Chen Xing's.
What he is best at is actually black and white subjects. In order to fit in with the theme of the Arles International Photography Festival, he gave this work from his hometown to the organizer of the photography festival. He thought that he would be a sure winner among Asian newcomers.
.
But who knew that Chen Xing would suddenly appear.
Moreover, there were more viewers than him, so he was a little unconvinced and wanted to compete fairly with Chen Xing again.
The subject matter is random, but he wants to shoot black and white light and shadow.
This is what he does best.
After instructing the staff guarding the Asian newcomer photography area, Yamazaki Kintaro put on his mask and walked back to Chen Xing's work to look at it.
Now it is not like the days when it was first launched. There are more and more tourists coming to visit, especially those Chinese people who have received the news. Knowing that some compatriots have works in this photography festival, they rented a car and drove to Arles.
See photos.
He didn’t say anything about it, and there were even people from the island country who came to see his works.
But why did you all get together in the enemy’s exhibition area?
In front of the introduction introducing Chen Xing, 30% of the people crowded in were from Taiwan, 50% were from China, and the rest were from other countries. You are really here to support me.
Of?
Two girls who exited from the front passed by him. One of them said: "Southern Yunnan in China is really a beautiful place. The photographer is also so handsome. He is only 20 years old this year. He is worthy of being the best photographer in China."
Where is the teacher!"
Kintaro Yamazaki pushed up his sunglasses with one finger.
He stopped the two tourists from the island country and said with a smile: "Hello, are you from the island country? What do you think of the works exhibited in our country compared with the works of the Chinese photographers you just saw?
Is it better?"
However, because he was wearing a mask, his smile was not shown.
The two girls from the island country who were traveling were a little wary, but they still responded generously: "Of course Mr. Yamazaki's work is better. He showed the spring in Kyoto in our country, which made me miss my hometown." p>
Another person added: "Yes, the cherry blossoms in my hometown are in bloom."
After hearing what they said, Yamazaki finally felt relieved.
"I'm glad to hear your opinions. Actually, I'm just...ah?"
Just when he was about to say that he was Kintaro Yamazaki, the only photographer from an island country in this photography exhibition, he saw these two young girls giving Chen Xing’s work ten points on the opinion form and their own work.
Eight points.
Noticing Yamazaki's surprised gaze, a girl smiled and said: "But Chen Xing Erni works really hard. He can take such beautiful photos at such a young age, and he is so good-looking."
"That's right."
"But... do you know that your scores will affect this Newcomer Award?"
"Newcomer Award?" Someone wants to ask carefully.
If there is such a thing as a newcomer award, then it should be given to Onii-chan, right? They have seen a lot of works by Asian photographers, and they either look average or are older, and they don’t look like they have anything to do with the newcomers.
No.
But her companions had already taken her away.
Although he is speaking in Japanese, this person is too strange. Would a normal person wear sunglasses indoors?
Looking at the two girls leaving, Yamazaki Kintaro felt that his mentality was a bit unbalanced.
Where did you lose?
Is it really useful to hold a personal photography exhibition while competing?
Then I don’t have to stay at the scene. I might as well go out and hold a photography exhibition. If I can attract a few people, I’ll count on it.
Anyway, Chen Xing himself could not be found, so he quickly contacted his gallery.
He came to Europe very early to develop his career. He may not be as famous as Chen Xing in commercial photography, but the audience for commercial photography is only some clients and has no great connection with the public who like photography. In this regard, he is ahead of Chen Xing.
Star.
Hercule Abbott also learned from the organizing committee that Kintaro Yamazaki wanted to hold a photography exhibition in the same city as Chen Xing. Given his status in Arles, it was not surprising that he knew such news. The gallery was his only
One of many industries.
But he just smiled.
He has built a good track for Chen Xing, and Chen Xing, an excellent athlete, is already running on the track. Is it too late to catch up at this time?
If he were the head of Kintaro Yamazaki's gallery, he would only save the money to compete for other awards.
The capital of the island country is still too low-sighted.
"Don't worry about them." Abbott said to Seth, and then asked about Chen Xing's current situation, "How is he doing now?"
"Mr. Chen Xing had a great time in China and sent a lot of photos, all in the style of ancient Chinese towns. He also said that he would have a great work for us in October, but by then the Arles Photography Festival had already ended.
”
"After a photography festival is over, there will be other photography competitions. There will never be a shortage of competitions. What we lack are only works."
When Abbott heard that Chen Xing was so confident, he immediately started looking forward to this work.
"Did he say what the subject matter was?"
"I didn't say."
"It's okay if you don't say it, it can still be a bit of a surprise."
Abbott is a person who likes photography very much. Otherwise, he would not have discovered Chen Xing, a person with great potential, from among so many photographers. This is all his vision.
Chen Xing sneezed a few times.
"Who's thinking about me?"
Several confidantes flashed through his mind.
It is now eight o'clock in the morning, and he has just walked out of the ancient town and returned to the path he came from.
There are occasional vehicles on the road below, but there are basically no people on this small road. Most of the people who know these roads are locals, and who of the locals still take this road? Most people have cars and drive.
The roads below are very convenient.
There are dewdrops everywhere on the path in the early morning, the temperature is also suitable, and the air has the smell of earth.
The air in the tree-shaded area smells very good. Many people like to call this kind of place an oxygen bar, saying it can cleanse the lungs. The word "cleansing" is too exaggerated, but walking here really makes people feel very comfortable.<
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There are also small bamboos sprouting next to the bamboo.
I don’t know if this kind of bamboo is edible, but it seems to grow in all seasons.
Chen Xing didn’t know bamboo, but he knew mushrooms. He picked a lot of edible mushrooms along the road. Some mushrooms looked very dark in color, but in fact they didn’t have any toxins at all. They would be delicious when made into soup or stewed chicken.<
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People here in Jiangnan don’t seem to like eating wild mushrooms very much. If we were to come here from a village in southern Yunnan, Chen Xing would probably have picked the wild mushrooms on the roadside.
Walking was boring, but while picking mushrooms, Chen Xing saw a village before he knew it.
This village is very small, probably only half the size of the previous ancient town.
But it might be considered a big village in other places.
The style of the house is still the style of Huizhou architecture, but you can only recognize this style in their buildings. If you look carefully, it doesn't have any ancient flavor at all. Things like fire walls, horse head walls, etc. that represent Huizhou architecture are all there.
No.
There are only white walls and black tiles, showing elegance in simplicity.
The people living here seem to have a harder time than the people in the ancient towns outside. The children are dressed in dirty clothes, just like what Chen Xing has seen in other cities and rural areas.
Some old people sitting in front of the house enjoying the cool looked curiously at Chen Xing walking down the street.
It's not like they haven't seen tourists before. Occasionally, they can still see one or two. Like Chen Xing, they all carry expensive-looking cameras. They ask questions about them as soon as they arrive, and they don't know what they are.
What kind of work do you do?
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Chen Xing first walked through the village and looked around.
Where is the temple?
As a last resort, Chen Xing looked back at two old men who were sitting opposite each other playing chess and asked: "Old man, is there a temple here?"
The old man pointed the direction to Chen Xing in a dialect that was difficult to identify, and Chen Xing had to confirm it several times before he understood.
Keep going forward, and when you see a stone ladder going up the mountain on the right, just go up.
Most of the people in this village are busy with their own affairs. July and August are the slack months, and there is not much to do in the crop fields, so the younger ones also go out to make money.
You don’t have to go too far, just take your things and set up a stall in an ancient town with better traffic.
Chen Xing found the stone ladder and walked up. After a few minutes, he saw a very special temple.
Chen Xing didn’t even see the name of this temple. It was just inside the cracks in the rocks, or the main body was in a cave. Thick pillars were used along the road to hold up the stones above as support to prevent collapse.
This cave is more than ten meters long, and the various halls are separated by wooden boards.
The scent of the incense stick is very strong.
There are about five monks, and they are all chanting sutras in the largest area at the moment. The combined sound is quite nice.
Out of respect for religion, Chen Xing did not take pictures of them chanting sutras, but stopped outside and looked at the sculptures, palace layout, etc. inside the cave.
This cave is quite high. Except for the small cubicles on both sides that look like people live in them, the lowest part is more than two meters. Most people will not hit the wall if they stand up straight and walk in. At most, they will feel depressed and a little low.
Head down.
There is no rule in temples in the Central Plains that you have to take off your shoes when entering, so Chen Xing walked in and took a closer look.
It’s the end of the month, double monthly tickets!
