Chapter 303 Give the Europeans a Little Shock in China
In addition to big media like European Art, Chen Xing has also accepted some small media such as "Paris Photography", but this kind of media can only be said to be small in size, and its popularity among French photographers is not low.
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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.
If that doesn’t work, how about a photo?
Chen Xing has no time to think about this now. He has met several groups of people in a row and has no 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 will definitely be more Asians coming."
Although the name of their gallery is Galerie, most of the projects they operate are photography works. Whoever calls the boss likes photography works. As the saying goes, what is good at the top must be good at the bottom, and the employees recruited in the gallery also prefer photography works.
, even a photography enthusiast himself.
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 appear in a photography exhibition.
Another girl said: "Chen, you will definitely become a master of photography."
Many people are echoing: "Yes, I have held so many photography exhibitions of yours in the past two months, and I insist on this, keep going!"
Several girls were chirping and cheering for Chen Xing. Regardless of whether they thought so or not, who doesn't like to hear good things? Chen Xing thanked him repeatedly and smiled broadly, which made the girls even more excited. p>
Eat?
The beauty is so delicious.
The plastic fork in Hedwig's hand was stabbed into the dessert. She used to like sweets, but now she doesn't feel sweet at all.
Since Dellin became familiar with several critics, he went out to see Chen Xing's works. For him, Chen Xing is actually very useful as a reference. His use of light in posing is extremely proficient, but Chen Xing
But he 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, a natural landscape photographer like Chen Xing is better.
It will last at least 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. p>
Now their faces show their love, if this photo is willing to be sold and the price reaches their expectations.
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 added later? It's 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 carefully, you can see the expressions of the birds clearly.
These 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 picture.
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 in any way, and it has not even undergone any 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 saw from Dellin's dress that he was just a photographer.
Don’t worry, this is no 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 Pompidou Art Center was determined to get this painting. The photography works in their museum had not been updated for a long time. p>
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 in 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, it must be
There will be a lot 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 photo, 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 are the most traditional Chinese women. They were taken during Chen Xing’s travels in the Jiangnan region of China.<
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Price: Euro.
Also appropriate.
It's easy for Dellin to make 40,000 yuan, but it's just different from Chen Xing's method.
This price seems very expensive, and to many ordinary people, only scammers are willing to buy it, but photographers, like painters, are buying the photographer’s reputation. Mr. Abbott’s gallery has spent this much money in the past two months.
Spend as much money as possible to promote Chen Xing, and of course we must take advantage of the momentum of the Arles Photography Festival to knock down Chen Xing’s status.
That is to say, Chen Xing had just debuted. 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 picture is also a portrait.
You can't tell your gender or age in this picture, 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 sell more tickets in Europe than in China. Delin 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 the opera.<
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But the costume in the photo is different from the Peking Opera he has 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: Euro.
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, I'm really willing to give up tens of thousands of euros..."
The speaker was an Asian woman, probably from China. She was surprised that a scene like this that she often saw was sold for tens of thousands of euros. However, the foreigner who spoke before ignored him and said quickly: p>
"I bought this over here! Come on, tear up 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.
Asian women are 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, so he took care of the fellow and came in to see what he had taken. Before he came in, he was even mentally prepared that no one would be there. p>
I was shocked as soon as I came in.
There are people everywhere.
I walked around casually and walked into the most beautiful and quietest room. Within a few minutes, I saw that a transaction of about 100,000 euros had been 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 at the Arles Photography Exhibition outside, nor do I know how valuable this Chinese photographer’s photos are. But I will definitely tell my friends what happened today after I go back.<
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So interesting.
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Dellin came in from outside the office and saw a group of people packing lunch boxes.
It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and Chen Xing and the others have 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 sold for?"
"Ah? How much did you sell for?"
He has been dealing with reporters or critics all morning, and now he has to go out to meet ordinary customers. He really doesn't have time to know how many of his photos have been sold, but he should have had more art exhibitions before, right?<
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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. Even as an art student, he could no longer understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a hundred.
"Anyway, there are a lot of them. You should really hold 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...is unsightly.
Chen Xing would avoid doing such things, but they even dared 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.
So high.
It only took a year for a Buddha's Light to be released. If we control it again, can we still have a photo?
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 hurried out.
He wanted to see what ordinary tourists thought of his work.
Walking forward 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 have spent money to 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 it.
"Chen! 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?"
"Do you like it?"
"I like it, this is so cool. If you publish your photography book, 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.
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"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 in the gallery, he could see countless adoring eyes at a casual glance.
