"How do you feel like a star, if I wasn't in the way here, I guess those boys would have rushed up to take a photo with you."

"Nonsense, most of the people who took pictures with me were girls."

"But there are still boys, right?"

Shen Yize keenly grasped the loophole.

Yang Jiu'an choked, and had to say: "Very few, they are all photography enthusiasts, just like you." ”

No, we're not the same, they're photography enthusiasts, I'm yours.

He muttered in his heart, changed the subject and asked, "Is there any of your works in this?" ”

An An had participated in this competition before, he knew it, and then he carefully understood the rules of the event, and found that there was no money to participate, just send a set of photos, so he focused on the concept of participation, and submitted a manuscript to the organizer a few months ago and signed up for this year's open group portrait category competition.

Of course, with his level, even if it is an open group, it is purely soy sauce.

An An's words are natural, and he is not surprised to win the award.

Yang Jiuan didn't answer him directly, but said, "I don't know if there is, let's go shopping." ”

How can you not know that your own work is not exhibited in the exhibition?

This obviously means that there is, An An doesn't say it, probably wants me to find it from these more than 100 photographic works.

This girl is quite good at playing.

Shen Yize, who understood the intention, quietly accompanied her to see the exhibition.

There are a total of four exhibition halls, corresponding to the four groups of student group, youth group, open group and professional group.

The two of them started from the exhibition hall of the student group.

Last year's student group had the theme of "Focus on a Better Future" and "Our Time", and the works on display were shortlisted and award-winning works.

Thinking that An An was still in school last year, and it was likely that she participated in the student group, he paid attention to whether there was her name under the photos of each group.

The two walked in front of a group of photos, most of the time An An only glanced at it twice, did not comment, stopped once halfway, Shen Yize raised his eyes, and saw that the young man in the photo was wearing a red costume, in the ruins of broken bricks and tiles, and behind him was a high-rise building rising from the ground.

There is no doubt that it is the work of a Chinese person, and he hurried to look at the name: "The Successor", photographer: YananLi.

surnamed Li, it is definitely not An An.

Yang Jiuan smiled: "This is what my friend photographed, what do you think?" ”

Suddenly taking the school examination, Shen Yize mobilized his few photography knowledge, touched his chin and looked closely, figuring out the creator's intentions while watching.

After a moment of silence, he slowly explained: "Opera is an important part of our culture, and its history can be traced back more than 1,000 years. But nowadays, it has been overshadowed by the glitz of modernity, and fewer and fewer people are willing to understand this ancient art form. ”

"The young man in costume in the photo is the successor of opera culture, he is in the ruins, and behind him is a high-rise building rising from the ground, which should be a metaphor for the fact that in today's highly developed era of material civilization, traditional culture is like this piece of broken bricks and tiles, which is difficult to sustain."

"I think this series of photographs aims to reflect the plight of this ancient art today, and hopefully provoke the public to think about the importance of traditional culture."

Yang Jiuan was both surprised and delighted, surprised by his outstanding connoisseurship, and pleased with his understanding of the art of photography.

"Well said, if you let me interpret it, it won't be better than you. is worthy of being a screenwriter, I give full marks for this reading comprehension! ”

She was not shy about compliments.

Shen Yize smiled proudly: "It's not me who blows, although I don't shoot well, the aesthetics are absolutely first-class, you can see how good my aesthetics are when you look in the mirror yourself." ”

"Don't—there are so many people!"

Yang Jiuan only felt that the roots of his ears were hot, and hurriedly pushed him.

After calming down a little, she said: "Since you are so confident in your own aesthetics, let me ask you another difficult question: Do you think there are any shortcomings in this group of photos?" ”

Shen Yize thought for a while, and asked instead of answering: "I'm going to answer correctly, can you give me a little reward?" ”

"What reward do you want?"

She was suddenly a little nervous.

He said, "I want a smile from you." ”

"Huh?"

"Keep a smile at you, and when I'm depressed, tired and unhappy, you can withdraw it to me, okay?"

"That's it...... It's that simple? ”

She thought it would be cooking together or going to the supermarket together, but she didn't expect it to be just a smile for her.

"What is simple to you is very important to me. May I? Your smile. ”

He said it solemnly.

She looked at him, inexplicably, and her heart began to pound.

"Yes."

She agreed in a daze.

Shen Yize didn't give her a chance to regret it, and immediately said, "Then I'll answer your question now." I think the idea and technique of this group of photos are excellent, but compared with the previous works, it seems a little more deliberate, and I feel a little too forced. Am I right? ”

"Hmm...... Well, I owe you a smile now. ”

"You can ask me a few more questions later, and I'll try to save a few more."

Yang Jiu'an was noncommittal, only looked up at him, then lowered his head again, and smiled secretly.

Until the first exhibition hall was finished, I didn't see An An's works.

The second exhibition hall is the youth group, the age limit of this group is 13 to 19 years old, An An was 23 last year, naturally it is impossible to apply for this group.

An An saw this exhibition hall faster, almost all of them were swept away.

The two of them came to the third exhibition hall like a horse, the open group.

The Open category is designed to celebrate the power of a single image, and like the professional category, there are no entry restrictions and only one photo is required, so the largest number of submissions are made, including many of the famous photographers.

From this exhibition hall, An An's pace of movement slowed down significantly, often stopping in front of a photo for three to five minutes, frowning or pursing his lips and smiling.

She gave him a lot of opportunities to accumulate smiles, but Shen Yize was only a half-ass, and he could barely cope with the works of the student group and the youth group, while the works of the open group, visual narrative, composition skills and even post-production techniques far exceeded his knowledge reserves, and he couldn't answer at all when he saw that he was in a fog.

If he didn't understand, he admitted it calmly, and then humbly asked An An for advice.

“…… You pay attention to the light in the picture, the light, the dark, the color, the movement, the cascading underwater objects, this photographer is a painter himself, so this picture is also very similar to the style of Baroque painting, this ethereal scene very subtly sets off the beauty and fragility of the human body......"

The two stood in front of the award-winning work of Rogers, the photographer of the year in the open group, and Yang Jiu'an explained very seriously.

Shen Yize sometimes looks at the painting and sometimes looks at her - mainly to see her, to see her talk eloquently, calmly and confidently.

He already knew that An An was a girl who was weak on the outside and strong on the inside, and this strength was vividly displayed in the field she was good at.

A confident girl is the most beautiful, although she is old, she is reasonable.

He stared at her focused side face, and was thinking wildly, when he heard her ask, "How is it, after listening to me, have you realized its beauty?" ”

He was still looking at her, staring at her clear eyes with a little expectation, and said seriously: "I realized, it's beautiful, it's very beautiful." ”

"That's good. Let's go, the last hall! ”

Looking at her excited appearance, you know that the last exhibition hall definitely has her work.

It's the most rigorous professional group, so I don't know which category it is.

He had expected An An to move more slowly in this exhibition hall, but on the contrary, she hardly had to think about it, no matter which set of photos she walked to, she could explain it to him with her mouth open.

Shen Yize couldn't help but ask: "Have you seen it earlier?" ”

"yes, I've seen it all in the professional group - come on, take a look at this one."

Yang Jiuan beckoned at him.

He walked over, and it was another group of Chinese works: "The Sheep Slaughterer", photographer: Boyuan Zhang.

In the photo, a sheep to be slaughtered is hung on a wooden frame, and the old man stands behind the sheep with a smile on his face, with the endless desert in the background.

Yang Jiuan said: "This photographer is an alumnus of the London College of Communication, and he helped me a lot when I first went abroad. ”

"Men and women?"

He asked subconsciously.

"Senior brother."

"Senior brother." Shen Yize flattened his mouth, "What did he do for you?" ”

"Help me—"

She was about to explain the truth, but when the words came to her mouth, she noticed that something was wrong: today is a date with him, how can she talk about other men?

Immediately changed his words: "I forgot! Let's go over there! ”

After she finished speaking, she grabbed him by the sleeve and tried to pull him away from "The Sheep Slayer".

Shen Yize obediently followed her footsteps, staring at her white little hands with a little resentment.

If there was no camera, would An An just hold my hand?

He suddenly wanted to drive out all the people in the program team, and even the other people who watched the exhibition, leaving only An An and him, let her hold his hand, no matter where he was led, he would follow without hesitation.

The two stopped in front of a set of documentary photographs.

At first glance, it turned out to be the winning work of last year's professional group: "FiveDegrees", photographer: .

The Italian's work shows that An An did not win the award, but was only shortlisted, but it is already very powerful to be shortlisted for the professional group.

This series of photographs taken in a farming community in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu focuses on the impact of climate change on the local population.

The subject is a middle-aged man, and the first photo is a meticulous bust of this man; the second is the lonely back of him walking on a withered straw field; In the third photo, he stands in the darkness of the night and looks into the distance, his eyes dim, like the night sky in the background, with no stars in sight.

Seeing this, Shen Yize has been touched by the atmosphere created by the image, and he can feel the confusion, hesitation and even despair of the subject, and his mood can't help but sink a little bit.

Further down, the fourth picture shows a group of children playing in the river, but behind them is desertified land; The fifth is an overhead shot, which looks down from the air, and the eyes are desolate; The sixth is a passport photo of the middle-aged man hanging on the wall.

The seventh and final photo is a solo photo of a middle-aged woman, in which the woman is dark-skinned, withered, and has tears in her eyes, but her expression is numb, so numb that she can't cry.

His heart froze, and when he looked back at the sixth one, he faintly smelled a little bit of the posthumous photo from the ID photo.

It is worthy of the gold medal works that stand out from the ten categories of the professional group, seven ordinary photos, not fancy or show-off, just simple characters and scenes, can give people endless associations and thoughts, this narrative foundation alone is very good.

Yang Jiu'an observed his reaction without blinking, and saw that he was immersed in it, looking thoughtful, so he smiled and said, "Teacher Shen, give me an explanation!" That's right, I'll give you another smile. ”

The presentation of non-fiction works is usually more straightforward, and this problem is almost equivalent to giving points.

If you can't grasp it anymore, don't blame me for not giving you a chance.

She thought to herself.

Shen Yize smiled slightly, looked at the bottom of the photo, and said in a straight voice:

"A study by the University of Berkeley found that 59,300 farmer suicides were caused by climate change over the past 30 years. Experts say India's temperature could rise by another 5 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050. If nothing is done, global warming will lead to more suicides across India.

Investing in production has left farmers in debt, and poor weather and poor water management have damaged crop harvests, making them unable to pay their debts and eventually extreme. In fact, it is not only India, but the negative effects of climate change are implicating the world and threatening the ...... of all mankind."

The more Yang Jiu'an listened, the more wrong he became, and he looked at him in the line of sight, instantly woke up, and immediately interrupted: "No! It doesn't count! You can't read it according to the introduction! ”

"Why doesn't it count? This is not only an introduction to the work, but also my personal interpretation, and I can only say that the hero sees the same thing. ”

Shen Yize played with a shy face.

Yang Jiuan snorted: "I don't care, your smile is gone!" ”

"You owe me two anyway."

"One!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"Two!"

The two of them argued and walked to the next exhibition area, like two boring elementary school students.

"Yo! Which god's work is this, it's so good to shoot! ”

Two or three meters apart, Shen Yize had already captured the pinyin of An An's name.

The second place in the creative category of the professional group: "Dream of the Stars and the Sea", photographer: JiuanYang.

Seeing the arrival of the original author, the three young people who stopped here immediately greeted them: "Senior sister! ”

Yang Jiu'an was slightly surprised: "You are?" ”

One of the girls explained: "We are students of the 19th grade of the Jiang Chuan Photography Department. ”

Yang Jiu'an sighed and smiled politely: "Hello." ”

The boy was obviously a little excited, and said with excitement on his face: "Senior sister, I really like you very much!" ”

Momentary silence.

"Ahem!"

Shen Yize coughed loudly and stared at him with an unkind expression.

Dare to confess to my prospective girlfriend in front of me, are you kid itchy?

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that." The boy knew that he was speechless, and his face turned red to make up for it, "I mean I especially like the work of my senior sister." Can you take a picture with us? ”

Yang Jiuan smiled lightly: "Yes." ”

Then he looked at Shen Yize: "You can take a picture of us." ”

"Okay."

He reluctantly agreed, took the boy's camera and took a casual photo of the four of them, and after taking a look, it was obvious that An An was still so beautiful, and he immediately wanted to delete the photo.

"Thank you!"

The boy took the camera and thanked him sincerely.

"You're welcome."

Shen Yize maintained his demeanor, but urged in his heart: "Hurry up and leave after filming!" Didn't I see your senior sister dating! ”

Unexpectedly, the three of them didn't leave, and another girl chatted with Yang Jiu'an: "I remember that senior sister used to shoot more landscapes and characters?" ”

"Yes, it's still about humanity and nature, and these pictures are my work when I was studying abroad, so the style may be different."

The girl nodded again and again: "It feels very dreamy, unlike the scenes in life, it should be spliced and reorganized with darkroom technology and post-production technology, right?" ”

Shen Yize immediately replied: "There are a lot of elements that do not conform to the logic of reality in these pictures, so it is obvious that this is a group of surrealist photographic works." ”

The effort will not be in vain, and the evil compensation some time ago, won't this come in handy?

Yang Jiuan was very surprised: "Didn't you say that you can only take portraits?" ”

He replied calmly: "Although I can't shoot other categories, I understand the theory!" ”

"Really?"

She doesn't believe it, the surreal genre in the domestic photography circle belongs to the niche of the niche, not to mention the opening of classes, there are very few people who really know how to do it, and even the students of these three photography majors don't know much about it, let alone an ordinary enthusiast?

She had the heart to test him: "That's right, since you understand, you can teach my younger brothers and sisters a lesson, and just talk about these pictures of me." ”

Shen Yize stretched out five fingers: "Save five." ”

Yang Jiu'an said magnificently: "Ten! If you speak well, I will store you up ten; But if you dare not pretend to understand, mislead people's children, hum, let's not eat lunch! ”

"Okay, no problem!"

He agreed.

The surreal genre is indeed niche in China, but no matter how niche it is, as long as you make up your mind to learn and have enough financial resources, you can always find a teacher.

"Dream of the Stars and the Sea".

There are a total of four pictures, and the subject is a brown-haired and blue-eyed foreign guy.

In the first picture, he is lying on his back on the bed, his eyes closed as if he were asleep, but he is frowning, the bed is floating in the air, and the clouds are thick above his head; In the second picture, he is falling from 10,000 meters, and the clouds are like substance, and his falling body is crashed out of a huge and deep hole.

In the third picture, he is sitting on a bench with his back against the fence, looking slightly tired, the water is up to his calves, and behind him is the endless ocean; In the fourth picture, he stands in the middle of the ocean with his back to the camera, and a terrifyingly shaped giant octopus tentacle rises from the sea level not far away.

Shen Yize stared at the picture, held his cheeks and thought carefully, then closed his eyes and substituted himself into the imaginative scene created by An An, imagining her state of mind.

Is that so, An'an?

That's right, that's you, An An.

He opened his eyes, smiled softly, and beckoned to the three students, "Come, you guys come closer—"

The three of them walked to the front of the exhibition area as they said.

Yang Jiuan watched from the sidelines, both nervous and expectant.

Can he understand what I'm trying to say?

For a creator, being understood is the greatest affirmation, and if the person who understands happens to be him, then she even feels that she is happier than winning an award.

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