The weather was good, and they walked slowly down the street as soon as they walked out of the arena. Kintaro Yamazaki said with emotion, "I will see your work at the end of July. Mr. Chen Xing, I've been waiting for you here for two months. "Waited for me for two months?

Chen Xing looked at him a little strangely, if he had something to find himself, even if he didn't have a convenient contact method like a phone, he could send an email to himself.

Although Chen Xing only clears the email every few days, he will always read it. But for the first time, he knew that this island nation was waiting for him.

"I'm really sorry, I'm in Huaxia during this time." Yamazaki Kintaro laughed freely and said, "What is there to say sorry for?" I know from the gallery you signed a contract with that Mr. Chen Xing is collecting style for the gallery's exhibition, and you must be very busy with such an urgent task, right? "Busy...... If he was busy traveling, wouldn't the female student he met at Wuyuan Railway Station be busy.

Chen Xing nodded slightly. He still doesn't know why this island man wants to find himself, so he won't worship himself after losing once, right?

Judging by the styles of the two people, there is not the slightest similarity. Chen Xing's works show the major key of China, and several famous works are very atmospheric, looking at the small photos on the computer or mobile phone may not feel profound, but when you come to the photography exhibition to watch, you will find that you will feel very shocked when you look at Chen Xing's masterpieces.

Whether it is a Miao village, a Tibetan old man who turns the mountain, or a snow-capped mountain climber. Even the Buddha light that will be displayed later is in a magnificent and atmospheric style.

Kintaro Yamazaki's works mostly like to use dark tones, which is completely inconsistent with Chen Xing's style. And in the case of different styles, there will naturally be no worship.

At most, I will think that Chen Xing took a good shot and appreciated it. What does dark mean? It is the lack of white, and most of the colors of the whole work are biased towards black.

Such a work will be very textured when it is filmed. They chatted about things that had nothing to do with photography, and walked towards Flåm Square.

When Chen Xing observed the surrounding streets, he found that Hedwig had walked far with her head down.

Chen Xing then remembered that Hedwig could not understand Chinese very well, and hurriedly said to Yamazaki Kintaro: "Mr. Yamazaki, do you know English?" ”

"Yes, of course, I'm also very proficient in English." Chen Xing rolled his eyes in his heart when he heard his tone.

It's called being proficient in English. No wonder they all speak the English of the islanders, and no one can understand it except their own.

But even guessing the meaning of the Bandon can be known. Chen Xing hurriedly shouted at Hedwig, "Hedwig, let's take a rest here." ”

"Oh......" They have arrived at Place Flåm, the heart of Arles, where there is a statue of Van Gogh.

Van Gogh's artistic achievements were so high that even ordinary people who did not know about oil painting know "Starry Night", "Sunflowers", or "Café at Night", and these works were created in the small city of Arles.

So there are a lot of Van Gogh in the city of Arles. For example, the house where Van Gogh lived, the hospital he visited, and even the café painted in "Cafe at Night" can be found here.

It's okay for tourists to go to this place, go to take pictures and post on Moments, but if you want to sit and drink a cup of coffee and enjoy the sunbathing in this sunny city, you can find a café on the side of the road.

Calling Hedwig back, the three of them headed for a café with a huge awning on the side of the road.

This café is under a yellow four-story house, the second, third and fourth floors are all residences, and the first floor is shops, but there is only one merchant, and that is this Martin Cafe they go to.

Hedwig stood outside for a long time when she entered the store, and didn't come in until Chen Xing was urging her.

"What are you looking at?" Chen Xing asked in English.

"Look at this house." Hedwig's tone was happy,

"Did you know that Van Gogh painted a lot of yellow houses when he came to Arles? One of the images seems to be here, and the railroad at the end of the street is exactly the same as in the painting. Hedwig was excited, so she spoke in a fast tone.

The islanders looked at the two of them with a confused expression. Chen Xing had not seen many Van Gogh works, and after recalling it, he gave up and said: "With all due respect, the whole of Arles is a yellow house, and I really can't tell if it appears in his paintings." ”

"There really is!" Hedwig took out her phone and began to search, while Chen Xing explained to the islanders what they were talking about before.

He also said that he was very proficient in English. They didn't enter the room, they sat down in the awning outside, and the waiter who was waiting for the guests inside hurriedly came out and asked, "Are the three of you?" What do you want to order? It was nice to have cold drinks and blueberry cake today. Hedwig loved cakes, so Chen ordered two cups of coffee, sandwiches and cakes, and handed the menu to Yamazaki.

At this time, Hedwig also found the painting, called the Yellow House 23, which was the same four-story building as they were, and although the details had changed, the layout was the same.

The most important thing is the railway bridge on the right side of the picture. See eye to eye.

"Are we sitting in a Van Gogh painting?" Chen Xing made a joke. Hedwig listened to the beauty in her heart, for her, an art student, Chen Xing's words were really romantic.

It's a pity that there is an outsider. Since they talked about Van Gogh, the three of them chatted about Western art while enjoying the street scene.

It was in English, and Hedwig understood it. She took small sips of coffee, and occasionally Chen Xing would ask her some questions about oil painting, and she enjoyed the feeling of being needed.

Gradually, I didn't have the idea that I was an outsider just now, and listened carefully to the two chatting about oil paintings.

Chen Xing is a half-hanger who has studied oil painting, and Yamazaki is a half-hanger who likes to collect oil paintings. There will always be some extremes in the two half-chatting about art, or there are cognitive mistakes, and then Hedwig will remind Chen Xing in a whisper.

Yamazaki saw the picture of the two and really wanted to take dozens of photos of the two of them. It's just worthy of his face.

He was very envious of Chen Xing's youth and Hedwig's beauty, and it wasn't until half an hour later that he remembered what he had waited for Chen Xing for so long, and suddenly coughed twice, and waited for Chen Xing's attention to return to himself before speaking.

"Mr. Chen Xing, I would like to invite you to participate in the art festival to be held in the island nation in April next year."

"April, is it the Kyoto Arts Festival?" Seeing that Chen Xing immediately said the name of the Kyoto Art Festival, Kintaro Yamazaki was also overjoyed and said: "Yes, the Kyoto International Art Festival, this is the best stage for our Asian artists, and I hope to see your work at the festival." "There was a class in the Paris High Costume Photography Class, where the teacher talked a lot about international photography festivals.

This was specifically addressed to Chen Xing, and the rest of their class had already taken this lesson.

Among them, we will talk about the Kyoto International Art Festival in the island nation. It's not a festival for photographers, there are paintings, sculptures, theaters, dances, and 60 percent of the people who attend this festival are Asians, and 70 percent of them are from China, Japan and South Korea.

In fact, it is also a good art festival, and in addition to this art festival, the Daegu Photography Biennale in Asia is more famous.

But the dislike in the teacher's eyes at that time Chen Xing still remembers it now. That's what the teacher said......

"I went to the Kyoto Art Festival once, but the damage that hurt me that time was beyond anyone's means. They would inflate very scary dolls and take them into the sky, and the eyes of those dolls would move, oh my God, and the drama of their country...... The white powder on their faces is a poor imitation of Chinese drama, Xing, you will participate in this art festival sooner or later, and you will know what kind of scene it is when the time comes. "At that time, there were still many students who were very curious, and they were going to go to the island country together next year.

I don't know if it's true. Ask them when school starts a few days later, if they still have such thoughts, then Chen Xing can ask them to stop by and go to Huaxia to play for a few days.

So, without waiting for Yamazaki Kintaro to continue to invite, Chen Xing nodded and said, "Yes." Kintaro obviously made a lot of preparations, but he didn't expect Chen Xing to agree so simply.

"You promised?"

"Yes, I've heard that the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto are perfect for filming, so I really wanted to visit them."

"You'll feel like it's worth it." Yamazaki Kintaro said sincerely. couldn't help but be sincere, he saw that Chen Xing agreed so simply, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

Because their country's photography festivals would have tended to favor their local photographers, the first place in successive editions was all from the island.

Yes, it's still a competitive art festival. Art is not divided into upper and lower, only aesthetics. This argument is unwarranted in the Kyoto Art Festival, which is not open, opaque, but international in the spirit of competition, attracting many Chinese photographers who do not have first-class international photography festivals, as well as photographers from Bangziguo, who only have an international photography festival once every two years.

Of course, India, the largest country in the universe, is no less. Who said there are no good photography festivals in Asia?

Who doesn't know that Rencontres d'Arles is the best in the world, but the average photographer can't get in. Just like this edition of the Rencontres d'Arles, there are fewer than 10 photographers from Asians in the main competition.

In addition, there are some Arles photo festivals co-organized with other countries, and the first and second winners of the award in their own country have the opportunity to exhibit their works here, but these photographers are only the atmosphere group that expresses the atmosphere of Arles Photo.

Also, what about so many photographers in Asia? Don't you get mixed fame and awards everywhere, and then you can sell your works for a price?

Chen Xing is no longer the same as these photographers. He came from one of the best art schools in Europe, belonged to the group of people who had a backstage, and also made a name for himself in France, a place with a strong artistic atmosphere.

In the future, you only need to participate in photography festivals in Europe and the United States to become a generation of photography masters. This is something that Kintaro Yamazaki admires, after all, Chen Xing is only twenty years old, and even if he becomes a master at the age of forty, he has decades to enjoy life.

And I missed a very important opportunity. The Newcomer Award, I participated in it at such an old age so shamelessly, and with the same popularity in Asia, I actually lost under the hands of Chen Xing, a young man.

That's fine. As long as my ranking is above you next year, at least I have room to recover in the Asian market.

His gloomy eyes were hidden under a smile. Hedwig suddenly had the idea of looking for the Van Gogh mark on the streets of Arles, and Chen Xing had to say goodbye to Yamazaki Kintaro and said, "Then Mr. Yamazaki, we'll see you next time." ”

"Okay, have fun, Chen Xingsang......" Chen Xing and Hedwig walked towards the banks of the Darona River.

The city of Arles is a small town, not as big as it seems, and the river is about a five-minute walk from that café, which is what Hedwig called the banks of the Darona.

Lu Hadwig asked, "You don't seem to have left his contact information, how can you see each other in the future?" ”

"We Asians are more interested in fate." Chen Xing said with a smile. Although Yamazaki Kintaro was very polite to him, one bite at a time, Chen Xing always felt that he was uncomfortable laughing, a little fake.

Maybe I don't like them in the first place. The banks of the Darona River are also a Seine-like riverside road, and many tourists walk on the embankment, which is about five meters from the right to the Darona River below, and there is a small platform under the stone slope.

This platform should be repaired for anglers. Looks too good for fishing. But maybe it's because the city of Arles is not allowed to fish, and in such a good place, Chen Xing didn't see anyone holding a fishing rod.

I only saw couples walking along the riverside with each other. They quickly found the angle from which Van Gogh painted The Starry Night.

In fact, they don't need to look for it, a large number of tourists stop here, each holding a camera or mobile phone to shoot the same angle as "Starry Night".

For more than 100 years, the city has suffered from wars that destroyed many of the buildings in the paintings. But this riverside is exactly the same as Van Gogh's painting.

Hedwig was worried that Chen Xing would not be able to remember the details of "Starry Night", so she opened her mobile phone and asked Chen Xing to identify her.

"You see, the house on the oil painting is the source of the lamp, one by one in the river, too similar, no, no, no, there is no change here at all, the reality is exactly the same as in the picture." Chen Xing held the camera and looked at the excited Hedwig with a smile, as well as the people who stayed here everywhere around him.

The Rhône is one of the main rivers in Europe, and the entire city of Arles was built on its banks. The banks of the river, where Van Gogh once held up his drawing boards, are now parked with boats that cruise the river and enough for tourists from all over the world to jam traffic.

It would be nice if I could have such a reputation as Van Gogh. Can photography alone really do such a thing?

Maybe I should spend more time learning to draw? Hedwig unconsciously leaned close to Chen Xing and whispered, "Shall we wait here until the evening?" Chen Xing nodded and said, "Yes, the weather is good today, maybe we can reproduce Van Gogh's paintings in the evening." "There are still a few hours to go, Chen Xing can find the best camera position among the flowing tourists, and then let Van Gogh's starry sky recreate the world through the perspective of photography, to a 4K HD reset version a hundred years later.