"Content in the lens allows us to focus on every corner of the world"
Delegation of China Photographers Association Visits Germany and Italy
Local audiences tour the exhibition
GUO Yunde, Vice-chairman of CFLAC and LI Xueliang, Vice-chairman of China Photographers Association attend the opening ceremony
Photographers from China and Italy disscuss works
LI Xueliang introduces the works to Italian professional photographers
"Photography itself does not change anything directly, but the content in the lens can change our thinking, broaden our horizons and increase our knowledge. It allows us to pay more attention to every corner of the world and understand every nation globally, and let people experience the long history and splendid culture of exotic countries without going abroad."Said by LI Xueliang, vice-president of CPA at the event of "Chinese Story - Contemporary Chinese Women" Photo Exhibition.
The exhibition , supported by CFLAC under the joint organization of CPA and Gesellschaft Fur Deutsch ChinesischenKulturaustausch Berlin, has been opened at the Admiral Palace in Berlin, Germany on April 26th. GUO Yunde, vice-chairman of CFLAC, LI Xueliang, vice-president of CPA, Wolfram wickert president of Gesellschaft Fur Deutsch ChinesischenKulturaustausch Berlin and Dr. Gert·Brache president of Berlin Asia Pacific Forum Association have attended the opening and ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Many German audiences have eulogized, after seeing the exhibition, that the event was so wonderful that it was much rare to see such a high level of Chinese photography exhibition in Berlin.
After the opening ceremony, the Chinese photographers went to the studio of Wolfram wickert and carried out a friendly exchange with members from photography and culture communities in Germany, including Wolfram wickert, Claus Meyerson, chairman of the German Professional Photographers Association, York stark,chairman of Berlin Association of Professional Photographers, Thomas Billhara, a renowned German professional photographer amongst others.LIXueliang has introduced his shooting experience to German friends, and the original photos during the occasion, during which the German photographers were shocked and they were not only amazed by the photographic masterpieces from China, but also vice-chairman LI Xueliang’s numerous shooting visits deep into Xinjiang’s uninhabited areas in China for the past decades. At the scene, we felt the power of photography and the spiritual connection of photographers all over the world. Admiring the masterpieces by LI Xueliang, German and Chinese photographers on the scene have forgotten that we were from different countries with diverse cultural backgrounds and of different languages.
The event also included a photography lecture held in Düsseldorf, during which LI Xueliang shared the story of his own shooting and played series of works taken in different locations, such as deserts, grasslands and snow mountains. After the lecture, the audience said that the lectures and the works were very exciting. The most important thing was that they saw the originals on the spot, which was very precious and rare.
On April 30th, the Chinese photographers’ delegation has ended their visit to Germany and later went to Italy to carry out activities concerning photography and cultural exchanges. They have also held a "Chinese-Italian photography exchange seminar" and visited the studio of professional photographers in Italy.The delegation first came to the FS professional photographers’studio in Naples, Italy, where the two sides have conducted friendly talks and seminars with Alessandra Salimbene, chairman of the Italian Professional Photographers Association, Clalidio Brufola, the executive chairman, Rocco Deciantis and Francesco Ciccotti, the vice-chairmen and etc. The photographers of the two countries have made creative exchanges in a sincere and friendly atmosphere. Recalling the long-term friendship between CPA and Italian Association of Professional Photographers and multiple bilateral photography exhibitions and visiting exchanges, Alessandra Salimbene has presented certificates of honor to LI Xueliang, YUAN Ruilun, SONG Jing, WANG Jingmin and other Chinese photographers, showcasing much acknowledgement to CPA’s endeavors for the China-Italy photography exchanges of cultures.After that, LI Xueliang has showed his photographs of the grasslands, snow-capped mountains, deserts and ancient cities taken in Xinjiang during the past 30 years. The activities in Germany and Italy not only conveyed the Chinese culture to the local people through the photographic works, but also made them fall in love with the beautiful scenery of the Chinese land at the same time. They all expressed that they shall go to China to photograph the changes in the country.
