travel starts with photography

Chapter 335 New Journey
"Come and see! The boss who graduated in half a year has come to the school!"

"Chen from the photography class?"

"It's really him..."

There are few people in the school, and the communication is frequent. The news that Professor Nobel helped Chen Xing apply for early graduation has spread among the students at some point.

The fourth and fifth grades are originally the internship stage. Outstanding students can indeed graduate early, but generally they have to wait until the end of the first year.

Even better, the performance in the first, second and third study stages is so good, there are also those who graduate directly without going to the fourth grade, so 80.00% of the graduates are now new stars in their circles, or have become internationally renowned designers, photographers teacher, painter, etc.

But what about Chen Xing?

It took only half a year to get the diploma.

Do you know why the internship period is two years?

This is how the school cards those students with weak foundations. If they really can't meet the requirements, they may study for another year after the fifth grade, otherwise they may not get their diplomas.

Romanchenko, who had just walked out of the school's studio, looked at Chen Xing with complicated eyes for a long time, and finally stopped Chen Xing hesitantly, and asked, "Chen, I heard that you have a good relationship with the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine. Can't you tell him one thing for us?"

"us?"

Chen Xing asked, he was curious about the extra word.

Romanchenko is the coordinator of their photography class, that is, the grade representative. The prefects in Harry Potter almost mean that, and the relationship with Chen Xing has always been good.

"Yes, we, recently ELLE magazine invited many cutting-edge photographers to participate in a competition. There are also many students in our class who can go, but because this year's semester started too late, some students missed the registration time."

"Oh……"

Chen Xing's tone was flat.

It's not that he doesn't want to help, but a tone of gossip.

Romanchenko is a typical Russian girl. Although she looks good, she has always been a bit masculine in character. Chen Xing went on a few dates but failed to make an appointment, and then gave up. Anyway, there are quite a lot of beautiful girls in the school.Hearing her talking about us this time, Chen Xing thought she was also talking about her boyfriend.

"No?" Romanchenko frowned.

"Okay, this shouldn't be a difficult thing, but I can't help in vain, you have to treat me to a meal."

Romanchenko sighed in relief and nodded.

The two were going in the same direction, so they walked together along the way. Chen Xing asked the students how they were working in the studio.

Romanchenko said: "We have only been here for a week, and we often have work, and everyone handles it well, but it is difficult to get out of the circle of commercial photography without special encounters. Hey, this is probably in this school. Probably the biggest problem in learning photography."

The best major for Paris Haute Couture is of course design, followed by painting, and finally photography.

The photography here is mostly in the service of fashion.

Only those with ability and luck can come out of this circle and become a landscape photographer like Chen Xing who is remembered by countless people.

If you don’t have such luck, you should continue to work in the commercial photography industry. Most of the photographers in the school are also in this circle, and it is not difficult to make money at all.If you do well, you can be famous all over the world like senior Delrin, and go abroad to participate in programs or something.

Chen Xing couldn't help. The reason why the photographer became popular was due to various reasons, and it couldn't be solved by one person.

"What's it like to win the Grand Prix at the Arles Photo Festival?" Romanchenko asked.

"Fortunately, nothing has changed in my life, and there have been more cooperations, but I don't take commercial shoots much now, so the impact is not big."

"I really envy you. I also went to see your work during the photography festival. It's really great. It's the feeling of China in my impression."

"Anyway, they call me Huaxia photographer now."

Romanchenko's eyes became very emotional, and he sighed and said: "Whenever the media will call me a Russian photographer, it will be fine. Our country also has a lot of cultures that are very different from those in Europe. After seeing your photos, I really want to go back to my country. They filmed it."

Chen Xing was about to say goodbye to Romanchenko at this corner, and the two stayed here.

He put his hands on the Russian girl's shoulders and said, "Then go and shoot. Westerners don't know much about China or Russia now. Even if they don't want to become famous, they should put more cultural works from their own country." On Twitter, there's always no harm."

For the Chinese, both Russia and Europe are the West, but in fact the culture of Russia is completely different from that of Europe.

Those who study art should understand the difference.

Like Chinese art, Russian art is relatively independent.

Romanchenko nodded and asked, "Then what are your plans for the future? Do you have any ideas after graduation?"

"If you have any ideas, play around."

The two hugged here, and each went about their own business.

Professor Nobel was already waiting in the office with several of his teachers. After Chen Xing went up, he answered a few questions. After several teachers agreed, he was officially approved for graduation. He took him to see the vice principal.

In the school, only the vice principal has been here for a long time, and the principal is basically just an honorary name.

This is a middle-aged woman with blond hair and a slightly out of shape body, but it can be seen that she was also a very beautiful Western woman when she was young.

"Chen, you should be the most influential student in our school now, right? Please sit down."

Graduating early is not just a matter of stamping a stamp on the graduation certificate. After being reminded by the professor, Chen Xing knew that he would have to wait here for nearly 10 minutes, so he sat on the sofa in the office without being polite to the principal.

The vice principal looked at Chen Xing very kindly, and asked someone to make a cup of coffee, and then motioned Chen Xing to look at a work on the wall next to him.

"Look over there."

There are not too many decorations in the office for the sake of beauty, there are two or three oil paintings or photos here and there.Here, Chen Xing saw the composition and line work that he had taken before to show off his skills, and the response among the tourists who came to visit was mediocre.

"headmaster……"

"Don't worry, I really like your photo better. Although it is simple, don't things in nature rely on light and lines to produce beauty? I don't know much about photography art, but I can see your The foundation is very solid, and I really like your work."

She is a student of fine arts, and fine arts is a major in which lineism is carried forward, and their acceptance of line works is higher than that of ordinary people.

"Remember our school motto?" the principal asked again.

Chen Xing nodded and said, "Education is free, research is independent."

"I also approved the documents for your admission to the school. I thought you would have to study for at least two years. I didn't expect you to get the highest award in the photography industry. After graduation, you should always remember our school motto. In the process of maintaining your own freedom and independent thinking, to be a fashion leader rather than a follower, I believe you have this ability."

"Thank you very much for your attention."

"Well, okay, you will be notified to pick up your graduation certificate after a while. There is nothing wrong with me, you can do whatever you want."

Chen Xing nodded and walked out of the office.

When no one was around, the vice-principal sighed.

Their school motto is freedom of education, independence of research, and they must guarantee their own creative freedom at all times, which is the same for photography majors.

The school did not say that students must take commercial photography and portraits.He even encouraged him to shoot more things, to be a director, to shoot landscapes, just like Nobel has always taught Chen Xing.

However, due to the strong strength of other majors in the school, photographers from the same school have a natural shortcut to reach the middle level of the industry and even reach the top commercial photographers without much climbing.

There are very few students like Chen Xing who have his own style and persist in it.

Nobel is right. If there is an opportunity in the future, Chen Xing should really teach the students in the photography class. If I can change my concept a little, there are so many talented young photographers in the school. Photographers going international.

Chen Xing went downstairs with ease.

Finally, a wave of major updates has been carried out in his studies, from a student of a prestigious school to a graduate of a prestigious school, and he will not be weaker than others in terms of culture in the future.

The second place in France and the top ten art schools in the world, it has a lot of face to tell.

Now it’s time for class, there are a lot fewer students in the garden downstairs, but there are still people who don’t attend class reading in the garden. The pressure of graduation is great for many people, but when Chen Xing walks by, he will still gain something. A large group of envious eyes watched.

Graduated from school at the age of 20,

Many people enter Paris high-end clothing and become first-year students in their 20s. Chen Xing is too young.

He himself is relatively famous in the school. If this school also has a list of unknown meanings such as school grass, Chen Xing must be one of them. Although he has an oriental appearance, his face is not as flat as an oriental. , with sharp edges and corners, it is outstanding in every way.

Now because of graduating early, the whole school has suffered.

The weather in October is the best month in many countries. In this season, the sycamores have also begun to turn yellow. A gust of wind will take away a group of leaves from the tree and fall on the perennial green grass. The picture very romantic.

Some students brought cameras or set up drawing boards to describe this scene.

It was still early, and Hedwig didn't go back to her school. Chen Xing thought about it and didn't rush to leave. He sat under his favorite tree for the last time.

Not far away there was a student practicing the violin.

Although it's practice, but being able to stand in the most crowded place in the school and practice in such a disregard of others, the skill is not far behind.

I don't know what song it is, but it sounds beautiful.

The leaves danced with the wind, as if accompanied by rustling sounds. This environment made Chen Xing feel very comfortable, so he quickly fell asleep here, and was woken up by a familiar friend two hours later. At this time, the leaves were rattling La fell down a lot in front of Chen Xing.

He had the urge to pick up the leaves and store them.

But it just went away.

What to collect? It's not like he won't come back. If he has time, he still wants to continue studying oil painting in school.

When she got home, Hedwig had already returned. She heard the sound of the door opening in the room, and quickly hid the painting she was admiring... This is a work she painted for the love between the two before. I didn't think of a way to give it to Chen Xing.

But it's definitely not just a mediocre gift.

At least until Christmas or Chen Xing's birthday.

Hedwig quickly went downstairs and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet."

"Then I'll do it for you."

French families often eat bread, but Chen Xing likes to eat French stews, so these days, there are all kinds of stews at home, which makes Chen Xing quite addicted.Although the stew here has different seasonings, the taste of the meat and vegetables is no different from that of Huaxia's Northeast stew.

People who are used to eating Chinese food must also be used to eating stews in France.

Chen Xing will go to Sweden in two days. Hedwig feels that the name of this country is a bit similar to Switzerland, and then there are snow mountains, because she heard that the skiing events in Sweden are very popular, and many Europeans like to go there no matter what time of day. Sweden goes skiing.

As someone who is about to go to Sweden, Chen Xing doesn't know much about this country.

Among the several Nordic countries, Chen Xing knows more about Iceland and Norway, and the main reason for coming to Sweden is because of the Hasselblad factory.

A camera is as important to a photographer as a sword in the hands of a swordsman. Now there is a world-class hidden sword villa that wants to make a special sword for you. Which swordsman would not be ecstatic?
For this reason, Chen Xing made Sweden the first stop of his trip to Northern Europe, so it would be no problem at all.

three days later.

Chen Xing began to pack his luggage for the long journey.

One of his travel habits is not to bring too many clothes, otherwise the suitcase would be too bloated, and it would be difficult to bring a lot of supporting equipment such as cameras and lenses. Moreover, Chen Xing has the habit of bringing books when traveling, let alone Handy for carrying too many clothes.

Anyway, if you have money, you can't buy it anywhere.

Because there was an invitation letter from Sweden, the visa was processed online, and the people from the embassy in Paris delivered the things in person.

The visa is the most difficult thing to apply for only when you go abroad for the first time.

Some small countries that are famous for travel are okay. In developed countries like France and Sweden, visa officers will find that you have no exit records, so it is more difficult to apply for a visa.

It's much easier the second time around.

Unless you went to a Middle Eastern country for the first time and thought of traveling to America for the second time, then [-]% of you will be beaten back.

Chen Xing didn't let Hedwig see him off, the two kissed at the door for 2 minutes, and then Chen Xing got into the taxi he called—the more he knew about Paris, the more he hated the environment outside the safe zone, There are also those gypsies who are famous for their enthusiasm and dance in Chinese education, and they are also a big scourge in Paris.

He didn't want to squeeze the subway with so many things, what would he do if he encountered a thief.

(End of this chapter)