The 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, themed around "Images Oriented to Life", opened in the old city of Pingyao, Shanxi province, on Sept 19.
During the seven-day festival, 1,600 designers and photographers from 32 countries and regions will display 12,000 photographic works across 427 shows.
The festival will host a round-table conference for the Asia Pacific PhotoForum (APP), an Asia-Pacific group, for the first time. The conference will discuss developments in photography in the Asia-Pacific region. Many artistic activities will also be held during the festival, such as parties, photographic seminars, and face-to-face communication with famous photographers.
The economic and trade activities on culture held during the festival will help integrate culture and economics.
The festival started 12 years ago and has become a communication platform for many areas, including academics and other topics related to daily life.
Spotlights
Internationally renowned photographer Roger Ballen was born in 1950 and later lived and worked in South Africa for over 30 years. He is exhibiting his work at the 13th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Sept 19 - 25 in the old city of Pingyao, Shanxi province.
Roger Ballen creates photographs in which the boundary between reality and fantasy is blurred. According to Roger Ballen, whether the place exists or not depends on the definition of real existence. There is an internal world. He is just recording the world truthfully. Roger Ballen’s photographic works are strictly in black-white, square formats, offering a unique artistic vision to explore core ideas with imaginary layers.
Roger Ballen’s work has been shown in many museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Photograph works from Raul Canibano Ercilla, Cuba, are on show at the the 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, Shanxi province, Spet 19 to 25. |
The Latin American pavilion is open at the 2013 China Pingyao International Photography Festival from Sept 19 - 25, in Pingyao ancient city, Shanxi province. It features photographs from five countries in Latin America: Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela.
Under the theme “The Extraordinary within the Ordinary,” the pavilion kicked off with an insightful vision of narratives of the region. The photos provide a tour to explore extraordinary details in daily life in Latin America.
Alasdair Foster was nominated as the commissioner for the Latin American pavilion. The five exhibitions showcase photographs provided by over 20 contemporary photographers with a wide range of concepts, styles and genres. Each exhibition embraces diverse elements.
