Lei Yulan, Vice Governor of Guangdong Provincial People's Government; Ge Changwei, Secretary of CPC Qingyuan Municipal Committee; Zhang Feng, Deputy Secretary General of Guangdong Provincial Government and Director of Provincial Population and Family Planning Commission; Fang Jianhong, Director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture; Huang Bin, Secretary of Party Committee of Yangcheng Evening News Newspaper Group; Bai Ling, Secretary of Party Committee of Southern Media Group; Zou Xuejun, Chairman of Qingyuan; Deng Guangrong, Party Secretary and Acting Director of Qingyuan Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee; Yan, Deputy Director of China Institute of Arts and Crafts; Major General Xie Kangwei, former political commissar of Logistics Department of Nanjing Military Region; Major General Chen Zhongyue, former director of Political Department of Logistics Department of Nanjing Military Region; The main leaders of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Public Security Department, the Provincial People's Social Welfare Department and the Provincial Supply and Marketing Department; Leading members of four teams in Lianzhou; And Christopher Phillips, Senior Curator of new york International Photography Center (ICP), Robert Preki, Chairman and Curator of American Contact Photo Agency, and Joshua Zhuang, Curator of Yale Art Museum. Vicki Goldberg, a famous American critic, writer and curator of photography culture, Charles Trauba, director of school of visual arts Master of Arts Department, and other celebrities and friendly people from all walks of life at home and abroad attended the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was presided over by Huang Yutuan, deputy secretary of Lianzhou Municipal Committee and mayor. Lin, secretary of Lianzhou Municipal Party Committee, first gave a welcome speech. He said that with the care and support of leaders, celebrities in photography and friendly people from all walks of life, Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition has been successfully held for six times. Today, the 7th Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition opens. I believe that 201kloc-0/Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition will open a new chapter in photography! Lianzhou has successfully held the first Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition since 2005, which has promoted the good momentum of developing the cultural industry in this ancient historical and cultural city. In recent years, with the implementation of the working policy of the provincial party committee to build a strong cultural province, Lianzhou has also sounded the horn of "striving for Excellence, promoting development and building a happy new Lianzhou" under the background of "accelerating transformation and upgrading and building a happy Guangdong". Cultural industry construction is the foundation of the rise of Lianzhou green economy. We fully tap the potential of the characteristic cultural brand of "China Photography City", take Lianzhou International Photography Exhibition Hall, Liu Yuxi Memorial Hall and Anti-Japanese War Historical and Cultural Exhibition Hall as the carriers, and take the construction of Yan Xi Cultural Park, the original Shanyao Cultural Park and Fushan Cultural Park as the breakthrough, constantly enrich the new connotation of urban cultural development, and strive to turn Lianzhou into a characteristic gathering area of cultural and creative industries in northern Guangdong and an emerging cultural and creative industrial base. Promoting the transformation of cultural "soft power" into "hard power" that can bring real money and silver is really for the development of Lianzhou and the well-being of the people.
Ge Changwei, secretary of Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee, warmly congratulated Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition on behalf of Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. He said that Lianzhou is a central city and an important economic and cultural center in the northwest of Qingyuan. The profound cultural background, superior natural conditions and the concept of keeping pace with the times not only created the massiness and atmosphere of Lianzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong, but also wrote a new chapter in Lianzhou's leap-forward development and created a new situation of scientific development. In recent years, Lianzhou, as a unique case of county cultural development in the construction of a "strong cultural province" in Guangdong Province, is connecting the horizon with the world, creating a precedent for mountain counties (cities) in Guangdong Province to hold international competitions, and winning the title of "China Photography City" for the first time in China, becoming a well-known brand of cultural industry with index significance in the photography art world, and opening a cultural road to globalization. Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition fundamentally enhances Lianzhou's popularity and comprehensive strength, and also injects vitality into Qingyuan and Lianzhou to realize cultural "soft power" and promote new economic development.
Lei Yulan, Vice Governor of Guangdong Provincial People's Government, highly affirmed the contribution of Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition to cultural construction. She said: In 2 1 century, Xinlianzhou made great efforts to explore new ways for the development of county-level cultural industry in the process of building a strong cultural province in Guangdong, promoting the construction of "grand culture", continuing the historical context of Lianzhou, carefully creating the image of "cultural Lianzhou" and forming a cultural industry brand with Lianzhou International Photography Exhibition as the core. Lianzhou Municipal Government has successfully held the International Photography Annual Exhibition for six years in a row. Every year, it uses different themes to find new breakthroughs, with rich and colorful content, high level, large scale, many participating countries and high media attention. It has achieved good social and economic benefits, created a win-win platform for international cultural exchange between culture and economy, initiated an international photo exhibition in a small mountain city, and embodied Lianzhou people's passion, creativity and creativity in keeping up with the times.
Duan Yuting, artistic director of the 7th Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition, and Christopher Phillips, chief curator overseas, introduced the curatorial situation of the annual exhibition to the guests. Subsequently, Lei Yulan, vice governor of the provincial government, announced the opening of Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition 20 1 1.
20 1 1 Lianzhou international photography annual exhibition has entered a mature stage, with many highlights: it is co-sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Propaganda Department, Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture, Qingyuan Municipal Government, Yangcheng Evening News Newspaper Group and Lianzhou Municipal Government, with higher specifications, larger lineup and more activities. This year, more than 7,500 photographs of more than 200 Chinese and foreign photographers will be exhibited in the old granary, fruit warehouse and the second shoe factory with the theme of "Scenery Going to Society". Among them, the exhibition of "New Documentary" in North America in 1960s attracted people's attention, and domestic exhibitions included Farmers in Zhu Xianmin, Learning from Others in Wang Qingsong and Workers in Wang Yuwen. 20 1 1, Lianzhou charm continues the image frontier, which will be an expected visual feast. In addition to visiting the photo exhibition, there will be corresponding slide show, academic seminar, Liu Yuxi seminar, opening ceremony of Liu Yuxi memorial hall, food carnival, the first Lianzhou boxing competition, sports elite competition, Huangchuan night tour and other activities, so that guests can appreciate the vitality and passion of Lianzhou and share the cultural journey.
At the opening ceremony, the organizing Committee of Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition also presented awards to the winners of "Walking into Photography Focus Lianzhou Competition" and artists who made special contributions to Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition and photography art. ..