Chapter 748: 748
Before the awards ceremony, judging was held . The top ten from each category would undergo judging and the top three would be chosen . Then, the awards ceremony would commence .
Su Nanfeng participated in landscape photography .
Ming Shu and Wei Xu participated in portrait photography .
Those photos that were displayed outside would not be undergoing the judging . Hence, no one knew what the pieces for the judging were . Besides the theme, no one knew what the photos would be about .
“Hello, everyone . I am your host for today, Aisha . Welcome to the international photography competition for the year…”
Ming Shu sat down absentmindedly . All that was left of her lollipop was the stick .
The introduction was not too long . The screen started displaying the different works after a short while .
Only the works were shown . The name of the photographer was not displayed .
They would only reveal the name of the photographer after the awards were announced .
The first category was the humanities and documentary category . It mostly depicted the lives of people and there were quite a few good works .
The second category was landscape photography . Su Nanfeng chose the night scenes of cities . Night scenes from ten different cities were displayed . Each one of them made you feel like you were right inside the photo .
Yu Xiaohan started tearing up for some reason .
Su Nanfeng hurriedly consoled her in a flurry .
“What happened?” Ming Shu asked Su Nanfeng .
Su Nanfeng patted Yu Xiaohan’s shoulder . “These ten cities are the cities that Xiaohan wants to visit in the future . She told me that she wanted to travel long ago . ”
“Oh…” Ming Shu looked at the big screen . “Thoughtful . ”
Su Nanfeng sighed . What he wanted to do the most was take her there personally .
So that all these night scenes would have her inside them .
Ming Shu returned to her absentminded state . Su Nanfeng glanced at her a few times before deciding to console his own girlfriend .
“Next up is ‘I have a dream . ’ Please appreciate it . ”
A child appeared on the screen first . His skin was dark and his body was scrawny . However, his smile was bright and vibrant . It seemed to infect other people and allowed them to feel his happiness .
The works after that revolved around children . Some were happy, some were sad… but no matter what, all the children had a kind of light in their eyes . The light was called hope .
The theme of this work was the dreams of left-behind children .
It was not uncommon to find such themes .
However, in order to shoot such photos, this person must at least be a master .
“Senior Sister, were these taken by you?”
“Why do you feel this way?” Ming Shu tilted her head and looked at Su Nanfeng .
“Not much reason… I just feel that you can shoot such photos . However, if you look at them carefully, they seem a bit different from your style . ” Su Nanfeng said, “Senior Sister, what is your theme?”
“A dream-like order . ”
Su Nanfeng was curious .
What kind of theme is this?
The next few works were not as good as the ones with the theme “I have a dream . ”
“Up next, we have the second-to-last work for portrait photography . The theme is ‘a dream-like order . ’ I wonder what the author of this dream-like name is trying to show us through his or her photography . ”
When the first photo appeared, it took everyone’s breath away .
Mist wreathed in the air . Only clusters of pine greens sprouted out from beneath the mist . On top of the greens, a lady in white was dancing happily . The mist followed the movement of her dress and twirled around her .
The sun rose up from afar and cast its reflection on the sea .
The lady was very beautiful . Her makeup was clean and her smile was pure . She seemed like a pure and innocent fairy .
This was beyond their expectations .
The pine greens looked like a forest . Based on the entire photo, it was taken from a very high place .
How could this person shoot from such a high place?
Actually, this was just an optical illusion . It was a picture of the ground but some props were added .
The image changed .
It was the same person .
She was in a forest . The background should have been taken during sunset . Light sprinkled through the trees and formed light beams . The lady stood among the beams . Her makeup and clothing changed .
The lady was running . It was shot in the instant when she looked back .
The third photo was displayed, and then the fourth, and the last one…
Under the starry star, the lady stood still on a glittering lake . The sky was filled with Kongming lanterns .
Her expression seemed sad and she was looking far away, as though waiting for a person that would never return .
From the mountain in the clouds to the vast grassland, to the sandy desert, to the quiet valley… to the starry lake .
Every scene was magnificent and grand but the person in the photo didn’t lose her color .
She was the theme .
A dream-like order… dreamy and illusional .
No one had regained their sense even after the host finished her script .
With such a piece of work before it, the last group appeared really ordinary .
Wei Xu’s seat was quite far away from Ming Shu . She looked past the crowd and saw Ming Shu . The latter was looking down and seemed uninterested in what was happening around her .
Her reaction made Wei Xu hate her even more .
“Okay, we have displayed all the works of the photographers . Now, we move on to the most important matter of the night . Which photographers will get an award today? Let us watch an advertisement first . We will announce… cough, cough, I’m joking, we don’t have any sponsors…”
The host livened up the atmosphere .
The top three awardees for the humanities and documentary category were revealed soon . The person who presented the award was a senior of the photography industry .
The photographers who got the awards were so excited when they faced the senior who presented the award to them .
In the landscape photography category, without a doubt, Su Nanfeng got first place .
Su Nanfeng passed the trophy to Yu Xiaohan the minute he came down . Yu Xiaohan took the opportunity when everyone was looking at the stage to kiss Su Nanfeng .
Ming Shu looked at them with a mysterious smile .
Yu Xiaohan met Ming Shu’s eyes and felt awkward for a moment . She hugged the trophy and used Su Nanfeng to block her red face .
For the first two categories, photographers from their country and overseas photographers both got awarded . However, the number of overseas photographer awardees were quite little .
“We will move on to our last category . I believe that this is the one everyone is anticipating too… first, let us reveal our third place . Please display the work . ”
The screen behind started displaying the work .
Once it was done, the host said, “Who will be our winner for third place? Let us have a look… come, please look at the big screen .
The black spot below the work disappeared and a name popped up .
“Congratulation to Mister Lu Xiaohui . Can we invite Elder Fu to present the award for Mister Lu…”
The process of presenting the award was not long . Once Lu Xiaohui came down, the second place was revealed .
The second place was neither Wei Xu nor Ming Shu .
There was only one more slot left .
Wei Xu was confident that her photos would definitely win . After all…
“Okay, only the first place is left now . Let us see who the first place will go to . ”
Wei Xu sat up straight . She stared at the big screen .
When the photos were shown, Wei Xu was stunned . How…
It was not her photos .
The photos that were shown now most probably belonged to an overseas photographer .
It was not the breathtaking “a dream-like order” either…
“Congratulations to Mister Eric Jim . ”
How can it be…
“Weird, why is it not the photographer for ‘a dream-like order’?”
“Yeah, what are the judges doing? Anyone could tell that ‘a dream-like order’ was much better . ”
“Is there something shady going on?”
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