Only by looking for breakthroughs based on social needs and cultural concepts can landscape photography be integrated into a higher realm of art.
In 1992, he won the second Academy Awards
In 2012, he won the 9th Academy Awards
Former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Photographers Association, former President and Editor-in-Chief of Sichuan Pictorial, and Honorary Chairman of the Sichuan Photographers Association.
Wang Dajun started filming in 1972 and has been in love with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the land of Bashu for decades, focusing on the scenery of western China, the world cultural and natural heritage of Shu, Tibetan and Qiang folk customs and Bashu humanities, etc., and has successively filmed and published "Anyue Grotto Art", "Sichuan Tibetan Temple", "Kham Customs", "The Complete Works of Chinese Grotto Sculpture 7 Dazu", "The Complete Works of Chinese Grotto Sculpture 8, Sichuan Chongqing", "The Complete Works of Chinese Grotto Sculpture 9 Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Tibet", "Elegant Clouds and Qiang Costumes", "Jiuzhaigou", "Yellow Dragon", " More than 20 large-scale photography albums such as "Emei Leshan Giant Buddha", "Siguniang Mountain", "Asking the Scene", "Asking" and "Mountain Enlightenment", the work "The Light of the Himalayas" won the 15th National Film Festival Art Style Award, "Earth Series" won the Gold Medal Award of the 16th National Film Festival, and has won the highest gold image award of Chinese photography art twice.
Strange Road in the West
Earth Spectrum
Xia Fei
Mountain color
Landscape photography is the art of observing, experiencing, discovering and perceiving, no matter what kind of climatic conditions, as long as we observe carefully, feel with our hearts, and mobilize our own artistic cells and imagination, it is possible to produce creative works. Today, photography has expanded its boundaries enormously. Landscape photography not only has the documentary attribute of integrating and disseminating landscape culture, but also has the artistic attribute of the photographer's unique aesthetics, expressing concepts and emotions. Although photography has the characteristics of documentary, the "reality" presented by landscape photography here is not only the "reality" of the objective form, but also the "reality" of the conceptual form.
Shanwu No. 003 was taken in the octagonal shed of Siguniang Mountain Haizigou
Shanwu No. 028 was taken on a wooden mule in Changpinggou
Shanwu No. 033 was taken on the lawn of Shuangqiaogou
It is human nature to pursue beauty, and people are always full of desire for beauty. Landscape photography is an aesthetic process that transforms the beauty of natural forms into the beauty of conceptual states. Aesthetics is the most basic characteristic of art, and different people will have different interpretations of what beauty is. What you think is beautiful, others may not think is beautiful. From the perspective of art, sometimes ugly things can also be beautiful, a kind of conceptual form of beauty. When we shoot landscape works, we want to express the photographer's personal cognition of the natural world, which is the embodiment of the photographer's unique personalized pursuit and artistic expression ability.
Shanwu No. 036 was taken at the Guanghe beach in Changpinggou
Shanwu No. 044 was taken in Shuangqiaogou Longzhucuo
Oriental philosophical thought and Oriental aesthetics emphasize advocating nature, revering nature, conforming to nature, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Zhuangzi, an important figure in ancient Taoism, put forward the idea of "multiplying things to play with the mind", believing that only by understanding the true meaning of the universe and conforming to the natural laws of all things in the world can we realize the freedom of thought and spirit, and can we feel and experience the meaning of "the unity of heaven and man, Taoism and nature" in nature.
Shanwu 070 taken on a wooden mule in Changpinggou
Shanwu No. 072 was taken in Shuangqiaogou Longzhucuo
Advocating landscape culture is the innate interest and feelings of Chinese. Landscape photography is actually very difficult, and the difficulty is that it is too easy. It can be said that in the era of information explosion, it has become very easy to take pictures, and almost everyone can take pictures. In this case, how much space is left for the photographer? If photography only stays on the surface of beauty, it is difficult to understand the true meaning of art, and it is easy for people to get tired and bored with vision.
Dream Panda Sea
Blue multicolored pools
Landscape photography is not static, it requires us to constantly explore, constantly break the inherent traditional concepts, constantly overcome our own limitations, and constantly seek more possibilities. Only by looking for breakthroughs with the concept of culture can landscape photography be integrated into a higher realm of art. I pay special attention to the ontology and originality of photography, because ontology and originality are the soul of a work of art. This requires the photographer to have unique artistic thinking, ingenious artistic conception, unique way of seeing, exquisite expression techniques and unique visual presentation.
Unexplored
Snow in the heart
When you enter nature, you must communicate with it, not only to feel the vastness and profundity of heaven and earth, but also to understand your own heart and the mystery of art in tranquility. What I capture is a natural state of nature's existence. This state is not a simple record, but an emotional resonance with nature. During the day, I often look at the snow-capped mountains and my mind goes blank, and at night, I sit by the cowshed and look up at the starry sky, and the rhythm and melody of music will appear in the dark...... In this way, I have a dialogue with the snowy mountains, with the stars, and with myself. Often, inadvertently, I have some new creative inspiration again and again. Photography is a process and a way for me to enjoy life. For decades, I have been closely integrated with photography, and I have always walked on the arduous but joyful and hopeful path of photography. For me, the future of photography is still promising, but still far away......
Book from the sky
Yamago No. 006
The art of photography should embody the spirit of contemporary. What is the contemporary spirit? I believe that it is ideological, unique, innovative and avant-garde that is in line with the times and society. When it comes to landscape photography, photographers are required to have unique artistic thinking, ingenious artistic ideas, unique ways of seeing, exquisite expression techniques and unique visual presentation. Landscape photography is not static, it requires us to constantly explore, constantly break the inherent traditional concepts, constantly overcome our own limitations, and constantly seek more possibilities. Only by finding a breakthrough based on the needs of society and the concept of culture can landscape photography be integrated into a higher realm of art.
Source: Sichuan Photographers Association
Photo, text/Wang Dajun