On April 6, Li Yan's theatrical photography exhibition was unveiled in Xi'an.
Western Network News (reporter Zhang Shutian, correspondent Huang Yankun, Wang Bo) "I like Xi'an very much, and every time I come here, I always eat and drink hi." This time, unlike the previous visits to Xi'an, Li Yan, who is known as the "first person in Chinese theater photography", brought his own works to the Xi'an audience. On the afternoon of April 6th, the "Drama Li Yan Photography Exhibition" was held at the Shaanxi Grand Theater.
The famous actor Huang Lei once said that Li Yan is a "living fossil" of the theater industry, "He is a legendary figure, almost using a camera to record the entire development of Chinese theater in the past three decades, and his footprints have traveled almost all the addresses of theatrical activities and events." ”
At the opening ceremony, Li Yan introduced the stories behind more than 60 exhibited works to the audience one by one. According to reports, the photographic works exhibited at the Shaanxi Grand Theater this time span from the 1980s to 2017, and the exhibition time will last until May 6.
In the following lecture, Li Yan prepared more than a hundred behind-the-scenes photos for the audience of the ancient city, most of which were newly scanned for the Xi'an exhibition. After three hours of continuous narration, no one left the table.
Li Yan said that he and Xi'an are very close and will come almost every few months. This time when he came to Xi'an to hold an exhibition, he specially selected the drama photos of Shaanxi actors and Shaanxi directors, and also selected the stills of some of the plays participated in the 7th Xi'an Theater Festival. For example, "Father" starring Venus and Zhao Lixin.
For his own creative process, Li Yan said, "I took a very satisfactory still, and later when the play was staged again, the same position, the plot and the actors, but I could no longer shoot that feeling. The stage charm is not replicable, and I hope to condense those moments. ”
It is understood that in 2016, Li Yan published "When the Drama Has Become a Thing of the Past", which records the story of the drama circle he personally experienced from 1982 to 2006, with more than 300,000 words and nearly 500 pictures, which is the first of its kind in China.