Summary of the 6th Lianzhou International Photography Annual Exhibition

Academic theme: observation and being observed

June 5438, 2006+February 5-February 20, 2006

Opening ceremony: February 5, 2006, 8:30 pm, 65438, Lianzhou Cultural Square.

The first large-scale international photography exhibition held in Guangdong Province will be held once a year;

Show the rich image resources in China at present, and explore photography under different cultural backgrounds in the world;

For the first time, the interdisciplinary cooperation of photography, art, sociology, anthropology and urban studies was realized, and all the power of images was released;

Focusing on photography, including more than 80 exhibitions in different forms such as art, video, installation and sound, with the participation of many world-class photographers, artists and scholars;

Realize the organic interaction between photography, art and related fields.

Approved by: Ministry of Culture of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Organizer: Lianzhou Municipal Government

Organizer: Guangzhou Hanyu Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

Overseas support units: French Ministry of Culture and French Embassy in Beijing.

General Counsel: Shao Hua (Chairman of China Photographers Association)

Co-organizer: Qingyuan Daily

Contact unit:

Guangdong art museum

guangdong province photographers association

New express news agency

City pictorial newspaper office

Exclusive portal support: Sina. com

Art Space Design: Demei's Creation

Technical support for exhibits: China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. and Epson (China) Co., Ltd.

Support unit:

China Photographers Association, World Press Photography Foundation, American Photographic Society, British Royal Photographic Society, Bangladeshi Drake Photographic Society, University of Michigan, French VU Photographic Society, Eva Photographer, robert klein Gallery in Boston, USA, European Artists Organization Poc Project, AFP, University of Kansas, University of Massachusetts Lowell, O 'Connor Studio/O 'Connor Studio, FotoFreo Photography Festival in Australia, London NB Pictures Photo Agency, new york John Stevenson Gallery, American Photographic Review Archives, French Photography Magazine, French arles Photography Festival, British PhotoSwap, American Houston Art Museum, British Chris Boots Book Publishing Co., Ltd., American Aperture Magazine, Spanish Photography Festival, British Rhubarb-Rhubarb Photography Festival, British Seeing Light, Italian Grazia Neri Photo Agency, French National Institute of Advanced Decorative Arts, Tendance Floue Photo Agency, Les Filles du Calvaire Gallery, Hong Kong Professional Photographers' Union, Macau Photographers' Association, Taiwan Province Photographers' Association, Asian Film Art Union, Singapore Film Art Union, Sun Yat-sen University School of Communication and Design, Anthropology Department, Guangdong Young Photographers' Association, Guangzhou Photographers' Association, the State Council Press Office Photo Library, Shenzhen.

Support media:

Xinhua News Agency, China News Agency, CCTV, Associated Press Hong Kong Branch, Guangdong TV Station, Southern TV Station, Guangzhou TV Station, People's Daily, China Youth Daily, Beijing Youth Daily, Hong Kong Evening News, Beijing News, Oriental Morning Post, Yangcheng Evening News, Southern Weekend, Guangzhou Daily, Nanfang Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Weekend Pictorial, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, Shenzhen Evening News, Shenzhen Business Daily, Information Times and Bao Jing. China Photographic Newspaper, People's Photographic Newspaper, China Photographic Magazine, Popular Photographic Magazine, Photographic Magazine, Art World Magazine, Friends of Photography Magazine, the State Council Press Office Photo Library, Getty Photo Agency, Daqi.com, etc.

Overseas invited media:

French media: Air France Magazine, Artaujourd'hui, Arte TV, European Photography, French Culture, Image Magazine, new york Times Paris Edition, Magnum photos, China Media Reporter in Paris, Le Monde, ArtPress, L'Humanité, le figaro, Art Actuel, Connaissance des Arts, ELLE and Photography Magazine.

British media: BBC, Channel 4, Daily Telegraph, British Photography Magazine, Hot Boots Magazine, Contemporary Magazine.

German media: frankfurter allgemeine zeitung, Leica World News, ZDF TV,

Italian media: Evening Post, Marx magazine, manifesto, talent.

American Media: Art in America, International Herald Tribune, new york Times, Time, PDN Magazine.

Belgian media: Marie-Claire Belgique, Soir Evening News (Soir (Le)), Arte News.

Spanish media: Art magazine, Fotografia (La), Spanish TV station.

Swiss media: Basel Daily, World Journal, Time.

Overseas special guests

A.D. Coleman —— American, photography critic, and chairman of the American Photographic Review Archives.

Pierre Jean de Saint Bacelo Ma —— France, Cultural Commissioner of the French Embassy in Beijing.

Aniz de Tiquivan Saint-Kline —— France, Director of Photography Department of French Ministry of Culture.

Didier de Fez-France, the founder of French photography magazine.

Curator of Al Photography Festival.

Jean-Lou Bifan-curator and publisher of French Photography Quarterly.

Barbara Woolf-Director of the French European Photography Studio.

Claude Keith- Director of French Nomadic Festival

Didi Nosinu-French, picture dealer.

Timothy Pruss-UK, founder, curator and photo collector of PhotoSwap.

Colin Jacobson-Professor of Photography and Journalism, university of westminster, UK, photo editor.

Claude/Baussac-Spaniard, director of PhotoEspana.

David bradbury, an Australian filmmaker,

Florence Paradies)- France, a professor at the French National Institute of Advanced Decorative Arts.

Daphne Fourier Leary-France, photo collector.

Mark Boucel- Professor, new york University, USA