What about Liu Silin who painted with Picasso and took pictures with Diana?

She, a simple red dress, sat with Einstein on a big stone about half a meter high by the sea. They smiled at each other, laughing like the warm sunshine at that moment; She, dressed in blue trousers and gray clothes, looks carefree, standing beside Picasso, dancing with a brush in her hand, as if she were exploring her unknown self infinitely.

Wearing red shorts and modern clothes, she enjoyed a wonderful afternoon picnic with Audrey Hepburn in the field. She wore a white evening dress and stood beside the noble Princess Diana, but she rolled her eyes wittily and made a face. ...

If the "she" here is the same person, you will wonder how she can travel through different time and space and make friends with these world celebrities.

If I say this is a photo of "her" with these world celebrities, you will suddenly realize that you are smart, yes! This is PS!

Maybe you don't think it's strange, but what I want to tell you is that in 20 16, at the arles International Photography Festival, which is praised by the industry as the "Oscar" in photography, "She" won the Discovery Award of Jimei arles International Photography Season with such a group of works of "tampering with history" and taking photos with historical celebrities, and won a prize of 200,000 yuan. She is Tsinghua Beauty Principal Liu Silin.

The artistic pursuit of "restlessness" after 1990s.

Liu Silin was born in 1990 and moved to Beijing with his parents when he was four years old. Liu Silin, who grew up in Beijing with profound China traditional culture, was born with artistic talent and was deeply impressed by the artistic charm of Beijing, the imperial city. Liu Silin likes painting since he was a child.

However, after 90, she is active and uninhibited. Liu Silin, who originally planned to study art as an undergraduate, consumed his enthusiasm for art because of the mechanized training before the exam, and finally entered the photography department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts as an undergraduate.

After studying photography, Liu Silin found that photography was still relatively simple in her pursuit, creation and expression of art, which could not meet her demand and output of art. Therefore, after graduating from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Liu Silin applied for a postgraduate degree in Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts to study information art design.

Information art design of Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts is a new frontier interdisciplinary subject founded in 2005. It is the intersection and creation of art and information science, and a new way for art design to survive and develop in the information age. Such advanced disciplines of science, technology and art can finally meet the needs of Liu Silin's post-90s unlimited active and open brain.

Liu Silin studied photography in Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts for a bachelor's degree, and studied art and information science in Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts for a master's degree, which enabled her to have a group of works of "tampering with history" and taking photos with historical celebrities, and won the Discovery Award of Jimei arles International Photography Season in 20 16.

Her "everywhere"

Some people may have questions. No wonder Liu Silin's winning works all have his own photos in the photos of historical celebrities. How can such a group of works, PS technology, occupy half or even more creative means, win the photography award and become the arles Discovery Award of the "Oscar" in photography?

In the era of smart phones, there are too many people who know P pictures. Even some fashionable aunts will take photos of PS function with Mito Xiu Xiu. Some people's P pictures are even better than Liu Silin's. How did Liu Silin win the grand prize?

Perhaps we can answer it with Si Liu Lin's own words when he won the prize: "Thank the judges for recognizing my idea ... because I know that what they decided was not my work, but my idea."

Organizers appreciate Liu Silin's creative ideas very much and think that her works "shake the boundaries between reality and fiction, daily life and rituals, and private and public".

In fact, in terms of creative means and technology, it is not as simple as we imagined with exquisite PS technology. Using PS technology can take photos of different time and space, different people and different themes, but it is not just by superb PS technology that we can reach the realm of "shaking the truth and fiction".

Most laymen will think that it is mainly by PS technology to confuse the fake with the real, while professional photographers will understand that the early shooting is the key to determining whether it can be "shaken".

If you want to "shake the truth", you should combine the new photos you want to map to a certain historical moment with the existing photos at that historical moment.

Therefore, when taking this new photo that you want P-picture, you must restore the elements of the moment when the historical picture is frozen, including the makeup, costumes, hairstyles and other character shapes and color combinations of the newly photographed characters, and be consistent with the historical figures you want to take a photo with.

No matter how small the details are, there can be no sense of disobedience; The mood of the person being photographed should also be consistent with the historical moment when you want to take a photo with P; The most important thing is to restore the shooting light at that time. The direction, angle and hardness of light not only determine whether the shooting tone can coincide with the picture at that time, but also determine whether the details such as projection and perspective can coincide with the photo to be taken.

In order to achieve the truth of "tampering with history" through time and space, it is not difficult for Liu Silin, an undergraduate majoring in photography, to control lighting and color, but the relatively troublesome thing is the trivial collocation of makeup, clothing, hairstyle, color and other details in character modeling, so as to finally meet the requirements of shaping the character temperament that conforms to the historical background and cultural charm at that time.

When preparing the clothes he needs, Si Liu Lin will spend a lot of time searching for suitable clothes online, and sometimes go to second-hand shops and antique shops to try his luck and choose some retro clothes. It is impossible to buy ready-made clothes, so Si Liu Lin made them herself.

For example, in the photo with Lv Bicheng, the simple long skirt that Liu Silin wore was the corresponding fabric she chose according to Lv Bicheng's clothes in the photo, and she made it herself according to the elegant charm of Lv Bicheng's clothes.

In addition to the hardware conditions for completing photography, Liu Silin also has his own unique creative ideas in choosing photos of historical celebrities. She didn't choose these classic images of historical celebrities who often appear in the public's understanding to take a group photo, but chose the little-known daily moments of these historical celebrities to create, because she wanted to express the truth in their lives.

Therefore, Liu Silin's works will not only reach the realm of "inciting truth and fiction", but also incite "the boundary between daily life and ritual, private and public", which is the artistic value of Liu Silin's group of creations.

For example, in the photo with Master Chaplin, Liu Silin did not choose those funny Chaplin who appeared on the screen, but chose the stills of Chaplin's makeup backstage on the stage in the movie Spring and Autumn Annals. Chaplin in this stills is a little tired, expressing his real life of getting old behind a relaxed and happy screen.

This allows everyone to see Chaplin's real life that is rarely paid attention to by paying attention to her photo with master Chaplin.

This group of Liu Silin's works is called Everywhere. She successfully stood beside any famous historical figure who wanted to "make friends", freely entered and exited all the time and space moments she wanted to "cross", and wandered freely in artistic creation, everywhere!

Silence in "Agitation" after 90s.

Liu Silin, who won the Discovery Award of Jimei arles International Photography Season on 20 16, did not choose to start a business or a trendy design job like other students after graduation.

Liu Silin, with fashionable appearance and cool personality, is a post-90s girl with infinite active thoughts, but she chose to restore cultural relics in the Palace Museum. It's hard to imagine what kind of contrast a soul who is so restless in pursuing art and seeking fresh ideas will face with a silent and boring restoration work all day.

Liu Silin, on the other hand, enjoys it. What matters, she said, is the mixing process, from which she can draw the energy she needs. Now Liu Silin rides a bike every day, and it takes about five minutes to get to the place where she works in the Palace Museum. While restoring the historical value of cultural relics, she continued her artistic creation after work. She is satisfied with her present job and life, because she can be free in her favorite field.

Summary:

When Liu Silin's "Everywhere" works became popular on the Internet, some people questioned that her success needed money. Some netizens even labeled her as "mine at home", and Liu Silin responded in Weibo: "Equality and freedom don't need mine at home. Spiritual nobility comes from adhering to principles. Getting and giving up are two sides of a coin. If you have the ability to express yourself, you must transfer energy. "

Liu Silin's life was successful and enviable. A post-90 s girl dares to pursue her "restless" artistic creation, and can also be satisfied with the restoration of historical relics that create value. It can be seen that Liu Silin's success is not accidental, but real.