Foreigners seek to capture the people's Beijing
- By Li Xiao
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China.org.cn, December 17, 2010
Tired of the stereotypical images of Beijing marked by the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and people practicing tai chi? Now foreigners can view the lives of ordinary city dwellers.
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| Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (BPAFFC) held an award ceremony Wednesday for its second annual photo contest called "Beijing in the Eyes of Foreigners." |
Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (BPAFFC) held an award ceremony Wednesday evening for its second annual photo contest called "Beijing in the Eyes of Foreigners," with the theme of the contest being "The People's Beijing."
The event aims to show a true image of Beijing to the outside world. By taking and displaying pictures, foreigners will understand more about the capital city, said Wang Jian, deputy secretary-general of BPAFFC and organizer of the event.
"We are trying to blend the culture of a modern Beijing with the whole world, and together we will build a harmonious society by cultural means," Wang added.
Among nearly 3,000 photos submitted from 48 nationalities, Russian photographer Mikhail Pomerantsev and French photographer Philippe Bourgeois won first prize.
"The two pieces, without doubt, deserve credit for both artistic conception and photography technology," Wang said.
Bourgeois' photo is titled "Walking in the Ancient Capital City," while Pomerantsev chose the rather lengthy "ACM ICPC World Prize Winners at The Great Wall" as his title. (ACM stands for Association of Computer Machinery, and ICPC stands for the International Collegiate Programming Contest.)
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| First prize winners Philippe Bourgeois (L) and Mikhail Pomerantsev (R) |
Apart from photos highlighting traditional culture, Wang said that judges also touted those that captured moments from the daily lives of ordinary residents, such as the portrait of a child sleeping soundly at a roadside stall, or that of a group of relaxed construction workers taking the subway home after a long day of work.
George Doupas, a Greek contestant who has lived in Beijing for one year, said that what impressed him most about life in Beijing was elderly people exercising, writing, singing and dancing in the parks. He admired their active lifestyle, which he said starkly contrasted with his hometown of Athens.
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