CHINA VIEWS fine art photography exhibition opening at Zhaoqing University (Zhaoqing, China) (July 3 - 8, 2007).

Two of the participating students are seen reading the fontispiece. Su Yi [left] is seen taking a photo of other information about the class process. Three photographs by one of the class members are seen to the left.

Students are seen viewing the photographs made by the Freshman students. The prints are grouped as threes and according to orientation [vertical/horizontal] for each student.

Professor Lu Li, Dean of Fine Arts at Zhaoqing University is seen talking with one of the participating students [Qi Yuan Yi] about her photographs as her classmates look on.

Some of the participating students are seen viewing their own and other classmates' photographs.

A student is seen viewing some of the photographs. Beyond, two of the participating students view their photographs.

Some of the participating students are seen viewing their own and other classmates' photographs.

Tom R. Chambers, Visiting Lecturer [Digital/New Media Art and Digital Photography] for the Fine Arts Department at Zhaoqing University, is seen delivering his speech to the students. Dean Lu Li is seen to his right, and Zhen Cheng [co-worker] and Xu Zhen Hui [Director of Foreign Affairs] are seen to his left. Two of the Fine Arts Department leaders are seen at far left and right.

Dean Lu Li is seen delivering his speech to the students as Chambers listens through his translator, Wu Li Xian [English major]. One of the Fine Arts Department leaders is seen to Dean Lu's right.

A group photograph of the participating students, Dean Lu Li, Tom R. Chambers, Fine Arts Department leaders, art teachers and Xu Zhen Hui.
This exhibition is a result of the first photography class for these Freshman art students at Zhaoqing University [China], and it comprises a great deal of field documentation in various locations. The focus is on fine art photography with classroom discussion on composition ... foreground-background interest, lightplay-shadowplay, juxtaposition, angularity, camera position, perspective, shape/form ... using the students', Tom R. Chambers' [Instructor's] and Master photographers' photographs. Photoshop is used to acquire skills in resizing, cropping and enhancement via filters such as sharpen and brightness/contrast. An important aspect of the class is exposure to the environs to become more aware of and have greater appreciation for the surroundings through their "mind's eye".

Poster:

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Tom R. Chambers
Visiting Lecturer, Digital/New Media Art
Fine Arts Department
Zhaoqing University
Zhaoqing, China