SANMENXIA, China, Nov. 27, 2024 — The 15th China Photography Art Festival opened in Sanmenxia on November 23rd and runs for 40 days, concluding January 3rd.

A centrally-approved event, the China Photography Art Festival is the nation’s longest-running and most influential photography festival. It serves as a key platform for showcasing and fostering the exchange of Chinese photographic art. The China Photography Golden Image Award, the country’s highest individual honor in photography, recognizes photographers and photographic professionals of exceptional artistic merit and integrity.

This year’s festival, themed “Blooming Rivalry, Golden Image Chapter,” features a wide array of exhibitions, “Golden Image Face-to-Face” events, and photographic research activities. Many exhibitions are on display, including the China Photography Golden Image Award winners’ exhibition, the New Era Literature and Art Tour “Blooming Rivalry – Ten Years of Photography Masterpieces Deeply Rooted in Life and People,” the “Insight” Rural Revitalization Theme Photography Exhibition, the “AI New Creativity” Image Exhibition, and the “Yellow River Sanmenxia, Beautiful Swan City” Photography Masterpieces Exhibition, highlighting the diverse photographic art and development across different regions and sectors.

Sanmenxia has recently invested in photographic cultural exchange activities, utilizing its natural beauty and swan population. The city has earned four national-level designations: China Photography Hometown, China Photography Art Museum, China Photography Festival, and China Photographers Association Training Center. Projects like Jiaogudong Photography Town are operational, driving growth in the city’s integrated “industry, education, research, tourism, exhibition” photography economy.

Source: The 15th China Photography Art Festival

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