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Latvian
Culture Days take place in China
Yesterday, 19 September, the official opening of the photo project ZZZ
exhibition as part of the Pingyao International Photography Festival
heralded the Latvian Culture Days event in China. The photo project,
which was created by well-known Latvian photographer Andrejs Grants and
members of the Annas 2 Centre for Creative Learning youth photo
studio, took shape over a period of several years, and is a unique
interplay between photographic and cinematic aesthetics.
The ZZZ photo project was exhibited for the first time in Riga in January 2007, and again in Liepaja in
September this year. This is the first occasion on which the
photographic collection is being exhibited overseas, and in the near
future it is also to be shown in the Chinese capital Beijing,
and the Turkish capital Ankara.
Today, on 20 September, as part of the festival, an "author's
evening" is to be held with Andrejs Grants, during which the
photo-artist will show, on an outdoor screen, his photographic
collections: Latvia.
A Changing and Changeless Reality; City of Light; Travel Notes; Colleagues,
Friends, Acquaintances, and other works.
The week-long Pingyao International Photography Festival is being
held for the seventh time, and is one of the most significant
photographic art events in China. This year Latvia has been invited to be one of a
few major festival guest nations, along with India,
Japan, and Mexico.
Photo-artists from a total of 47 countries are participating in the
wide-ranging festival, including the world-renowned American
photographer Robert Frank, whose appearance on stage at the official
opening caused general delight among his colleagues in the audience.
Next week as part of Culture Days in China,
a meeting is to take place between Andrejs Grants and students of the Beijing Film Academy.
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