The 13th China Photography Festival and the City of Swan - the 4th China 
Sanmenxia Natural Ecology International Photography Exhibition opened on 
December 20 in Sanmenxia, central China's Henan Province.

During the festival, a series of exhibitions such as the poverty alleviation 
photography exhibition and an exhibition themed at combating the 
COVID-19(https://en.imsilkroad.com/z/200318-1/index.shtml) pandemic will be 
launched, showing 4,000 works by more than 1,100 photographers and presenting a 
wonderful visual feast for all the audience.

In 2018, the 12th China Photography Festival was successfully held in Sanmenxia 
for the first time, said Liu Nanchang, party chief of Sanmenxia, adding that 
since 2016, with the strong support of the Chinese Photographers Association, 
Sanmenxia has held three consecutive sessions of China Sanmenxia Natural 
Ecology International Photography Exhibition, creating a brand of Sanmenxia's 
international photography exhibition for natural wonders.

With the joint efforts of the China Photographers Association and the Sanmenxia 
government, it is expected that China's contemporary photographic culture can 
be enriched through exchanges and integration during the festival, said Li Ge, 
chairman of the China Photographic Association.

In recent years, Sanmenxia has been vigorously developing the photography 
industry and speeding up the construction of China's photography culture 
center, according to Liu.

During the opening ceremony, the Golden Statue Award Ceremony for China 
Photography was also held. 19 photographers were awarded three categories of 
awards respectively, including documentary photography, artistic photography 
and commercial photography.

Founded in 1989, the China Photography Festival is the earliest photography 
festival in China with a lasting attention and a wide range of influence, 
playing an important role in leading creation, recommending talents, and 
promoting exchanges.

This year's festival was co-hosted by China Federation of Literary and Art 
Circles, Publicity Department of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee and China 
Photographers Association.

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SOURCE: Xinhua Silk Road

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December 20, 2020