TIN NHIẾP ẢNH
Nag. Tony Lê Kim Thuận và Huy Chương Vàng Nhiếp Ảnh PSA.
Orange County: Nhiếp ảnh gia Tony Lê Kim Thuận vừa nhận được huy chương Vàng tổng hội nhiếp
ảnh Hoa kỳ Photographic Society of America và giải danh dự CIEP PSA-FIAP trao tặng; ngày 28 tháng 1 năm 2017 ông Thuận đã nhận qua bưu điện. Có lẻ nhiếp ảnh gia Tony Lê Kim Thuận là người đầu tiên và cũng là người Mỹ gốc Việt duy nhất được vinh dự này vào ngày đầu năm tết âm lich Đinh Dậu 2017.
Đây là niềm hảnh diện chung của cộng đồng nhiếp ảnh nghệ thuật người Việt nam nói riêng và của cộng đồng nhiếp ảnh nghệ thuật thế giới nói chung. Được biết đầu năm Âm lịch ông Thuận đang điều hợp hướng dẩn đoàn ICS (Mỹ) và ICS international affiliated sinh hoạt nhiếp ảnh ở các vùng viển đông Far-East nhiều tháng; và chuẩn bị hướng dẩn phái đoàn ICS international system (www.icsphoto.us) tham dự hội nghị nhiếp ảnh thế giới Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique tại Bắc Kinh vào tháng 8/2017 do hội nhiếp ảnh nghệ thuật Trung quốc tổ chức theo chương trình hoạch định sau đây: Shandong Province, Aug.6- Aug.17, 2017
Day 1 (August 6):Beijing
00:00-24:00 Whole day picking-up. Shuttle buses free of charge from airports to the hotel. Whole day hotel check-in. Lunch and Dinner at the hotel. (English, French,German and Spanish translators and volunteers)
Day 2 (August 7): Jinan
06:00 Buffet Breakfast at the hotel. 07:00 Take bus to Jinan after the breakfast. 12:30 Arrival at Jinan. Hotel check-in and have lunch at the hotel . Hats, T-shirts, photographic coats, badges, hand bags and schedule brochures will be distributed at the hotel. (Note: A flash drive will be distributed to each participant and please copy 30-50 photos that you take in Shandong during the meeting in the flash drive. On Aug.15, all the flash drives will be submitted to the organizing committee. All collected photos will be used for exhibitions and publications.) 13:00 Lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon, the participants are free to tour Jinan or have some rests at the hotel. 17:30 Provincial and municipal leaders meet the FIAP president, vice presidents, general-secretary, and the directory board. 18:00 Welcome banquet of the Jinan Municipal Government. Please wear formal dress or elegant.
Day 3 (August 8): Jinan
06:30 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 07:30 Bus to the Quancheng Square. 08:00 Opening ceremony at the Quancheng Square which is named “International Artistic Square” by the UNESCO. 08:30 We will admire a majestic cultural show including traditional Drum Yangko Dances, martial arts, cheongsam and so on. 12:00 Lunch at the Hotel. 13:30 FIAP Directory Board holds FIAP Delegates Meeting at the Hotel. (International Meeting Room of the hotel.) Photographers will visit Baotu Spring, Daming Lake, Qushuiting Street, Hundred Flowers Street, Furong Flock Street, Kuanhong Ancient Street. You will also have chances to watch some folk performances there. 18:00 Dinner at the Hotel. 19:00 Watch singing and dancing performances at night.
Day 4 (August 9): Jinan
07:00 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 08:00 Take bus to Shandong Art Museum to attend the opening ceremony and awarding ceremony of the four exhibitions: Global Photo & Video Exhibition of World Heritage Sites on the Belt and Road, Exhibition on China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, FIAP World Cup and Exhibition on Classic Works of FIAPPhotographic Masters.
Municipal leaders, FIAP Directory Board and the organizing committee will grant the awards to the photographers. 11:00 Visit the Shandong Museum nearby. 12:00 Lunch at the hotel. 14:00 Take bus to Taian. Visit the Dai Temple and you are free to take photos of local Kongfu, clay figures making, paper-cutting, shadow-puppy performance, tea-making, and other traditional folklore performances. 17:00 Check in at Taian’s hotel. 18:00 Dinner at the hotel. 19:30 A great historic and folklore show is waiting for you after supper.
Day 5 (August 10):Taian
06:00 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 07:00 Take bus and the telpher to visit the world-known Mount Tai: world cultural and natural heritage. We will participate a peaceful praying ceremony and a grand welcoming ceremony at the 1,500 meters elevation. During the visiting, you are free to take photos of traditional folks performances, and natural landscapes and humanities. 12:00 Lunch at the Mount Tai. 13:00 In the afternoon, there will be a ceremony to grant Mount Tai the title of “World Photographers Creation Basis”. You will have more time to take photos of the ancient temples and majestic mountains. 15:00 Then we will take the telpher back to the foot of the Mount Tai. 18:00 Back to the hotel and have supper at the hotel. 19:30 After supper, there will be a famous and grand performance called “Honoring Emperors Ceremony”, which has a history of 2000 years.
Day 6 (August 11): Qufu
06:00 Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 07:00 Take bus to Qufu and visit the World Cultural Heritage: Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion. (Confucius is the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C.. His thoughts have widely enlightened the western philosophers.) 13:00 Check in at Qufu’s hotel and have lunch at the hotel. The lunch will be special Confucius Family Food. 14:00 We will visit the generations of Confucius. We will also have chances to watch the Confucian culture performances including calligraphy, Kongfu, Taichi and Tea Ceremony). 18:00 Dinner at the hotel. 19:00-21:00 Free time to feel the night of Qufu ancient city.