Photo Exhibition Shows Works by Ethnic Students

This photo in the third Photography Education Program Ethnic Minority Photography Exhibition was taken by Ni Zhou, who is from the Tibetan ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The third Photography Education Program Ethnic Minority Photography Exhibition opened at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing on Saturday and will run through Oct 27.

The exhibition is among the activities at Photo Beijing 2019. It shows photographic works taken by ethnic minority students from primary and junior-senior high schools through the National Photography Education Program founded by the Beijing Commonweal Photography Association. The works reflect folk customs and the fight for poverty relief in the students' hometowns, which is a tribute to the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Yang Yuanxing, the executive chairman of the organizing committee of Photo Beijing 2019 and chairman of the China Artistic Photography Society said the National Photography Education Program will help encourage youngsters from China's ethnic minority groups to find out, record and inherit precious cultural traditions of their ethnicities from their own perspectives.

Participants pose for a photo during the third Photography Education Program Ethnic Minority Photography Exhibition in Beijing, Oct 19, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Xu Hongxu, the initiator of the National Photography Education Program, donated cameras, projectors and computers to schools involved in the program, held many photography exhibitions and published many photo albums for students over the past three years.

Wei Guoyan, a student from the Shui nationality, whose photographic work won the silver award at the Silk Road Youth International Photography Competition, said that she first encountered photography three years ago when the National Photography Education Program team came to her hometown. Since then, she has enjoyed photography.

"The world is not lacking in beauty, but lacks the eyes to discover beauty. It is photography that reminds me of the beauty of the world. It is the National Photography Education Program that leads me to success," she said,

The exhibition is sponsored by the China Culture Promotion Association and People's Photography Newspaper.

This photo was taken by Bu Zhou, who is from the Tibetan ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by He Yushun, who is from the Russian ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Wei Boxian, who is from the Shui ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Bai Tian, who is from the Han ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Chen Shuling, who is from the Chuanqingren ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Aladan Zhuoer, who is from the Yugu ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Wei Guoyan, who is from the Shui ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

People load up a vehicle in this photo by Zhu Jiarong of the Han ethnic group for the third Photography Education Program Ethnic Minority Photography Exhibition. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Ma Qiudie, who is from the Hui ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This photo was taken by Xiao Zhongting, who is from the Dong ethnic group. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Wei Guoyan (far left), one of the award winners, views works with others at the the third Photography Education Program Ethnic Minority Photography Exhibition in Beijing, Oct 19, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]