ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE ELEMENTS IN THE WINNING WORKS OF THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST

Abstract

As the world's top photojournalism competition, the World Press Photo Contest has an extremely important influence on a global scale. Chinese photographers have a long-standing tradition of participating in the World Press Photo Competition, and the annual awards reflect the performance and influence of Chinese photojournalism on the world stage. It is true that the award-winning works are increasing, but some works do not show the true state of the current Chinese society and culture, but to a certain extent reflect the impression of China from the Western perspective. This article takes part of the award-winning works of China in the World Press Photo Contest since 1988 as the research object. According to the subject matter and category of the award-winning works, the award-winning works are mainly divided into three categories through research: showing historical figures and reporting major social and historical events, expressing the daily life of the Chinese people, and using images to describe the spiritual world and aesthetic interests of the Chinese people. They are all based on profound Chinese culture and traditional Chinese aesthetics. Performance in the competition.