A Thousand Photographers Focus on Wulingyuan for Photo Shoots
Thousands of photographers focus on Wulingyuan style collecting activities
It was learned from the Tourism and Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau of Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City that the "2016 Thousand Photographers Focus on Wulingyuan" photo collection activity was launched on October 18 at the World Natural Heritage Site - Wulingyuan Scenic Area. More than a thousand photographers at home and abroad gathered in Wulingyuan to support the 2016 Zhangjiajie International Forest Protection Festival in Hunan, China.
Photo Shoot Event Hosts, Organizers and Co-organizers
This event, in which thousands of photographers visited Wulingyuan, was hosted by Wulingyuan District Tourism and Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, hosted by Popular Photography magazine, Hunan Daily Image Center, Zhangjiajie Club of China Tourism Photography Network, and co-organized by major tourism companies in Wulingyuan District. The 3-day style collection activity includes photographers gathering at the Forest Protection Festival; photography and style collection at Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie, Huangshi Village, Jinbian Stream, Huanglong Cave, Baofeng Lake and other scenic spots (spots); special lectures by famous photographers; drone aerial photography and photography equipment displays, etc.
The person in charge of Wulingyuan District Tourism and Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau said that holding this event during the 2016 Zhangjiajie International Forest Protection Festival in Hunan, China, on the one hand, allows more photographers at home and abroad to use their lenses to pay attention to and record the achievements and experiences of Wulingyuan forest protection, forest tourism, and green ecological industry development; on the other hand, it also provides a platform for photography enthusiasts from all over the world to communicate, learn, and create, while using the lens to magnify the magic and beauty of the rare "Zhangjiajie Landform" in the world.
Review of Previous Wulingyuan Photography Events
In January 2014, Wulingyuan District held its first and largest photography collection event - "Focus on Zhangjiajie, Thousands of Photographers New Year Photography Collection", which attracted a total of 1,300 photographers from around the world, including Malaysia, to participate in the event. The photography equipment carried by the photographers alone was worth more than 20 million yuan. During the collection period, more than 100,000 photography works with Wulingyuan elements were "released".
Thousands of photographers visited Wulingyuan this time. This is not only an important event of the 2016 Zhangjiajie International Forest Protection Festival in Hunan, China, but also a concentrated photography display event for the first drone aerial photography of Wulingyuan and the National Landscape Photography Exhibition in 2016. Since 2011, Wulingyuan has held international photography exhibitions every year, attracting more than 60,000 domestic and foreign photographers to focus on the four seasons of Wulingyuan, which has aroused strong responses in the photography and tourism circles.