CPL / City Photography League
Initiatives
From Baiyun Temple to Jinli
An impromptu sketching journey from Baiyun Temple to Jinli. Through time, sunlight, and urban space, the closing of one sketchbook and the opening of another become a continuous act of artistic action embedded in everyday movement.
From “Shijing Landscape” to “Real-Name Landscape”
Building on the long pursuit of identifiable landscape painting, this text articulates “Real-Name Landscape” as a contemporary method enabled by modern mobility and photographic reference—so that painted scenes can be verified against real places and real names.
From Mysterious Boxing to the Leader’s Discipline
From cross-media artistic practice to public cultural organization, Long Xuming constructs an Eastern contemporary methodology of creation through “One Painting, One Method” and “Real-Name Landscape,” and validates the social responsibility of art through long-term public-interest action.
Award-Bearing Photography Contests in China: Beginning with Zeng Yi
A reflective account of how award-bearing photography contests emerged in China, with a focus on Zeng Yi’s pioneering role and a broader critique of institutional conduct and integrity.