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on september 19, the lecture of stephen shore, an international photography master and world-renowned contemporary photography artist, was held in the academic lecture hall of the central academy of fine arts art museum. on september 20, a netizen posted that "many people in the audience were looking down at their phones from beginning to end, and stephen shore left the lecture", which caused heated discussions. another netizen replied that "the audience looking down at their phones were actually taking notes, and mr. shore was much happier after learning about it."

stephen shore walked down from the podium and returned to the audience. screenshot from the internet

according to the official wechat account of the central academy of fine arts museum, stephen shore's speech is titled "five experiences that changed my life and how they made me an artist", and there will also be a live video broadcast. upstream news (reporting email: [email protected]) the reporter saw from the live video posted by netizens that stephen shore said to the audience through the on-site translator: "excuse me, i interrupt and apologize to everyone first, because what i am going to say next may be a little offensive." stephen shore continued with a serious expression: "since i am talking about the topic of attention now, you also know that i am talking about attention. then i think you should also understand the importance of attention in daily life. then, i found that many of you present today were looking at your mobile phones from beginning to end. you came to this lecture today, but you can't concentrate. then how can you care about what you usually eat, or the feeling of the sun shining on your skin? let's end here today, it's good." then, stephen shore walked down the podium and returned to the audience.

then the host said with emotion at the podium: "the most important message conveyed to us by mr. xiao'er's lecture today is to focus! focus! focus!"

in the comment section of the post, a netizen with a beijing ip said: "maybe there is a misunderstanding. it is true that many people are looking down at their phones. at least around me, i saw that everyone was taking notes, and i have asked the staff to convey this to shore." another netizen responded: "i took photos and videos of everyone's notes and showed them to him (stephen shore), and he said he felt much better." upstream news reporters contacted the netizen who posted the message through the private message function of a third-party social platform, but no reply was received before press time.

stephen shore looks serious. video screenshot

a reporter from upstream news called an art center in beijing to find out about the situation. a staff member said, "we are the co-organizer of the stephen shore lecture. the organizer is the central academy of fine arts, and there should be relevant lecture etiquette standards. if there is any misunderstanding, we will communicate with the old artist and try our best to make him understand the situation (some audience members are looking down at their phones to take notes)."

cafa lecture preview information. webpage screenshot

a staff member of the central academy of fine arts art museum said: "there was indeed a lecture by stephen shore in the academic lecture hall yesterday, and it was live broadcast. as for the situation where some audience members kept looking down at their phones and interrupted the lecture, we will report it to the leadership and encourage the audience to pay attention to civilized etiquette."

according to xinhua news agency, on september 14, 2024, a retrospective of photographer stephen shore opened in beijing. from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, shore traveled around the united states by car. during this period, works such as "american appearances" and "unusual places" were created. together with the works of several other american photographers of the same period, they are hailed as masterpieces of the "new color photography" genre. stephen shore has published more than 30 photography books and written autobiographical memoirs "the nature of photographs" and "modern examples". since 1982, he has served as the director of the photography department at bard college in the united states.

upstream news reporter feng shengyong