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Live in Shanghai
Published on Nat Geo, former YS member
Curator @ourfotoworld
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A deity walks out of the smoke — and the utility wires above the street stay in the frame.

In “Faith, Flares, Fortune,” a Youshen deity advances through a village temple parade in Fujian while villagers raise hand flares from both sides. Their arms create a series of diagonals leading to the painted face, and Eric keeps the ordinary homes and wires visible behind the ritual, so the photograph never drifts into something detached from the village that produces it.

“So I set up my frame and waited a long while for the kind of human interaction that felt right.”

Eric Seidner — Honorable Mentions in Travel, Street and Drone at the Global Lens Photography Awards 2025, for “Faith, Flares, Fortune,” “The Floating Village” and “Following To The End Of The Rainbow.”

Read the full conversation:
https://globallensawards.com/interview/2025/eric-seidner/

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#GlobalLensAwards #GLPA2025 #PhotographyAwards #InConversation #ArtistInterview #PhotographyInterview #StreetPhotography #DronePhotography

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At a VERY Chinese time in my life 🇨🇳🍵

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Eric Seidner @eseidner is one of the winners of All About Photo Awards 2026, selected by Steve McCurry, with the image Faith. Flares. Fortune

A costumed deity pushes through a wall of smoke during a village temple Youshen parade in Fujian, China. Villagers ignite hand-held flares only inches from his painted face.

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Congratulations to Chris Yan @chrisyan1981 winner of the June Solo Exhibition with the series 'Fading Shehuo'

Shehuo is a traditional Chinese Spring Festival folk celebration. Originating from ancient people’s primitive worship of land and fire, it has evolved over thousands of years and become an indispensable part of China’s agricultural civilization. More than a festive ritual to ring in the new year, Shehuo preserves collective rural memories, bonds local communities, and serves as the spiritual anchor for generations of villagers.

However, this time-honored folk art is currently confronted with a severe inheritance crisis. Fueled by rapid urbanization, countless young rural laborers migrate to cities for better job opportunities, leaving most villages depopulated and aging. Spending most of their lives away from hometowns, the younger generation gradually loses connection with this age-old custom and fails to recognize its cultural value. Additionally, mastering Shehuo-related performing skills requires lengthy training with little economic return, so only a handful of people are willing to carry on this traditional craft. The festive gongs and drums that once reverberated across rural Northwest China are gradually fading into silence.(...)

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#allaboutphotoawards #stevemccurry #DocumentaryPhotography #VisualStorytelling #ContemporaryPhotography #PhotographyExhibition #streetphotography #photography #documentary #streetphotographysociety
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📸 PWG INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY 📸
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The City Turned Upside Down

A creative perspective that transforms the skyline into a dreamlike world of reflection and wonder.
The framing, greenery, and solitary figure make this image feel surreal yet beautifully grounded.

📸 : Photo by @eseidner

Congratulations on this wonderful capture! 👏✨

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Visit our gallery for more inspiring work.

Picture Curated by @gp.focus

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#photowalkglobal #creativephotography #cityscapephotography #reflectionphotography #urbanlandscape

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Photographer @eseidner writes “Writ In Water.
In a back alley of Zhenjiang's old town, an elderly man practices calligraphy with a large moplike brush dipped in water. Passers-by stop to watch him work and to read his poems—describing the beauty of local scenery—before their meaning evaporates.”

This image is a finalist in the Smithsonian Photo Contest / Drone/Aerial Category @smithsonianmagazine

Voting is now open for the Reader’s Choice award: https://photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/archive/2025/

#photocontest #china #culture

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Photographer @eseidner writes, “From the ground, the tea fields would feel endless — walls of green rising and folding in on themselves, each turn like a choice, each row like a corridor. When you’re inside it, life can feel the same. The path ahead bends. The way forward disappears. You move step by step, unable to see where it all leads. But sometimes the problem isn’t the path — it’s the vantage point. From above, what looked like a maze reveals its design. The curves become patterns. The detours make sense. The road, lined with spring blossoms, cuts clearly through the landscape. What felt confusing becomes coherent. What felt random reveals intention. We often try to solve life at eye level, pushing harder through the rows, focusing on the next immediate turn. Yet clarity rarely comes from moving faster inside the maze. It comes from rising above it — pulling back, gaining distance, allowing perspective to redraw the map. You can’t see the forest for the trees when you are standing among them. But when you lift yourself — even briefly — the forest arranges itself into shape. The path is there. It always was. Sometimes the way forward isn’t about forcing your way through. It’s about climbing high enough to see it.” #photography #landscape #dronephotography

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Such an amazing trip to China and great way to spend Thanksgiving. Very thankful to have seen so many great people, and experience the culture of Tibet.
再见上海！

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Throwback Thursday.

Let's revisit some of the stunning winning images from the 5th edition of AAP Magazine Colors

Featured images:

Mateusz Żurowski @rabbitsanalogue
Eric Seidner @eseidner
Jyotsna Bhamidipati @jyo_bhamidipati
Sebastian Piórek @sebastian.piorek
Pelin Guven @pelinbg
Marco Cajazzo @marco.cajazzo
Rohina Hoffman @rohinaphoto
Melanie Schoeniger @_ma_vida
Emily Neville Fisher @emilyfisherphoto
Carolyn Silvernail @littleviling

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#ColorPhotography
#ColorsOfTheWorld
#colorexplosion #StreetPhotography
#FineArtPhotography
#DocumentaryPhotography
#PortraitPhotography
#TravelPhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#urbanphotography #PhotographersOfInstagram
#ContemporaryPhotography
#PhotographyLovers
#PhotoOfTheDay
#VisualStorytelling
#InspiringPhotographers@littleviling

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Eric Seidner @eseidner is one of the winners of All About Photo Awards 2025 with the image Reality TV

On the side of an HDB complex in Singapore, an abstract mural mimics a TV test signal pattern. I spotted it from a taxi en route to the airport, jumped out—luggage in hand—and climbed a nearby building to frame the design at eye level. Just as I set up, a resident biked home through the center of the pattern, completing the scene.

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#allaboutphotoawards #singapore #letsexploresg #passionmadepossible #singaporediscovery #sgunited #singaporecityexplore #thisissg #symmetryhunters
#symmetryaddicted #geometricalart #urbanromantix #architecturelover #urbangeometry #geometricdesign #symmetricalmonsters #passionpassport #ourfotoworld #photowalkglobal #yourshotphotographer #hellofrom #urban_shots #awesomeplaces #travelvibes #theprettycities

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Best Rising Photographers of June 2025

Discover 10 emerging photographers who are redefining visual storytelling in June 2025. Selected from around the globe, this month’s spotlight features bold new voices in contemporary photography—each offering a fresh perspective on culture, identity, and the human condition.

Each month, we highlight standout photographers chosen through our international competitions and open calls. June’s featured artists represent the next wave of visual storytellers—diverse, innovative, and deeply connected to the pulse of our times.

Featured photographers:

Lotte Ekkel @lotte.ekkel
Arne Strømme @arnestromme
Carole Mills Noronha @carolemillsnoronha
Eric Seidner @eseidner
Raghuvamsh Chavali @chavaliraghuvamsh
Ludovic Viévard @lvd0v
Junxian Wang @photos_by_matthew_
B McCormick @bmccormick_artist
Maxine Harraway @maxharr.photo
Jet Long

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#bestof2025 #streetphotographers #photographers #fineartphotography #travelphotography #fineartphotography #documentaryphotography

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A rainy day in China
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#sonyalpha #sony #sonya7iii #sonyphotography #sonyimages #photography #photographer #photo
#china #travel #travelgram #travelphotography #traveler #lostinchina

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Memories through film batch #3 🎞️
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#filmphotography #filmcamera #film #china #travelgram #travelphotography #photos #photographer #photography #fujifilm #fuji #disposable #disposablecamera #china #lostinchina #memories #travelling #traveler

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