There was a “GR meet” in Beijing, China on July 15 and I had an opportunity to have a talk and a workshop at Rayi- a very fashionable camera store located in the beautiful soho area. I’d like to thank everyone who have been involved in realizing the event.
It was actually my first time to be in Beijing. Before I went, I had known little about today’s China. When I was a teenager, I learned a little bit of Chinese. At that time, China wasn’t an economical giant and, as far as saw on TV, there were much less cars and modern architecture than today.
On the day I arrived in Beijing with Mr. Noguchi from Ricoh, Mr. Saiki from Ricoh China and his assistant Wang Guan took us to a Hutong area (a group of small shops and residences gathered along an old narrow street) near the hotel. It was some experience because I wasn’t interested in typical tourist spots at all.
photo by Noguchi
On the next day, we had the GR meet. Some twenty enthusiastic GR fans participated. I enjoyed the questions and answers, walking, and taking photos with them. In the end, I had the opportunity to review everyone’s work. I was excited to see their talents and the diversity of images made out of the same camera.
It’s not appropriate to generalize the tendencies out of a small number of examples but the photos taken by the participants in Beijing were more graphical than those in Japan, where more emphasis is on emotions.
I miss Beijing already. The people, the food and the atmosphere, I loved so much.
Robert
All images taken with GRII
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GR meet 在中国（罗伯特）
7月15日在中国北京举行了“GR meet”，我有机会在位于美丽的soho区的时尚相机店Rayi进行演讲和研讨会。我要感谢参与实现这一活动的所有人。
这是我第一次来北京。在我去之前，我对今天的中国知之甚少。当我十几岁的时候，我学到了一点中文。当时，中国并不是一个经济型巨头，就电视而言，中国的汽车和现代建筑都比现在少得多。
在我和理光的野口先生来到北京的那天，来自理光中国的濟木先生和他的助手王冠带我们到了酒店附近的一个胡同区。这是一次很好的体验，因为我根本不对典型的旅游景点感兴趣。
第二天，我们举行了GR meet。大约二十位热心的GR粉丝参加了。我喜欢这些问题和答案，走路，并与他们合影留念。最后，我有机会审查每个人的工作。我很高兴看到他们的才华和图像的多样性由同一台相机制成。
从一些例子中提取趋势是不合适的，但北京参与者拍摄的照片是图形的而不是日本，而日本则更具情感。
我想念北京。人民，食物，气氛，我非常喜欢。
罗伯特
