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UIC student tops photo contest in Festival Croisements

Published on 28 May 2015

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Lei Kaibin's winning photo (photo from the official website of the “Barthes / Vision Chine” photo competition)

Year Three student Lei Kaibin from the Culture, Creativity and Management Programme won the first place in the “Barthes / Vision Chine” photo competition that was announced on 10 May during the Festival Croisements 2015.

Lei’s photo stood out from the 398 entries and as a result his photo will be exhibited in various countries to commemorate French philosopher and critic Roland Gérard Barthes.

The Festival Croisements is the largest French cultural festival abroad and the largest foreign cultural festival in China. Since 2006, it has helped to showcase the best of Chinese-French cultural cooperation to a public audience of all ages and from all walks of life.

Editor: Deen He
(from MPRO, with special thanks to Samuel Burgess)

Updated on 8 September 2020