On the afternoon of 20 November, our School successfully held the "My Life, My Recent Work" special lecture in the lecture hall of the C5 Teaching Building. The lecture was delivered by the distinguished External Examiner Huw Davies. The event was chaired by Sion Hughes, British Vice Dean of the School, with Dean Lv Yi and over 200 teachers and students in attendance.

Professor Huw Davies is a renowned British photographer, filmmaker, and doctoral supervisor, formerly serving as Dean of the College of Arts at the University of Derby and Chief External Examiner at the University of Lancashire. Since the 1980s, he has remained active at the forefront of visual creation and academic research, developing a unique approach that equally values creative practice and theoretical exploration. Throughout his decades-long career, he has produced numerous high-quality documentaries for international mainstream media outlets including the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, Arte, and Canal+, earning industry recognition for his professional visual language and profound narrative skills. Additionally, leveraging his industry influence, he has initiated and founded film festivals, serving as artistic director to actively promote the exchange and ecosystem development of visual culture. Professor Huw Davies has not only witnessed the profound transformations in the visual industry in recent decades but has also continuously participated in and shaped the development trajectory of contemporary visual culture through multiple roles.

Amid the current digital wave reshaping the visual ecology, Professor Huw Davies, through his decades of deep creative practice, has provided the industry with exemplary pathways for maintaining originality in an image-saturated era. His "British Lighthouses" project, initiated in 1985 and completed over many years, systematically documented the endangered 400-year-old traditions of over 40 lighthouses and their keepers around the British coast. Subsequently, he expanded his vision globally, creating multi-screen video installations themed around Indian kite festivals and static photography series of Holi, and is currently actively preparing a special photography collection reviewing his forty-year artistic career, deeply exploring the evolution of human labour value. Based on his rich transnational creative experience, Professor Huw Davies particularly emphasises that creators must not only keenly grasp opportunities of the era but also steadfastly adhere to ethical norms in cross-regional cooperation.

This lecture not only deepened teachers' and students' understanding of the visual field but also provided students with more beneficial experience in film production and photography. In the future, the School will continue to build high-level, comprehensive academic exchange platforms, actively expand practical approaches for cross-thematic creation, assist in exploring the cultural value and communication potential of visual works, and promote the deep integration of visual creation and humanistic expression.