上海当地居民张陌，在ExchangesConnect摄影大赛“家庭明信片：告诉我们你从哪里来”中获选亚军之一。张陌提交的作品是一张一个上海居民骑着小摩托车经过涂鸦墙的照片。

在说明中，他写道：

这幅老城区房屋上的涂鸦是2010年4月德国艺术家创作的。尽管居民们对这一新的、在上海尚不流行的艺术形式表现出宽容，但他们仍然对摄影师们只关心涂鸦作品感到恼火。

一位居民对我抱怨说：“为什么你们这些家伙这么在意我们都不了解的涂鸦呢？为什么你们不关注一下这个贫穷居民区的生活条件呢？“ 现在上海正经历着新一轮的城市化，这必将创造出新一代的财富和新的繁荣地区。但是，许多老的住宅区，包括铁路，都没有看到改变的希望，因为重建这些地区的花费太庞大了。 这就是我的上海：有魅力、有活力，但也很复杂。

更多详情，请访问http://connect.state.gov/photo/old-area-and-new-arts。 这是由教育及文化事务局（ECA）网上社区Exchanges Connect主办的第三届年度摄影大赛。今年的主题是“家庭明信片：告诉我们你从哪里来。”每个参赛者提交一张阐述家对他们来说意味着什么的照片。他们收到了来自世界各地的超过2300件参赛作品！

Shanghai native and IVLP alumnus Mo Zhang, was selected one of the Runners Up in the Exchanges-Connect photo contest ―Postcards from Home: Show Us Where You‘re From.‖ Mo Zhang‘s submission was a picture of a Shanghai resident on a scooter passing a graffiti wall. In his explanation, he wrote:

The graffiti on the houses in the old area was created in April 2010 by German artists. Although the resi-dents have shown tolerance towards this new art style, which is still not popular in Shanghai, they feel annoyed by photographers who only care about the graffiti pieces.

One resident complained to me: “Why do you guys pay so much attention to the graffiti, of which we know little? Why don't you pay attention to the living conditions in this poor residential area?" Now Shanghai is experiencing a new wave of urbanization, which will surely create a new generation of riches and new prosperous areas. But many old resi-dential areas, including Tielu, have found no hope of change because of the huge cost of rebuilding those areas. That is my Shanghai: attractive, energetic, and com-plicated.

Visit http://connect.state.gov/photo/old-area-and-new-arts for more details.

This is the third annual photo contest organized by the Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA) on the online community, Exchanges Connect. This year‘s theme was ―Postcards from Home: Show Us Where You‘re From.‖ Each entrant submitted a photo that represented what home means to them. They received over 2,300 submissions from around the world!