Many young people today have what Weidong considers to be vision. "They have innovation and different backgrounds. They have talent because they don't' have fixed ways of thinking. They have free ideas."

Artistic vision may be difficult to define precisely, but Weidong noted that education can certainly play a role. "In China all the people are not like the people in Europe and the United States because we had no art education in our childhood. When we were young we had no opportunity to see museums. We couldn't see original works. I was in Paris many years ago, and I saw many children going to the Louvre. They could directly see the works of DaVinci and [other] great masters."

Today Three Shadows is clearly playing a role in educating the public about photography by showcasing Chinese and international photographers' work, and the breadth of work is broad, ranging from China's "first generation" journalistic works to cutting edge avant-garde works. They also host an annual photography competition where new techniques and ideas have free rein.

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