Well, hello there, collectors! May I invite you to sit here with me, for just one second to soak in the stillness and quiet that photographer Taca Zhijie Sui is presenting to us so elegantly? His layered, steely shades of gray add up to poetry in today's edition—White Dews.

China's earliest collection of poems, The Book of Odes, is the source of Sui's inspiration. The ancient text led the NYC- and Beijing-based Chinese photographer on a sojourn of sorts, through geography, history and cultural identity, to seek the images that would bring new life to the secrets—concealed and distorted over time—of the Odes.

The resulting, stunning body of work won Sui a spot as a 2010 Hot Shot. Learn more about his work and read his interview with Hot Shot and 20x200 artist Youngna Park, here. Sui exhibited his work, along with fellow 2010 Hot Shots Laura Bell, Michael Bodiam, Amy Stevens and Chikara Umihara, earlier this year at Jen Bekman Gallery. His rising star status was also recently recognized by the Lianzhou International Photography Festival, where he won the Photographer of the Year Award for 2011. Well done, Mr. Sui, I say!

Opening tonight: CHRISTIAN CHAIZE at Jen Bekman Gallery
If you're in NYC, please join us this evening, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street, to celebrate Paradis, new color photographs by Christian Chaize. For all of you far from NYC, never fear, we'll have new 20x200 prints from Christian, here, soon.

Hey, photographers: Enter HEY, HOT SHOT! today
As you might know, the Second Edition 2011 Hey, Hot Shot! Competition is in full swing—entries from talented photographers far and wide are coming in. Those who enter now will save a pretty penny: On Monday, October 31st, the entry fee will rise from $60 to $70. Consider this fair warning and don't delay—get your entry started today.

Since its inception in 2005, Hey, Hot Shot! has provided one hundred and forty photographers from all over the world with unrivaled exposure, support and recognition. Photographers who enter are in the running for a $10,000 grand prize, with countless other invaluable opportunities to be had along the way, including the chance to see your work here on 20x200.

Psst! Photography by JESSICA CRAIG-MARTIN. Available here. Tomorrow!
Yep, that's right—Elle leaked the news earlier this week. Set your clocks and tell your friends: To get the first peek and dibs on a pair of gorgeous photographs from Ms. Jessica Craig-Martin, make sure you're on the ready tomorrow, October 27th, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. ET. (As always, you dear newsletter readers will see the prints before then, in your inbox.)

— Sara