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Tag Archives: chinese photographer
China Fashion Downward
I’d like to share with you my photo project China Fashion Downward, which I started in 2012. This is part of a book project called China Fashion Downward, a small window to look into modern China. I believe that by … Continue reading
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I want to be like a lotus 我想做荷一样的女人
I want to be a woman like a lotus. It is pretty when young, beautiful when grown, elegant when old. Even its death is graceful. We have a lot of poems dedicated to it. Lotus is of great value, too. … Continue reading
在伊朗拍片
在伊朗,无论是在大街,还是小巷,或高速公路上,总有很多眼睛盯着你,能感受到霍梅尼和哈梅内伊充满威力的眼睛透过大大小小的posters注视你的一举一动。更令人不安的是便衣警察难以察觉但无所不在的眼睛。如果挂着专业单反相机走在德黑兰街头,就更容易被盯上。德黑兰几个本地摄影师告诉我,他们不做街头摄影,因为怕被当做间谍抓起来。 伊朗大选前一周,在德黑兰一地铁站,我透过玻璃窗拍地铁,刚摁快门,就看到离我50米远的一个警察举手发出警告。不到一分钟的时间,另一个警察过来命令我删去照片。一个小时后,我拍德黑兰一个小型集会时,一个便衣警察要抢我的相机,幸亏有当地翻译帮忙,才“幸免于难”。翻译是我的朋友,叫阿巴斯。他事后告诉我,他当时听见我的心砰砰跳。看来我那时害怕到了极点了。 大选期间,伊朗当局担心再出2009年“绿色运动”那样的大型抗议示威活动,所以看管极严。 大选当天,德黑兰到处可见警车和警察,包括武警、便衣和民兵。但是,我也看到热爱picnic的伊朗人在一排警察后面的草地上摆上茶和点心,悠然享受下班后的悠闲时光。他们大概习惯了当局的管制,对身边一排持枪棍的警察,见怪不怪了。 不过,一些参加过2009年“绿色运动”的年轻人,对四年前的遭遇仍心有余悸,尽量避免参加大型的街头聚会。我在色拉子和德黑兰遇到的两个大学生告诉我,他们有同学、朋友在2009年被抓,被打,有人至今还在狱中,也有人流亡国外。大四学生Farhang约我在德黑兰北部一闹市见面时,大选结果刚揭晓,人们涌上街头庆祝鲁哈尼的胜利。当街上人头越来越多,把几条街围个水泄不通,我兴奋地开始拍片,Farhang则决定回家去,并警告我要小心。街头的景象勾起了他对2009年的血腥记忆。 有了一周前的经历。我非常小心。我和遇到的一个女设计师聊天(其实是采访)时,被一个便衣警察盯上,他用鹰隼般的眼睛时不时朝我们这边看,一边敲手机短信。(在伊朗,如果你看到一个人神情极其严肃,眼光犀利而警惕,时不时东张西望,一边敲击手机短信,他很可能是便衣警察或秘密警察。)女设计师碰了碰我的胳膊,轻声说:“我们被盯上了。”我很“识趣”地装着悠闲的样子迈步走开十来米,然后,也不和设计师打招呼,赶紧混进人堆里,免得给无辜的她带来危险。真有点像走进好莱坞电影的场景了。 当然,在伊朗的政治气氛虽紧张,但我们常常的经历都是有惊无险。伊朗人的生活也并非很多人想象的那样处于水深火热之中。他们的物质生活水平,平均起来,比咱们中国人要好,中下阶层的人都有车,居住环境敞亮舒适,食品安全,人心也不浮躁,没有诚信危机。这两年因美国对伊朗的经济制裁有所收紧,他们的生活收到了影响,通货膨胀很高,实际收入大大减少了。若非美国的经济制裁,伊朗之富裕,可匹敌欧美呢。
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landscape in the rain 雨中的风景
I dozed off while listening to The Beautiful Country, really half dreaming in the music, when I heard raindrops beating the bus window. I opened my eyes and fell into a dream-like tropical landscape. I was glad I was on … Continue reading
贵州山好水好人也好
Went to Guizhou for almost a week from May 15. Nice place. Nice people. 5月中去了趟贵州。五天的时间,跑的地方不多,只去了贵阳、青岩、高坡乡和黄果树。贵州山好水好人也好。
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we are what we eat
We are what we eat, aren’t we? The food we eat can show our social status. A person consuming a dish like that in the above picture is certainly not in the same class as those eating 2-dollor lunch boxes. … Continue reading
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独自拥有, a world of my own
(Englis text below Chinese.) 近黄昏,天已灰,骑车去大夫山。脚踏着车,耳听着Soledad Bravo的歌,chants du venezuela。Bravo的歌,如野性的呼喊。听着这样的音乐独自在山林穿梭,会产生一种错觉:我正穿行于委内瑞拉的山野里,嘹亮的歌声传自山谷的村庄。我再次想起一个还没实现的愿望:从北美之北开车到南美之南。黯然。继续假装我正在南美空旷的山野临风飞翔。 一个男人赤脚走在我前面,展开双臂,两手持着他的鞋子。他的心在飞,我想。 黑夜袭来,天际只剩微薄的光。荷塘的枯枝败叶隐约如画。忍不住跳下车,奔到塘边。一只野鸟惊起,飞到对岸的林里。 光完全隐去。头顶一弯峨眉月,摸黑找回家的路。两个月前的一个黑夜也曾在这山里迷路,遇到一对徒步的夫妇。那个丈夫问我,“一个女孩在这么黑的山里走,不怕吗?”我笑笑,没解释说山林的黑暗对于我就是空旷与自由。来爬山的游客终于散去,整个天地似乎属于我一人。我可以假装自己行走于遥远他方。 凌晨一点。关了灯,坐在书房听《放牛班的春天》的电影音乐。(http://mp3.sogou.com/music.so?query=les+choristes%28%B7%C5%C5%A3%B0%E0%B5%C4%B4%BA%CC%ECsoundtrack%29+%B7%C5%C5%A3%B0%E0%B5%C4%B4%BA%CC%EC) 孩子天籁般的歌声充满了无垠的谧静黑夜。天地更加广阔。我似乎看见自己被那些美丽的音符托起,飞旋在美丽的黑暗中。有一刻,我看见自己飞过那个残荷连片的池塘。那荷塘像一个内敛的美丽老妇。 凌晨三点,我带着音乐入梦,眼角含着感恩的泪花。如果世界末日真的迫在眉睫,我也知足了,死而无憾。 Toward dusk, I rode my bike to Mt. Dafu, my ears filled with Soledad Bravo’s “Chants du Venezuela.” Bravo’s songs were a call of the wild … Continue reading
Saturday’s light 星期六的光线
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我的业余摄影 snaps as an amateure
我现在可算是业余摄影师了。虽然工作上偶尔有拍摄的机会,但真正拍摄的时间基本都是业余时间。上周去北京出差,抽空去了趟798。这个已华丽转身为艺术社区的工厂依旧让人失望,是个四不像。在冷秋的下午转了一圈,没看到很多我喜欢的艺术品,却看到很多商店,出售旅游纪念品,还看到许多用人长枪大炮拍“到此一游”的照片,还有不少人挺二地搔首弄姿,甚至有人在那儿拍婚纱照。冷天里穿着婚纱,真不能理解那些女人,虽然我自己也是女人。总之,那里的景象勾不起的我拍摄欲望。我挎着摄影包走进一个又一个空荡荡的展厅,一次又一次无聊地迈出它们的门槛。整个下午只拍了几张照片。不过,我现在有点懊悔没有拍那个在冷天里穿婚纱的女人。
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continue to play with pin hole 继续玩针孔
Pin hole images from today. Love the lotus pond. Love the girl’s purple umbrella and bike. Love the little girl running by the pond - she reminds me of my own childhood. They all tell their stories in their own … Continue reading