尹兴明:记忆这件小事-龚滩、凉山摄影手记(一)
记忆这件小事 a little thing called memory -龚滩、凉山摄影手记 -photography notes in gongtan and liangshan 尹兴明 yin xingming 抽烟的老人 the old smoker 小 引 preface "照片最终固定下来的既是对象的存在,也是拍摄者本人的存在。拍摄者的呼吸节奏、心跳速度、脚步的快慢,都会在克莱因这样的照片中得到确认与预测。而我们如果把这些照片全部综合起来加以分析的话,获得的则是有关拍摄者对于他的对象与主题的情感介入程度、拍摄者的生命激情的影像报告。"这是关于摄影家威廉·布莱克的评述。我认为布莱克对摄影的最大贡献是他认识到瞬间之复杂及其背后的意义。 as william blake, the famo s photographer once said,"what a photo fixed finally is not only the shooting object, b t also the photographer. the photographers breath, heartbeats and steps wo ld all be identified and predicted in photos like klein s. if we analyze these photos comprehensively, we can get the photographers report on their emotional involvement in the object and the theme, as well as the passion of their lives." the greatest contrib tion william blake has made for photography, i think, is that he realized the complication and its meaning of the split second. 许多理论家喜欢将相机比作枪,把快门当成扳机,按动快门的刹那使人上瘾,但对于其后果拍摄者往往却并未深思熟虑。摄影者应当对照片可能带来的后果有提前的预知,因为一瞬之间满布的是道义和责任。在摄影里"正视"与"关系"是非常有意思的词汇。在我看来,"正视一种关系"是对拍摄客体间,拍摄主体与拍摄对象间关系的定位。摄影也本就是对关系的理解和阐释。我们必得在影像中直面某种关联。摄影可以言说,它是是权利与话语的抗争,是对被遮蔽的呈现与揭示。由影像引起的"坐立不安"直至"采取行动",这是摄影的目的-有种变革来自视网膜。 many photography theorists compare cameras and sh tters as g ns and triggers, for the pleas re of tripping the sh tter is so addictive, b t they give little tho ght to the o tcomes of photography. photographers sho ld make some predictions of potential o tcomes of their photos, for it is something abo t morality, j stice and responsibility. as for photography, "to face something" and "relationship" are interesting words, and in my opinion, "to face a relationship" is to identify the relation between the object and the s bject. in fact, photography represents a kind of nderstanding and explanation of photos, making it inevitable to sq are p to some relations while taking photos. photography can speak, it is a fight between rights and opinions as well as a representation and revelation of the covered things. the p rpose of photography lies in taking people in a condition of restlessness, and then making them take actions. photography brings a change from retina. 拍摄既是选择行为,便意味着排除,也因此拍摄者常要面临"取"、" 舍"抉择的两难。这困难最在于自身,因为你最终发现摄影其实是一面镜子,它不只映射出社会更反映着自己,你远不可能置身事外袖手旁观,"他者"对于你并非一种景观。如何在镜像中阐释关系,首先在于如何如何理解这一关系,瞬间之外是什么成就了一瞬,瞬间之后又将是什么？活在当下,就是活在瞬息之间,过程的历史正由这一无穷的瞬间构筑。世界的复杂也不过留存于一瞬之间,佛家讲"一沙一世界","一瞬"又何尝不是"一世界"呢。