Kurbanjan Samat's artistic achievements.

In March 2005, I started to work as an auditor in the photography department of China Communication University. From then on, in the photography class of China Communication University, the auditor Kubanjiang always sat in the front row, asking the most questions in class, and all the teachers who taught him remembered him. A teacher once looked through his notebook and found it completely incomprehensible. Because the teachers' speech speed is still too fast for Kubanjiang, he spelled out any Chinese transliteration that he couldn't write and sorted it out when he went back. At school, he systematically learned how to take pictures, how to shoot and how to make documentaries.

Every winter and summer vacation, Kurbanjiang always goes back to Xinjiang to shoot. On one occasion, he went deep into Kara Gutag village in Hotan to take photos of Kara Gutag, and held a small photo exhibition at Communication University. In order to let more people know about Xinjiang and its people, he posted a notice and asked his classmates to shoot a documentary in Karagutag village. Although all the expenses need to be borne by ourselves, there are still 83 students who signed up to participate.

After the interview, Kubanjiang finally chose five students who just wanted to see the village and experience life. Starting from Kashitashi Township, Hotan, six people rode donkeys over mountains and mountains, and walked 1 1 hour to reach Kalagutage village. Six people filmed in the village for five days, recording the daily life, festivals and celebrations of Uighur villagers in the village and their mental state in a difficult environment. Back in Beijing, Kubanjiang edited the film into a 40-minute documentary, which was shown in the school. When the students stood up and applauded warmly and rushed to the stage to communicate with them, Kubanjiang was once again attracted by the charm of the documentary and strengthened his dream of becoming a photographer and cameraman.

This documentary, The Diary of Kara Gutag, won the Best Documentary Award in the Second National College Student Video Festival and the Best Documentary Award in the Capital College Student Video Competition. Later, because it brought good reputation and influence to Communication University, the school made an exception and awarded him an auditor's degree certificate. Photography is a luxury hobby at any time. Beautiful pictures need high-end equipment configuration, and often a good lens costs two or three thousand. Kubanjiang, who has been self-reliant since childhood, is unwilling to add extra burden to his family. The day after he turned eighteen, Kubanjiang silently left a note for his mother on the table, "I have grown up and can't keep me at home anymore." From then on, Kubanjiang really never asked his family for a penny again. With his unique choice of Hetian jade, he gradually accumulated some capital in the jade market. With the money earned from part-time jobs, Kurbanjiang stuck to his dream.

In 2005, Kubanjiang followed CCTV's large-scale feature film Song of the Forest and filmed it in Populus euphratica, Xinjiang. Deep in the Taklimakan desert, he lived with the crew for a year and a half. Shooting the rare species black stork made him suffer a lot. In order to shoot the newborn black stork at close range, Kubanjiang set up a simple tent next to the Bird's Nest and waited every day. But the black stork mother has been protecting her children with her wings and not giving the Kurbanjiang a chance. After waiting for 12 days, he got a classic moment. The hungry little life is in sharp contrast against the old trunk, which touches the softest place in people's hearts.