Strict dialogue with Jia He

Zhongxin. com (2065438+04) August 3 rd (Tang) The famous photographer Yan Ming released the first collection of video essays "I love this crying romance". On the afternoon of August 2, the famous director Jia and the famous screenwriter also came to the scene to help out, and talked with Yan Ming about the time existence of the image, the theme of the Three Gorges and how to treat the subject.

Yan Yan, known as the "poet photographer", expressed his love for photography and passion for life with images and words full of poetic and humanistic care, showing the true absurdity and romance of China society at present. Yan Ming said that art needs truth and truth in the most painful places. "When I picked up the camera, I remembered the teenager with naive ideas in my heart. All I did was to promise it and finish it."

Find a sense of time through images.

I picked up the camera in my early thirties, and now it's been strict photography 12 years. Yan Ming used to be a bassist, a record company, a music magazine and a reporter. When his work crossed with photography, he became fascinated with equipment and found a sense of time in his photos. He thinks he can use images to witness things, record his feelings and experiences for a period of time, and find excuses and exits to look at the world through images. Yan Ming said that he has no preconceptions about photography, but only takes his own experience on the road to find people, things and things that echo with his heart. "Photography is actually an instant decision and a reflection of visual physiological instinct. Sometimes it may be right to see a scene where the scalp is numb. I only shoot what I like, and I leave if I don't like it. "

As a filmmaker, Jia also has a soft spot for photography. "I shoot everything I see. I am currently preparing for my personal photo exhibition. After sorting out a large number of pictures taken over the years, I should launch a series of exhibitions such as' Tattoo Man'. "

General concern about the theme of the Three Gorges.

In artistic creation, Yan Ming and Jia share the same concern and love for the theme of the Three Gorges. Chongqing is Yan Ming's "first destination he decided to go to since he started photography". He mentioned at the beginning of the book, "I often think, if I first came to Chongqing, but in other places, what would my photography path be like?" It is hard to imagine. "Yan Ming said that he felt a natural philosophy in the Three Gorges people." They didn't even complain about the immigrants in the reservoir area, so that when I ate three meals in a local 50-yuan hotel and ate in front of the Yangtze River, I thought it would be nice to stay like that without taking pictures. "

Jia said that Yan Ming's new book brought him a lot of buzz, which reminded him of many stories on the road and reminded him of the experience from 2000 to 2006. He also visited Kuimen in person and felt the illusion that "modern people are indistinguishable from the ancients", just like tracing the road that Li Bai walked. "The Three Gorges is classical and surreal, with a complex and comprehensive atmosphere, which is the best space to contact people. There, personal vitality is very strong, and the relationship between people is very cordial. It's easy to go back and talk to them naturally. On the boat, everyone found the most comfortable position for themselves, and they were just happy because of ignorance. "

Yan Ming also regrets this "slow life on board". "The ancients said that it takes ten years to cross the boat and a hundred years to sleep. It can be seen that' helping each other in the same boat' and' * * * pillow sleep' are very concerned by the ancients, because they all talk about fate. " Shi Hang said that on the water, people's fate is temporarily frozen, and they have their own small universe. "At this time, there is no conflict of interest between strangers and they are full of goodwill."

Don't communicate with the subjects

When shooting characters, Yan Yan believes in "never communicating". "Before they saw me, they had pressed the shutter. Let it remain its true colors, free from the influence of communication and photographers. Because I am afraid that they will face the unnatural performance of the camera after learning that they have been filmed. " Jia had a similar experience. He said that he refused to communicate with the object when he was making a documentary. At that time, conversation was no longer important, and people's status was clear at a glance.

Looking for inspiration "reincarnation"

When it comes to strict photography, Jia thinks that the most important thing is poetry. And this kind of poetry is not captured, but created. "Only when the heart is full of poetry can we find externalization. Yan Ming has a superior emotional, academic and artistic appreciation. His photography is just looking for the reincarnation of inspiration and turning them into movies. He is not going to record, but to create profoundly. " For Yan Ming himself, Jia commented that "the heart is strong" and "he is not afraid of the outside world. He can feel, understand, get rich and find poetry in contact. "

Shi Hang commented on the strict photography like this: "He didn't advance, but ran backward. You can feel the leaning tower of Pisa by watching his movie "The Lady at Chaotianmen Wharf". Yan Yan didn't enlarge it, but left a lot of space, as if it could accommodate a lady's aura. If you don't put your faces together, it is a blank poem, so a rigorous work is not a discovery, but an invention. "