Trace the pollution of Luguang.

In the written materials submitted to the Eugene Smith Foundation, Lu Guang wrote: "Some local governments have wrong ideas and theories, such as the fallacy that there is always pollution in economic development. Don't make a fuss." . I will let more people know the truth through the media, internet, exhibitions, etc., and let people pay attention to the pollution problem in China, especially let local government officials and polluting business owners see these shocking pictures of environmental pollution and terminally ill victims, so that they can realize their mistakes and change the ideas of some local government officials as soon as possible.

Since then, Lu Guang has devoted his main energy to filming the pollution situation in China. He found that China's marine and water pollution is also very serious, mainly distributed in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, as well as the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Pearl River, the Huaihe River, the Liaohe River and the Songhua River. In recent years, there are 2 1 1,326 chemical enterprises in China, including 1 1,000 in the Yangtze River Basin, 4,000 in the Yellow River Basin, and 2,000 in densely populated areas and drinking water sources. Chemical pollution has become an important "killer" of river and sea ecological environment in China.

From the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River in the west where Wuhai is located, Lu Guang's footprint gradually expanded to the middle and east. In five years, he almost traveled all over the country. This year, his work submitted to the judging panel of Luguang Award is the winner of Eugene Smith Photography 2009 Eugene Smith Humanitarian Photography Award, including 40 photos, which were taken in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shanxi, Anhui, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places, covering most parts of China. His goal is, "In the next two to five years, we will continue to focus on investigating and photographing the Bohai Sea, the East China Sea, the Pearl River, the Huaihe River, the Liaohe River and the Songhua River, tracking the serious consequences caused by industrial pollution in these areas, and conducting a comprehensive investigation on the current situation of industrial pollution in China." In all places, "residents are the most direct victims, and the desire to improve the situation is also the most urgent. They will take the initiative to take me to find the source of pollution. " Lu Guang told reporters. However, taking photos does not mean that the pollution problem can be solved. Lu Guang talked helplessly about his experience in Zhejiang: "In order to monitor pollution, Zhejiang Province installed cameras at the sewage outlets of some heavily polluted factories for 24-hour monitoring. Later, I went to see it, and it really got better. I felt very happy. But not long after, someone told me that if I came at night and on weekends, I would find that the sewage kept flowing out, because that was the time for the monitors to rest after work. "

This situation of "there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom" frequently occurs, which makes Lu Guang feel very helpless. "What should I do? Still have to shoot. " But after insisting on filming, Lu Guang began to seek more solutions. In the past few years, Lu Guang has met the staff of many provincial and municipal environmental protection bureaus and the bosses of many large industrial enterprises. He showed them his photos, hoping that through his photos, more people would realize the seriousness of the situation and more people who were able to help but didn't help because they didn't know the facts would lend a helping hand.