《那一边》前言

                                                                  - 詹姆斯·杜利

    摄影能予人灵感，激人奋进；能表人情怀，启人心智；能示人万象，催人泪下。摄影能使你识前所未见之人，观前所未见之物，经前所未见之事。万事万物尽收于眼底。

    在曾璜先生 "那一边--生活在贫困地区的中国儿童" 影展里，摄影师做到了这些。

    也许有人说，这些照片是利用了贫困且被忽视了的孩子，但我的认识恰恰相反，正是这些照片，将那些无辜孩子们的生存现实展示出来，也正是这些照片，让外界了解还有一群生活在如此迫切需要援助的孩子们。他们生活在那里，不是他们的错，他们亟需关爱。虽然照片取材于中国的儿童，但相似的情形，却在每一个国家都存在。

    联合国儿童基金会是旨在改善儿童生存状况的国际组织，选择曾璜去拍摄中国儿童的境况是他们的明智之举。作为一位受过良好职业训练和了解中国国情的摄影师，曾璜不仅用他手中的相机，更用他心中的同情和感性记录下孩子需要援助的困境。

    我见证了曾璜在报道摄影领域的巨大进步。十七年前，他在我工作的纽约《新闻日报》实习期间，就是一名出色的摄影记者；十一年前，我作为美国FREEDOM FORUM新闻摄影代表团的团长来访，曾璜先生受中方的委托，担任代表团的专业翻译，帮助我们与一千位中国摄影师交流沟通；而今天，他已然成为中国摄影教育及图片采编领域的领军人物，成就了一方事业。

    祝贺曾璜，为他能够举办这样一个震撼人心和净化心灵的影展。

                                                       2007年10月16日 于纽约长岛

                                                      （翻译崔新钰）

詹姆斯·杜利：美联社摄影经理管理委员会首任主席，纽约《新闻日报》前图片总监，Alexia世界和平和文化交融摄影基金主任委员会委员。

 

FOREWORD

                                                                         By Jim Dooley

Photography can inspire. It can motivate. It can be emotional. It can enlighten. It can expose. It can make you cry. It can show you people, places and things that you have never seen or experienced and make you understand things and issues.

The images in the exhibition "The OTHERSIDES-KIDS IN THE POVERTY-STRICKEN AREA," by James Zeng-Huang do all of those things.

Some people might say that these photographs exploit poor and neglected children. I would argue to the contrary. These photographs help show the world the helplessness of innocent children. The photographs help show the world that there are children in need and in desperate situations, no fault of their own. The children in these photographs are Chinese, but similar situations exist in every country in the world.

    UNICEF is a world-wide organization founded to help children. UNICEF wisely chose James Zeng-Huang to document the situation with Chinese children. James used the power of his camera and the caring and sensitivity of his heart to expose the bad situations the children live in.

    I have known James Zeng-Huang for more than 17 years. I have seen a tremendous growth in his photography during that time. He was an outstanding photographic intern at my newspaper, New York Newsday. He is a leader in photographic education and photojournalism in China today.

Congratulations to James Zeng-Huang for a very moving and powerful photographic exhibition.

Jim C. Dooley, former Director of Photography at Newsday, New York, a member of the board of directors of the Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Cultural Understanding through Photography, and founding president of the Associated Press Photo Managers organization.  He teaches photojournalism at Adelphi University in New York.