Riverside
江水悠悠
Riverside:
For individuals living by the river, the river is the sustenance of their inner world and an outlet for their hearts.
The river flows endlessly with the sound of the water. When I stood by the river and I listened to it, it seemed to create a dialog with the listener. When I retreated a little further away from the river and observed the individuals standing by the riverside, watching their backs - the water waves became a portrayal of their inner activities and the dialog with the sound of the water came from certain moods. For a long time, the river has always flowed eastward without thinking, but the inhabitants who live along the river always think a lot when they face the river.
In the presentation of the pictures, I consciously showed the background of some framed structures. For instance: the structure of the door frame, the temporary cable pole, the structure of the bridge, the landing gear, the compressed space, etc. - I use these structures as my metaphorical graphic language.
When I used to think about the experience of shooting in the Yangtze River, sometimes I also missed the state of those people in the pictures. Because when I was taking these pictures, I had some resonance in them.
Zhong Qi, 2021
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生活在江边的人，江水是他们内心世界的寄托和出口。
川流不息的江水，始终伴随着水流的哗哗声。当我站在江边静心聆听江水流动的声音时，这种声音似乎和聆听者产生了一种对话。当我退回较远的距离，观察站在江边的人们，注视他们的背影——波动也便成为了他们内心拨动的写照，产生的对话则是来自于他们的某些心事。孤独的人，又把心事寄托于江水之中。一直以来，江水从来都是不假思索地往东流，而沿江而居的住民，则总是若有所思的寄情于江水之间。
在画面的呈现上，我会有意识的把镜头给到一些围框式结构的背景。比如：门框的结构、临时的电缆架杆、桥的结构、起落架、被压缩的空间等。我把这些结构作为一种隐喻的图像语言。
当我想起在长江拍摄的经历时，有时我也会怀念在画面中所出现的一些人（的状态）。因为当我拍摄这些作品的时候，我和他们产生了一些共鸣。
钟麒，2021
Location:
I - Banan, Chongqing, China
II- Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
III - Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China
IV - Yibin, Sichuan Province, China
V - Enshi, Hubei Province, China
VI - Enshi, Hubei Province, China
VII - Banan, Chongqing, China
VIII - Jiangjin, Chongqing, China
IX - Wanzhou, Chongqing, China
X - Ezhou, Hubei Province, China
XI - Jiangjing, Chongqing, China
XII - Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
XIII - Banan, Chongqing, China
XIV - Fengdu, Chongqing, China
XV - Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China
XVI - Yichang, Hubei Province, China
XVII - Yubei, Chongqing, China
XVIII - Fengdu, Chongqing, China
XIX - Huangshi, Hubei Province, China
XX - Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
XXI - Yibin, Sichuan Province, China
XXII - Yueyang, Hunan Province, China