用鏡頭收藏老重慶的故事

□ 文/本刊記者 熊怡

用鏡頭收藏老重慶的故事

□ 文/本刊記者 熊怡

林森路

淡淡的霧靄籠罩著長江兩岸，濕潤的空氣里有臘梅的香味。這是重慶特有的冬日景致。南岸龍門浩建業(yè)崗，戴前鋒不記得第幾次站在這里遠眺渝中。“你又來了啊。”認識戴前鋒的老街坊看見他都會熱情地打招呼，他總是笑著點頭回應(yīng)，轉(zhuǎn)身透過相機鏡頭繼續(xù)尋找屬于他的城市記憶。

從1985年開始，戴前鋒30年來拍攝了近10萬張老重慶的照片。他用腳步丈量這座城市的廣度和厚度，用鏡頭記錄和收藏這座城市的歷史影像。即使在同一個角度，戴前鋒鏡頭下的老重慶也呈現(xiàn)出不同的情境。他堅信，在最熟悉的地方能拍出最美的照片。他說，“如果只是用鏡頭記錄這座城市的變遷，1年時間就夠了。而我30年都在拍重慶，因為這是我主觀創(chuàng)作的審美過程，我非常享受。”

“山城的滄桑感，霧都的神秘感，立體的城市呈現(xiàn)出迂回婉約之美，構(gòu)成了我對重慶歷史和靈魂兩個維度的審美。”戴前鋒說，重慶是大河之城、兩河之都，長江嘉陵，渝中江北，南岸北碚……這座像巨人一樣的城市，它起伏的身軀簡直是視覺藝術(shù)者的天堂。

小什字建國銀行

磁器口

洪崖洞天成巷

生生花園

北碚草街子

上世紀30年代修建的重慶民居、抗戰(zhàn)機構(gòu)、名人舊居、外國使領(lǐng)館等建筑，20年前的菜園壩、磁器口、洪崖洞、彈子石……戴前鋒鏡頭里的老重慶，在網(wǎng)友和市民中逐漸引發(fā)共鳴，關(guān)注他的人也越來越多，他想把這些照片集中起來展示。“我也想為‘老重慶’這個題材畫上句號，攝影集以‘故城’為名，既代表我的故鄉(xiāng)，也是指拍攝的內(nèi)容是過去的城市，成為了一段故事、一段歷史。”

李柯成，重慶時光里藝術(shù)書吧老板。他是戴前鋒的“粉絲”，也是土生土長重慶人，從小就住在南紀門山城巷，“戴老師留住了我們記憶里的老街老巷，他在做有意義的事，大家自然會來幫助他。”2015年6月，時光里藝術(shù)書吧在眾籌網(wǎng)和公眾號上，為戴前鋒的《故城》發(fā)起了一場眾籌。短短1個月內(nèi)，項目就籌集到了四十多萬元出版資金。

2015年11月，匯集了戴前鋒千余張作品的攝影集《故城》（上下卷）首發(fā)。連李柯成也感到驚訝，首印1500冊，很快就賣出上千本，而且很多是個人收藏，“有時讀者也并不買，來到書店一看就是幾個小時，在書里尋找兒時去過的老街。”

如果說戴前鋒30年的拍攝歷程，是一個人在記錄一座城。那么，《故城》的問世，則點燃了成千上萬的重慶人書寫關(guān)于這座城市記憶的熱情。

讀者在書店和網(wǎng)上紛紛為《故城》留下肺腑之言：“記憶是生命延續(xù)的意義，當我們走過的路漸漸消失，保存記憶成為我們唯一能做的事。”“希望在《故城》這本書的光影構(gòu)建里，尋找回家的路。它是一把鑰匙、一個密碼，能夠打開回家的門。”……

玄壇廟

建業(yè)崗望渝中

現(xiàn)在，由《故城》衍生出來的“老重慶故事”超過了1000個。其中，最年長的讀者是出生于1918年的劉大有老人，他親筆手寫了一段文字，描述了他年輕時記憶中的重慶較場口，還有那時人們對生活的熱愛，充滿了正能量；還有年紀最小的讀者、2010年出生的小朋友，用畫筆描繪了心中的故鄉(xiāng)重慶。

“著名重慶籍導演張一白、作家虹影都給我們投了稿，講述了自己和重慶的故事。”李柯成說，他們從中精選了100個故事，將以《故城時光》為名集結(jié)成書，在2017年4月“世界讀書日”之際出版，為重慶直轄20周年紀念獻禮。

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Over either side of the Yangtze River hangs a touch of fog, and moist air spreads with the fragrance of wintersweet. All these scenes vividly depict the uniqueness of Chongqing’s winter. Standing in the Jian Ye Gang, Long Men Hao, Nanan District, Dai Qianfeng has overlooked the Yuzhong District for so many times that he could not remember the fi gure exactly.“You’re here again.”The old neighbors knowing Dai Qianfeng always warmly greeted him like that. He always nodded his head with a smile, and then turned to capture his memory about Chongqing with his camera.

Since 1985, Dai Qianfeng has shot nearly 100,000 photos of old Chongqing. He measured the city’s breadth and thickness with his footsteps, recording and capturing historical images of the city with camera. Even captured from the same angle, the old Chongqing presents a different image under his camera. He believes that the most beautiful photo are collected in the most familiarplaces. He said,“If you just want to record the changes of Chongqing with your lens, one year is enough. But I have photoed Chongqing for 30 years because I enjoy this aesthetic process as my subject creation.”

“I hold such both aesthetic views of its history and soul from the vicissitudes of this mountain city, the mystery of the fog city, the detour and graceful beauty showing in this three-dimensional city.”Dai Qianfeng saidthat Chongqing is the city of two big rivers, which are the Yangtze River and Jialing River,running through many districts like Yuzhong District, Jiangbei District, Nan’an District, Beibei District and so on. This giant city simply offers a paradise for visual artists with its ups and downs.

Dai has photographed many images about old Chongqing like the residential buildings, anti-war institutions, old residence of celebrities, foreign embassies and consulates, all of which were built in the 1930s, Caiyuanba, Ciqikou ancient town, Hong Ya Cave, Danzishi which lived 20 years ago and so on. All of his shootings have had a chord with the netizens and the public. Therefore, as more public attention are paid to him, he wants to display his collections. “Since I would also like to end the theme of‘old Chongqing’, the photography will be called‘My Old Hometown City’,which both implies my hometown and the shootings of the past city which has become a story and a history.”

Li Kecheng runs a art book bar called Time Flavor in Chongqing. He is a fan of Dai and a native of Chongqing who has been living in the Hill Lane of South Gimen from an early age. He told,“Dai helps us to keep our memories of the old streets and lanes. He was doing something meaningful and we will help him with our sincere efforts.”In June 2015, to help the Dai’s publish of his photography, the book bar launched a public offering in the crowd-funding websites and Wechat public platforms. In just one month, more than 400 thousand yuan has been raised.

In November 2015, his photography including more than 1,000 works (upper and lower volumes) was published. Even Li Kecheng also felt surprised about the success that about a thousand of the fi rst printed 1500 volumes were sold in a short time. Notably, many are to buy for personal collections.“Even though readers sometimes are not to buy one, they come to the bookstore and have a long-time look for a few hours to recall the memories of old streets and lanes in the childhood.”

If Dai’s long-time shooting for 30 years is to record a city by himself, the publish of My Old Hometown City have lit the enthusiasm of thousands of Chongqing people to write about the city’s memory.

Readers in the bookstore and on the Internet wrote the sincere words for this collection like, “Memory is meaningful in the continuity of life so that what we can do is to keep our memory when our walked roads gradually disappear; we hope to fi nd the road to home in the photos of this photography; it acts as a key or a password that can open the door tohome...

There are more than one thousand stories derived from My Old Hometown City. The eldest reader, called Liu Dayou who was born in 1918, handwrote some words, describing his youth memory about Jiaochangkou and people’s love to life at that time. His action is full of positive energy; the youngest reader who was born in 2010 painted his hometown, Chongqing in his view.

“The famous director of Chongqing, Zhang Yibai, and the writer Hong Ying gave us a draft, telling their own stories about Chongqing. Li Kecheng said that they selected a hundred stories from which they would edit a book in the name of TheTime Spent in My Old Hometown City. And it will be published on the“World Reading Day”in June 2017 and mark the 20th anniversary of Chongqing Municipality.

(This picture is authorized by the Time Flavor Book Bar, copyright is owned by the original author and unauthorized reproduction is not allowed)

To Collect the Stories About Old Chongqing By Camera

□ Article/ Journalist Xiong Yi