送給女兒的十八歲

王劍

時光荏苒，日月如梭。今年10月1日，是小女兒雯雯十八歲的生日。

作為一個喜歡攝影的父親，從雯雯出生第一天起，我就開始為她拍照，十八年間，共拍攝了7000多張圖片。

從她牙牙學語、蹣跚學步，到上幼兒園、小學、中學，再到而今步入大學校園，我記錄了雯雯人生中許多的第一次：第一次學步、第一次戴上紅領巾、第一次上舞臺演出……翻看著一幅幅圖片，看著女兒從一個懵懂的小女孩，轉眼間成長為一個亭亭玉立的十八歲青年，仿佛這一切就在昨天。

女兒十八年的成長歷程，其實也是社會發展的一個縮影。這些圖片，也見證了祖國快速發展和變化的十八年。雯雯小時候最愛模仿大人用家里的座機打電話，而隨著科技發展，座機漸漸淡出人們的生活，手機也由僅限通話，升級為人手一部的智能設備；雯雯上小學時，接送她用的是家里的第一輛電動自行車，上高中時則是開著家里的汽車接送；我為雯雯拍攝使用的相機，也由最初像素低、成像小的卡片數碼相機，逐漸升級為全畫幅單反相機和微單相機。

十八年來，作為父母，我們為她的成長成才付出了許多，但在她收到大學錄取通知書的那一刻，感覺這一切都值了！

十八歲，是人生中的一個新起點，代表著成人的開始。我把拍攝積累的這組圖片，作為送給女兒十八歲的禮物。希望她和所有青年一樣，不負眾望，肩負起自己的責任，爭取成為一名有知識、有理想、有道德的時代青年！

18th Birthday Gift to Daughter

Time flies like a shuttle. October 1 this year is the 18th birthday of my youngest daughter Wenwen.

As a father fond of photography， I have taken photos of her from the day she was born， and accumulated more than 7，000 photos in the past 18 years.

I have recorded numerous of her firsts in life： first time to toddle， first time to wear a red scarf， first time to perform on the stage... Flipping through the photo album， watching my daughter grow from an ignorant little girl into a slim and graceful 18-year-old young girl， I feel as if everything just happened yesterday.

In her childhood， Wenwen liked to imitate adults using the landline phone at home. With the development of science and technology， landline phones have faded from our life， and cell phones have been upgraded from phones with call function only to smart phones available to everyone. In Wenwen’s primary school years， we used our first electric bicycle to pick up her； in her high school years， we drove a car to pick up her. Besides， the cameras I used have been gradually upgraded from the original card digital cameras with low pixels and small images to full-frame digital single lens reflex and interchangeable lens digital cameras.

In the 18 years， as parents， we have paid a lot for her growth and accomplishment. But when she received her college admission notice， we felt it was all worth it.

The age of 18 is a new starting point in her life， representing the beginning of her adulthood. I sent my daughter these photos as her 18th birthday gift， hoping that as with all young people， she could live up to expectations， shoulder her responsibility， and strive to become a knowledgeable， aspiring and virtuous youth of the times！