Jerome Ming(UK/Frence)
“支流一”
在巫山，压土机不停的在路上运作，快速的铺路，拉近了偏远的距离，山坡变成了平地。从山上挖来的土可以填出更多的土地和加固河堤，最终，长江三峡库区的水位预期将升到一百七十五米。由此，将淹没所有的低处的村落，包括曾经存在过的和现在在河岸的设施。
新建的生活新区代替了消失的老区，建筑一个混泥土结构的河堤，保护着新城区的公寓和高楼大厦免受河水的侵蚀。
万州和巫山曾目睹了巨大的变迁，三峡大坝改造了当地的物理和社会环境，。如水位上升，在最近几年中人口的急剧增加。迅速发展，改变了当地经济，从而使当地社区生计受到影响，好处是明显可见的。问题是他们付出了怎样的代价 。
“支流一”是我工作的延续，我已于数年前就来到库区。主要的题目为：“一河分为三个部分 ”开始作为一个摄影的探索，记录在一个较长时期内的文献变化。现在，我继续我的摄影，逐渐地纳入其他媒体，它们构成了一个总体项目的有机组成部分。
此次万州和巫山之行，难以解除情绪上的影响是最近发生在四川的08.05.12地震 。作为一个结果，经验的痕迹是显而易见的。
Jerome Ming
重庆， 2008年5月。
Jerome Ming(UK/Frence)
Tributary 1.
In Wushan, heavy machinery continues to pound the roads, paving development, and making access to the once remote location by land much easier. Nearby hillsides are being leveled too. It,s earth being used for landfills, reshaping the riverbank, as eventually the waters in Yangzi river reservoir area will rise to the expected 175 m level. In doing so it will erase all physical traces of what once existed and currently exists on the riverbank. The old town has long disappeared, covered-up by a blanket of concrete, protecting the towering apartment blocks of the new town from eroding into river.
Wanzhou and Wushan have witnessed dramatic changes to their physical and social environment as a result of the Three Gorges Dam. Like the rising water level their populations have dramatically increase in recent years. The rapid development of these locations bringing with it a change to the local economies and thus affecting the livelihoods of the local communities, and for some the benefits are clearly tangible. The question is at what cost.
"Tributary 1" extends the work I have made for several years in the reservoir area. The main project, titled, "A River in Three Parts" began as a photographic exploration to document the changes over an extended period of time. The photographic research continues, however, the possibility of incorporating other mediums has always been an integral element to the overall development of the project.
During the research trip to Wanzhou and Wushan it was difficult to disassociate from the emotional impact of the recent earthquake in Sichuan on 12.5.08. And as a result, traces of that experience are evident.
Jerome Ming
Chongqing, May 2008.
【编辑:叶晓燕】
