Photo-book: The Yellow River 北流活活 by Zhang Kechun 張克純
Photo-book: The Yellow River 北流活活 by Zhang Kechun 張克純
Author: Zhang Kechun / 張克純
Published by Jiazazhi Press
3rd Edition with a print run of 1000 copies, May 2020
114 pages, with 59 color pictures
Size: 355mm x 260mm
Hardcover with kraft paper jacket
ISBN: 978-988-12631-48
“ Carrying out this photograph project is because of the inspiration after reading the novel River of the North written by Zhang Chengzhi. Attracted by the powerful words in this novel, I decided to take a walk along the Yellow River to experience and feel the father-like broad and wide brought from this river, so that I could find the root of my soul .while along the way, the river from my mind was inundated by the stream of reality. The river, which once was full of legends, had gone and disappeared. That is kind of my profound pessimism. Nevertheless, as a vast country with a long history, its future is always bright. There is a descent in the matrix; there is her own nutrition to feed her babies; there is the power of creation to cultivate them strongly. The weak moaning finally will be drowned by the shout for joy. From this point of view, it seems, all shall be optimistic.”
About the artist: Zhang Kechun, born in 1980 in Sichuan province, China. He won the National Geographic Picks Global Prize in 2008, was nominated by Three Shadow Photo Award in 2012, nominated by Sony World Photography Awards in 2012 and 2013, nominated by the Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie 2014. He won Arles Discovery Award 2014.
“拍攝《北流活活》這個項目前，讀了張承志的《北方的河》，被書中滾燙的文字所影響，決定去黃河邊走一走，去感受黃河帶給的父親般的博大和寬廣，在遼闊的、奔流不息的黃河尋找到我的根。在一路走來，我意識裡的那條河正在被現實的洪流淹沒，那條心中傳奇的河再也找不到了，這是一種深刻的悲觀的基礎。但是，對於一個幅員遼闊又歷史悠久的國度來說，前途最終是光明的。因為這個母體裡會有一种血統，一種水土，一種創造的力量使活潑健壯的新生嬰兒降生於世，病態軟弱的呻吟將在他們的歡聲叫喊中被淹沒。從這種觀點看來，一切又應當是樂觀的。”
關於藝術家：張克純 - 1980年生於中國四川， 現生活、工作於成都。他曾獲得2008年美國國家地理攝影獎，2012年三影堂攝影獎提名，2012年及2013年索尼攝影獎提名，2014年法國匯豐銀行攝影獎提名。他於 2014年以《北流活活》在阿爾勒攝影節上獲得「發現獎」。
他參加的主要展覽包括：2012年中央美術學院美術館未來展，2013年北京國際攝影雙年展，2013年法國巴黎Photoquai攝影雙年展，2014年法國阿爾勒攝影節以及2014年北京+3畫廊“北流活活”個展。他的作品曾在《時代周刊》《BBC News》《Telegraph Magazine》《中國攝影》等媒體上刊載。他的作品已經被多家國際知名的博物館收藏，諸如加拿大中國影像檔案館、中央美術學院美術館、美國威廉斯學院美術館等。
