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張騎麟

Zhang Qilin

建筑與空間攝影師。從事專業(yè)建筑與空間攝影12年，中國攝影家協(xié)會會員，美國PPA職業(yè)攝影師協(xié)會會員，曾獲2015金瓦獎杰出行業(yè)推動獎、美國Gettyimage（華蓋）中國區(qū)年度攝影師大獎，兩次榮獲美國《國家地理》攝影比賽獎項。

Qilin Zhang, an architecture and space photographer,has been engaged i n professional architecture and space photography for 12 years. As a member of China Photographers Association and Professional Photographers of America Association, Zhang has won many awards, such as the Industry Promotion Award of JINWA Prize, the American Gettyimage Photographer of the Year Award of China and the National Geographic Photo Competition Awards of the US.

2018年3月7日，下午兩點半，晴朗的天。在四川成都的一條街道上，張騎麟架起三角架，放上相機，彎著身子，右手扶著相機調(diào)著焦距，眼睛直直地望著取景器里的景色。

幾天后，在三亞，他換上黑色短袖，還是拿著相機，望向沙灘和蔚藍的海岸。

他步履不停，不是在拍照，就是在去拍照的路上。張騎麟的主業(yè)是建筑攝影，十多年來，他通過鏡頭與冰冷的建筑空間線條對話，而他的心卻是熱的。

On March 7, 2018, at 2:30 pm, the weather was fine. On a street in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Zhang set up a tripod, put on his camera and bent over. He put his right hand on the camera to adjust the focus and infatuatedly looked at the view in the viewfinder.

A few days later, in Sanya, Hainan Province, Zhang was in a black T-shirt. He still held his camera, staring at the white beach and the blue sea.

Zhang loves taking pictures and he never stopped his steps. He is either on the way to taking pictures or he is taking the picture. Architectural photography is his main business. For more than a decade, he has worked with these lines of architectural space through his lens. Although these lines are static and inanimate,he is always passionate.

偶然發(fā)生的必然選擇 The Inevitable Choice by Chance

2004年，張騎麟從重慶師范大學(xué)攝影專業(yè)畢業(yè)，攝影原本只是他的愛好，因此他選擇了平面設(shè)計，其中一個東家是《城市黃頁》雜志。在那里，他偶爾會“兼職”拍攝城市建筑圖片。一次機緣巧合，朋友請他拍攝一些樣板空間，效果非常滿意。

漸漸地，找張騎麟拍攝建筑的人多了起來。2007年，他辭掉工作，專心研究空間建筑攝影。十年過去，他成了國內(nèi)首屈一指的建筑及空間攝影師，這才說服了自己攝影之于他不止愛好那么簡單。

偶然的背后，還有著一些必然。

“我記得很清楚，上幼兒園時，我看書只看漫畫書和彩色連環(huán)畫，媽媽見我喜歡畫畫，就教我畫簡筆畫。從小學(xué)一年級開始學(xué)習色彩和素描，一直到高中?！边@讓張騎麟漸漸形成了對美的評判。

“建筑空間攝影需要從大空間里去發(fā)現(xiàn)一小塊最好看的，找到最美的角度。”兒時的“天賦”，如今反哺著他對身邊事物的觀察和感知。

Zhang majored in photography and he was graduated from Chongqing Normal University in 2004. Back then, photography was just a hobby for him, so he chose to be a graphic designer. As a graphic designer, he was once worked for the magazine-Look Yellow Page, where he occasionally took pictures 0f city buildings for a parttime job. One day, his friend asked him to take some pictures of sample space as a favor, and he did a fantastic job.

Gradually, increasing people come to him for architectural photography. In 2007, he quitted his job in order to devote himself to the study of space architecture photography. Ten years later, he has become one of the most famous architecture and space photographer in China. It is his current success that convinced him that photography was more than just a hobby.

What is behind the contingency is the inevitability.

Zhang said, “I clearly remembered that when I was in kindergarten, I only read comic books and colorful comic strips. My mother figured out that I like painting, so she taught me how to draw simple pictures. I started to learn colors and sketches from the first grade of elementary school to high school”.This allows Zhang to gradually form the aesthetic standard.

“When shooting architectures and space,photographers have to find a small but beautiful angle with best views from a large space”,Zhang said. The efforts he made in the past have strengthened his ability to observe and perceive things around him.

與冰冷對象的“交往” The Contact with the Inanimate Object

2007年，建筑及空間攝影似乎是一片空白，那時普遍流行寫真、人像、婚紗攝影等。“曾經(jīng)有近半年時間，沒有一個人找我拍照。我只能靠做些設(shè)計維持生活。”但張騎麟不想放棄，“只要有一個人找我拍，我就要拍好?！?/p>

為了等到一束最適合的光，他愿意站在相機旁苦等四小時；為了利用好一個絕佳機位，他可以在60層的高樓頂上作業(yè)，直到電梯停運，最后不得不徒步走下來；為了一張完美的照片，他能夠目不轉(zhuǎn)睛在電腦前坐上數(shù)小時修片……

今年年初，他去拍攝張家口太舞滑雪場祟禮威斯汀源宿酒店?！笆彝饬阆?9℃，帶去的衣服，能穿的都穿上了，還是冷。拍攝至少要半個小時。我在外面拍幾分鐘后，進到屋內(nèi)，身體暖和了再出去拍，前后拍了四次才完成?！彼f這不叫“苦”，而是“酷”。

耐得住冰冷的境遇，才能收獲溫熱。

“這是美國IAC 總部大樓，我專門等到黃昏了，人群都走了才拍。你看，建筑物的玻璃上反射著橘色的光……這是西班牙阿格壩大廈，晚上拍的，像一個子彈頭，建筑物紫色的燈光很漂亮……”張騎麟露出慈父般的眼光，說個不停。

In 2007, architecture and space photography seemed to be a blank space. At that time, photos,portraits, and wedding photography were very popular. “I have undergone that no one has asked me to take pictures for nearly half a year. I could only rely on my designs to maintain my life”, said Zhang.However, Zhang never gave up. “As long as there is one person who asks me to take pictures, I will spare no efforts.”

In order to wait for the most suitable light, he was willing to stand by the camera for four hours;in order to find a perfect location to photograph, he could work on the top of a 60-storey building until the elevator stopped running and he had to walk down; for a perfect photo, he could sit in front of the computer for hours to fix the film...

Earlier this year, he went to photograph the Westin Element Chongli Hotel, near Taiwu Ski Resort in Zhangjiakou. Zhang said, “The outdoor temperature is minus 29 degrees Celsius, although I have worn all the clothes I have, I still felt so cold.The shooting takes at least half an hour. I stayed at outside for a few minutes, and then I walked into the house. After being warmed up, I went out and continue to photograph. I repeated this cycle four times until I finished my job”. He also said that this is not called “coldness” but “coolness”.

The present success comes from the past efforts.

“This is the IAC headquarters building in the United States. I did not start shooting until the dusk came and the crowd dispersed. You see, the orange light was reflected on the glass of the building...This is the Torre Agbar in Spain, which was taken at night.Don’t you think that it looks like a bullet? The purple lights of this building are very beautiful...”Zhang kept saying and looked at these pictures with the infinite tenderness.

展現(xiàn)個性與生命 The Embodiment of Personality and Life

空間與建筑往往是靜態(tài)而龐大的，考驗著攝影師與拍攝對象的溝通能力。每次拍攝前，張騎麟一定會去設(shè)計師那里，聽空間的故事。

四年前，重慶市設(shè)計院原院長李秉奇找到張騎麟，請他拍攝其設(shè)計的重慶市政府大樓。“李院長和我聊了一個小時，告訴我市政府大樓為民國風，灰色外立面，屋頂是一大特色，借鑒了巴渝傳統(tǒng)的吊腳樓坡屋頂，屋頂?shù)窨痰溺U空花紋遮住空調(diào)，所以從外面看不到空調(diào)?！?/p>

張騎麟相信，每一個建筑空間都有魂，這個魂就是設(shè)計師傾注心血的細節(jié)。坡屋頂就是用照片展現(xiàn)市政府大樓的切入點。為了尋找好的拍攝機位，他在大樓對面的大禮堂附近，爬上了一個廣告牌的腳手架……這張照片，也許助推了重慶市政府大樓成為重慶唯一獲得全國金獎的建筑物。

“我喜歡高迪的圣家族大教堂，他一生的精力都在里面，每一個細節(jié)都非?？季?，很感人?！睂ㄖ髱煹木囱?，讓張騎麟對自己的攝影有更高的要求，不但要拍出建筑本身的層次、質(zhì)感、色彩和環(huán)境，“更重要的是表現(xiàn)建筑的個性與生命。”

實現(xiàn)這一點，他所理解的要義是堅持真實?！霸谡鎸嵉幕A(chǔ)上，再感性地理解。色彩、明亮程度、構(gòu)圖，這些元素都帶有感性色彩，組合起來就讓照片多了一點藝術(shù)氣息?！?/p>

Space and architectures are often static and huge.This means that the photographer must have a full understanding of the object. Therefore, Zhang would always pay the designer a visit before he started to take pictures.

Four years ago, the former president of Chongqing Architectural Design Institute, Li Bingqi came to Zhang and asked him to photograph the building of Chongqing municipal people’s government he designed. “President Li talked with me for an hour. He told me that this building was built in a republican-period style with a grey facade.The roof is very characteristic. It borrows from the traditional roof of stilted building prevalent in Sichuan and Chongqing areas. The hollow patterns carved on the roof cover the air conditioner, so no air conditioner can be seen from the outside.”

Zhang believes that every architecture has its soul and this soul is the very detail that the designer devoted all his efforts. The pitched roof is the entry point to show the building of Chongqing municipal people’s government by pictures. In order to find a good location to photograph, he climbed a billboard scaffold near the auditorium opposite the building... As a result, this photo may have helped the Chongqing Municipal Government Building become the only building in Chongqing that won the National Gold Award.

“I like Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family designed by Gaudí. He devoted his lifelong energy to it. Every detail is very elegant and touching”, Zhang said. Out of the admiration to great architects, Zhang formed high requirements for his photography. I should not only present the level,texture, color, and environment of the building, but also show “the personality and life of the building”.

To achieve this, he believes that maintaining original shape is the most important thing. On the basis of maintaining original shape, we should try to perceptually understand the building. Color,brightness, composition, all these elements are perceptual. The combination of them makes the photo a bit more artistic.