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　　瑞恩哈德•克劳斯
　　德国著名战地记者、世界新闻摄影比赛(荷赛)获得者，路透社全球图片总编。现供职于伦敦，总领路透社全球新闻图片报道。
　　在任职路透中国首席摄影师的五年里，吴芳的作品非常引人注目。他拍摄的照片很棒。
　　那么什么才是好照片？
　　这大概算是摄影界最难回答的问题了，而且答案通常会很复杂。一张好照片既要符合美学观点又要主题清晰易懂，寄情感于拍摄主题从而感动观者；在世界各地难以计算数目的图片中脱颖而出，成为各大媒体关注的焦点，具有赢得摄影奖项抑或成为所在时代标志影像的潜质，等等。有时摄影需要机遇，但更多的时候好的图片需要摄影师有专业的技巧、丰富的创造力、洞察力以及责任感。并且唯有深谙艺术的一流记者快门下才能诞生真正的好照片。
　　吴芳将他全部的精力和热情都用于对真正好照片的追求，日复一日。他是光影的大师，他的视角、感觉和构思都有过人之处。他的作品符合中国的传统和文化，以摄影的方式记录着中国近年来的变化与发展。同时，他的作品遵循人道主义精神，对拍摄主题饱含深深的关切。
　　我非常高兴曾与吴芳会面，并拥有这样一位朋友。
Preface
　　Reinhard Krause
　　-Global Pictures Editor，Reuters-
　　Based in London and responsible for the global editorial　pictures production for Reuters News Pictures.
　　During my five years as Chief Photographer China for Reuters，Jianan Yu's work immediately caught my attention.His pictures are great.
　　But what is a great picture?
　　That is probably the most asked question in our business and the answer can become very philosophical.
　　A good picture is highly aesthetic and it's understood without further explanation.It creates an emotional attachment to the subject.It moves the audience.
　　It stands out against the flood of pictures available worldwide.It is prominently used by all media and gets the most attention.
　　This picture has the potential to win awards or will be one of the handful of iconic pictures which become timeless.
　　Sometimes you need a little bit of luck but in general great pictures are taken by a technically skilled，creative，intelligent and responsible photographer.
　　It is taken by a top journalist and artist with a camera.
　　Jianan Yu creates these great pictures on a day-to-day basis with all his ambition and energy.
　　He is an artist using shapes and colours.The way he sees，feels and designs his pictures makes them different.
　　His work follows Chinese traditions and culture，and as a leading documentary photographer he captures the immense changes and developments in his home country.
　　His work is driven by humanism and a deep respect of the people who appear in his pictures.
　　It was a great honour for me to meet Jianan Yu and I'm thankful that I could spend time with him.
　　I'm happy to have him as a friend.

目录
1 活着的纪念碑
Living monument

11 卡雅利莎孩子的足球梦
Football dream of th children in Khayelitsha

21 在涨价的日子里
In the price soaring-up days

31 家有植物人
Family with a vegetative member

41 毕业季
Senior Year

51 大棚里的夫妻床
Couple Beds in the Greenhouse

63 假药阴影下的母子
Mother and son in the shadow of quack medicine

75 与煤共舞
Dancing with Coal

85 菜棚里的暑假
The Summer Break in Vegetable Shed

95 被冷漠的平民英雄
The disregarded heroes

107 粉尘民工
Migrant Workers Covered in Dust

117 矽肺之痛
The pain of silicosis

129 有一种葬礼叫不眠
Funeral but “not dead”

139 康复之路
The Path to Recovery

149 家住烂尾楼
Living in half finished buildings

159 我的家在报废汽车上
Scrapped cars，our“homes”

169 夜店里的女孩们
Girls at nightclubs

181 被遗忘的时光
Forgotten Life

193 乳娘村的孩子
“Wet Nurse”Village

205 青春有悔
“Regret，youth mistake”

217 流浪传奇
Nice Gamin's life

225 徽剧后生
Hui opera epigenetic