“创建一种文明,需要经年累月的努力,而毁灭他不过是一朝一夕的事”(宋刚明)。抱着这种对中华文明甚或说是人类文明的敬畏与痛心疾首般的抢救心态,宋刚明用了整整8年时间奔走于激流缓滩与白墙黑瓦之间,塑造着他心目中的影像世界。三峡,因大坝的修建,宋刚明拍摄的这些影像,百数之九十己永沉江底;徽居,因旅游的开发,许多民居己大为改观。三峡和徽州的西递、宏村现在都被联合国列为世界文化遗产,宋刚明这些如同田野调查般的影像,已成为弥足珍贵的历史档案。 “Creating a civilization requires years and years of hard work, and the destruction of him is nothing but an overnight event” (Song Gangming). Holding this awe-inspiring and distressing attitude toward Chinese civilization, or even human civilization, Song Gangming took a full 8 years to run between the rapids and white walls and black tiles to shape the world of images in his mind. Due to the construction of the dam and Song Gangming’s shots of the Three Gorges, a hundred of the ninety have been forever erected; the emblem of the emblem is respected for many residences due to the development of tourism. Both the Three Gorges and the Xidi and Hongcun of Huizhou are now listed as World Cultural Heritage Sites by the United Nations. These Song-Ming images, which are like field surveys, have become precious historical archives.