去冬今春我在美国自由行,出于职业的本能,也走马观花地了解了下美国的摄影业,虽很肤浅,但也可管窥一斑。美国当下还未走出金融危机的阴霾,失业人口居高不下,家庭收入普遍下降,自然也波及到了摄影业的发展。我刚到美国的时候常去一家叫“PNN”的摄影连锁商店淘些旧的器材,但一个月后再去就发现它已经关门歇业了。今年二月百年胶片帝国——柯达公司(Eastman Kodak Company)宣布破产,美国摄影界的朋友无不惊叹,有人说:“简直像听到地震和海啸一样恐惧。” Last winter, I traveled freely in the United States. Out of professional instinct, I understood the photography industry in the United States very shortly. Although it is superficial, I can also look into it. The United States has not yet out of the shadow of the financial crisis, with its population under the unemployment rate soaring and its family income generally declining, naturally affecting the development of the photographic industry. When I first came to the United States, I often went to a photography chain store called “PNN” for some old equipment, but after a month’s time I found it closed down. When the 100-year-old film empire, Eastman Kodak Company, declared bankrupt in February this year, friends in the American photography world were all astonished. Someone said: “It’s almost as if I heard the earthquake and tsunami scare.” "