寻找自我的镜像

In search of My Self-reflection

彝人是怎样吸引了王刚？从最初偶然驻足中国最偏僻的四川凉山彝人区，到后来多次回访，这种动机在某种程度上是否可以和爱德华·寇帝斯（1868-1952）完成他的北美印第安人的巨著相媲美？或是有一种对“消逝种族”迫在眉睫般的悲剧警觉？经多项考证，爱德华·寇帝斯花了将近30年的时间来纪录美洲印第安人，而王刚仅去了彝区五次（先后于2006年3月，8月，12月、2007年5月和10月）。

What attracted Wang Gang to most secluded Yi habitat in the subsequent repeated visits, might the Yi people？ From his first desire to go to the Liangshan region of Sichuan province, to his his explorations be comparable in some way to what motivated Edward S. Curtis （1868-1952） to achieve his monumental body of work on the American Indians？ Or could it be the sense of a looming tragedy of a ＂vanishing race＂？ All together Ed Curtis spent nearly thirty years documenting the American Indians while Wang Gang visited the Yi people only five times, successively in March, August, December 2006, May and October 2007. We don＇t know how long Wang Gang will continue to photograph the Liangshan Yi people,