社会发展的推动者——论纪实摄影的价值意义

An Agent for Social Development——A Discussion on Value of Documentary Photography

21世纪是一个视觉文化的时代,图片、视频等可视性媒介以其易识别的特点日渐冲击着文字在现实社会生活中的地位。视觉文化是一种新的文化形式,在当下,图片饰演着重要的角色,而摄影就起着不可或缺的主导作用。摄影成为传媒主流并不是偶然的,这首先具有时代的必然性,同时也是由摄影所独具的特性决定的。摄影与文字相比具有形象性;与录音相比具有直观性;与录像相比具有瞬间记录性,历史的定格和时空的张力造就了摄影的特色。它通过无声的语言记录了那些一去不复返的人、事、景,构成了正在进行中的生命和历史。它的普及性与易于包容性使它深入了我们生活中的方方面面。它阐述着我们的环境、影响着我们的行为,推动了社会的发展。纪实摄影尤其突出地体现了这样的价值和意义。

Conflicts exist all the time in social development and the social progress has been made gradually in the constant cycle of conflictions. Through a visual document of an event, place, object, or person, documentary photography provides evidence of caring and respect for life, humanity, and environment, and it also exerts a profound influence on human emotions and thoughts with a significant impact on the social transformation and human civilization. This paper uses homeless animals as an example to capture the moment of time to reveal a new meaning in life and to promote the value and impact of documentary photography.