城市向前，摄影师向后对焦

The City Marching,the Photographer Focusing On Its Back

无论过去、现在还是未来,城市总是和密度、速度、高度、色彩、诱惑、迷茫、运动这些词汇联系在一起。不过曾力的都市影像似乎表达的都是"逆"城市、"反"城市的,更关注城市的"背"景,某种程度上甚至可以说是一种"都市静物"、"都市装置";对象的尺度是城市的,而性格和氛围更接近乡村田园。

The city is marching,but the photographer is focusing on its back.Although he stands in front of the object being photographed, what he has been taking in his camera is the back of the city.As a stage designer,Zeng Li brings forth the front side of a stage to the audience;however,as a photographer,he has been presenting more"back"scenes of the city to people.No matter in the past, present and future,a city is always related to words like density,speed,height,color, temptation,getting lost,and sports.By contrast,Zeng Li’s city images are always expressing a sense of"anti"city,focusing more on the back side of the city.For this reason his works might be called"city still life"or"city installation",with the yardstick of city,but the characteristics and atmosphere of countryside.