wǒ jiào céng hàn

我叫曾翰

My name is Zeng Han

wǒ shì yī míng dú lì de shè yǐng shī

我是一名独立的摄影师

I am an independent photographer

wǒ xiàn zài shēng huó zài guǎng zhōu

我现在生活在广州

I now live in Guangzhou

chāo zhēn shí zhōng guó

《超真实中国》

"Super Real China"

wǒ jǐ hū shì bǎ zhōng guó suǒ yǒu de shěng dōu zǒu biàn le

我几乎是把中国所有的省都走遍了

I have visited almost all provinces in China

qù pāi shè zhōng guó sì chù gè dì de jǐng guān dāng dài de fēng jǐng

去拍摄中国四处各地的景观，当代的风景

To shoot landscapes all over China, contemporary landscapes

nián dài zhī hòu de zhōng guó

1990年代之后的中国

China after the 1990s

zhè zhǒng dì mào de biàn huà

这种地貌的变化

This landform change

kě néng shì jǐ qiān nián lái zuì jù liè de

可能是几千年来最剧烈的

Probably the most dramatic in thousands of years

shēng huó zài zhè gè nián dài

生活在这个年代

Live in this age

qí shí duì shè yǐng shī lái shuō shì tè bié xìng fú de shì qíng

其实对摄影师来说是特别幸福的事情

Actually it’s a very happy thing for photographers

nián dài zhōng hòu qī

1990年代中后期

Mid to late 1990s

zhōng guó zuì dà de zuì huāng dàn de rén zào jǐng guān jiù shì zhǔ tí gōng yuán

中国最大的、最荒诞的人造景观就是主题公园

The largest and most absurd man-made landscape in China is a theme park

wǒ jiù dào quán guó gè dì gè gè chéng shì qù zhǎo zhè zhǒng huān lè de fèi xū

我就到全国各地各个城市去找这种“欢乐的废墟”

I went to various cities across the country to find this "joy ruins"

zhěng gè rén jiù xiàng dào le lìng wài yī gè shí kōng yī yàng

整个人就像到了另外一个时空一样

The whole person is like in another time and space

zhī hǎo sān jiǎo jià shuǐ píng chuí zhí

支好三脚架，水平垂直

Support the tripod, horizontal and vertical

hěn zhèng zhòng qí shì dì

很郑重其事地

Very solemnly

jiù xiàng wǒ men zài zhào xiāng guǎn lǐ miàn

就像我们在照相馆里面

Like we are in the photo studio

gěi yī gè rén pāi shēn fèn zhèng zhào yī yàng

给一个人拍身份证照一样

It’s the same as taking a photo of a person’s ID

yòng zhè zhǒng dà huà fú xiāng jī

用这种大画幅相机

With this large format camera

fēi cháng xì zhì dì hěn quán miàn dì

非常细致地很全面地

Very detailed and comprehensive

qù pāi shè xià zhè yàng yī gè chǎng jǐng

去拍摄下这样一个场景

To shoot such a scene

xiāng jī nǐ pù guāng shí jiān huì fēi cháng zhǎng

4×5相机你曝光时间会非常长

4×5 camera your exposure time will be very long

kě néng yào bàn gè xiǎo shí shén zhì gèng zhǎng

可能要半个小时，甚至更长

It may take half an hour or even longer

nián de shí hòu

2004年的时候

In 2004

dāng shí de guǎng zhōu zhū jiāng xīn chéng hái shì yī piàn gōng dì

当时的广州cbd珠江新城还是一片工地

At that time, Guangzhou CBD Zhujiang New Town was still a construction site

dāng shí xià bào yǔ jiù biàn chéng yī dà piàn shuǐ táng

当时下暴雨，就变成一大片水塘

When it rained heavily, it turned into a large pond

zhōu wéi de jiàn zhù gōng rén mín gōng men xià bān zhī hòu

周围的建筑工人、民工们下班之后

After the surrounding construction workers and migrant workers get off work

tuō guāng le zài nà xǐ zǎo

脱光了在那洗澡

Take a bath there

gēn hòu miàn màn màn zài xīng qǐ de gāo lóu

跟后面慢慢在兴起的cbd高楼

Follow the CBD skyscrapers slowly rising behind

zhè zhǒng qíng jǐng chǎn shēng le yī zhǒng huāng miù gǎn

这种情景产生了一种荒谬感

This situation creates a sense of absurdity

bǐ rú shuō wǒ zài sān xiá fēng dōu guǐ chéng

比如说我在三峡丰都鬼城

For example, I’m in the Fengdu Ghost Town of the Three Gorges

yǒu yī gè jiàn le yī bàn de làn wěi lóu

有一个建了一半的烂尾楼

There is a half-built unfinished building

nà gè lóu shì yī gè yù huáng dà dì de nǎo dài

那个楼是一个玉皇大帝的脑袋

That building is the head of a Jade Emperor

kàn shì hěn xiāng cūn de huán jìng lǐ miàn

看似很乡村的环境里面

In a seemingly rural environment

tū rán jiān yǒu yī dà piàn tè bié gàn jìng de shuǐ ní dì

突然间有一大片特别干净的水泥地

Suddenly there is a large area of ​​particularly clean concrete

rán hòu yǒu yī liàng chē zài zhōng jiān

然后有一辆车在中间

Then there is a car in the middle

yīn wèi zhè gè shí hòu zhōng guó de qì chē shí dài jí jiāng dào lái

因为这个时候中国的汽车时代即将到来

Because at this time China’s automobile era is coming

duō shǎo liàn chē chǎng bèi jiàn chū lái jiù zài chéng xiāng jié hé bù

多少练车场被建出来，就在城乡结合部

How many training grounds have been built, just in the urban-rural fringe

běi jīng duàn qiáo de nà zhāng zhào piàn

北京断桥的那张照片

That photo of Beijing Broken Bridge

wǒ shì zài nián de dōng tiān pāi

我是在2006年的冬天拍

I took it in the winter of 2006

tā shì wǎng qián chōng dàn shì tū rán jiān jiá rán ér zhǐ

它是往前冲，但是突然间戛然而止

It rushed forward, but suddenly stopped

shén zhì yǒu péng yǒu shuō kàn wán zhè gè zhào piàn de shí hòu

甚至有朋友说看完这个照片的时候

Some friends even said that after watching this photo

tā huì tū rán jiān yǎn lèi huā huā liú xià lái

他会突然间眼泪哗哗流下来

He would suddenly burst into tears

jiù bǎi gǎn jiāo jí

就百感交集

Mixed feelings

nián nián wǒ qù le hěn duō tàng zhòng qìng

2005年、2006年我去了很多趟重庆

I went to Chongqing many times in 2005 and 2006

wǒ jué dé zhòng qìng shì zhōng guó zuì mó huàn xiàn shí zhǔ yì de chéng shì

我觉得重庆是中国最魔幻现实主义的城市

I think Chongqing is the most magical realist city in China

zài yī gè shāng yè qū de zhōng xīn guǎng chǎng

在一个商业区的中心广场

In the central square of a business district

zuò le yī gè wēi suō de sān xiá

做了一个微缩的三峡

Made a miniature Three Gorges

zhōng jiān hái yǒu xiàng zhǎng jiāng yī yàng de rén zào hé

中间还有像长江一样的人造河

There is an artificial river like the Yangtze River in the middle

nián nán fāng xuě zāi

2008年南方雪灾

2008 Southern Snow Disaster

yǒu shí jǐ wàn rén zhì liú zài guǎng zhōu huǒ chē zhàn

有十几万人滞留在广州火车站

There are hundreds of thousands of people stranded in Guangzhou Railway Station

tài zhuàng guān le jǐ mǎn le guǎng chǎng

太壮观了，挤满了广场

It’s so spectacular, it’s packed with squares

zài qǔ jǐng qì lǐ wǒ kàn dào mì mì má má de rén

在取景器里我看到密密麻麻的人

In the viewfinder I saw densely packed people

rén qí shí yǐ jīng chéng wèi yī zhǒng jǐng guān

人其实已经成为一种景观

People have actually become a kind of landscape

pāi wán zhè zhāng zhào piàn zhī hòu méi duō jiǔ

拍完这张照片之后没多久

Not long after taking this photo

zhōng guó jiù jìn rù le gāo tiě shí dài

中国就进入了高铁时代

China has entered the era of high-speed rail

jìn jǐ nián wǒ duì qí guān de guān zhù yǐ jīng yuè lái yuè jiǎn ruò

近几年我对奇观的关注已经越来越减弱

In recent years, my attention to spectacles has diminished

bù shì suǒ yǒu de zhōng guó de xiàn shí dōu shì nà gè yàng zi

不是所有的中国的现实都是那个样子

Not all reality in China is like that

suǒ yǐ wǒ fǎn ér huì qù guān zhù yī xiē gèng jiā rì cháng

所以我反而会去关注一些更加日常

So instead I will pay attention to something more daily

huò zhě gèng xiàn shí de xiàn shí

或者更现实的现实

Or more realistic reality

qián jǐ nián qù dé bǐ jiào duō de shì

前几年去得比较多的是

In the past few years, I went more

hé nán ān huī shān xī zhōng yuán dì qū

河南、安徽、山西，中原地区

Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Central Plains

nà xiē dì fāng de xiǎo zhèn xiāng cūn

那些地方的小镇乡村

Small villages in those places

shì tè bié tè bié zhōng guó de

是特别特别中国的

Is very special Chinese

pāi le yī gè jiào hòu zé yāo cūn

拍了一个叫“后则腰村”

I took a picture called "Hou Zeyao Village"

tā men jiàn le yī gè fǎng zhēn de tiān ān mén

他们建了一个仿真的天安门

They built a simulated Tiananmen Square

rán hòu hěn duō dà huò chē zài nà lǐ lā jiàn cái

然后很多大货车在那里拉建材

Then many large trucks pull building materials there

wǒ dào qín lǐng yī gè fēi cháng shān lǐ de xiǎo shān zhuāng

我到秦岭一个非常山里的小山庄

I went to a small mountain village in Qinling

jiù suàn zhǐ yǒu liǎng hù rén jiā zài nà lǐ

就算只有两户人家在那里

Even if there are only two families there

zhào yàng tōng yī tiáo shuǐ ní lù jìn qù tōng diàn guò qù

照样通一条水泥路进去，通电过去

Still go in through a cement road, power on

tōng shuǐ guò qù shén zhì tōng wǎng luò guò qù

通水过去，甚至通网络过去

Through water, even through the Internet

wǒ zhè yàng yī xiē zuò pǐn

我这样一些作品

Some of my works

zài zhè zhǒng tè bié lěng kù de diào xìng de yā yì xià

在这种特别冷酷的调性的压抑下

Under the suppression of this very cold tone

wǒ qí shí duì zhè piàn tǔ dì wǒ shì fēi cháng fēi cháng shēn qíng de

我其实对这片土地我是非常非常深情的

I am actually very, very affectionate for this land

wǒ zài zhè gè dì fāng chū shēng chéng zhǎng

我在这个地方出生成长

I was born and raised in this place

néng gǎn shòu dào nà zhǒng suǒ wèi zhēn zhèng de cì tòng shì shén me

能感受到那种所谓真正的刺痛是什么

Can feel the so-called real tingling

lǐ miàn hěn fù zá de qíng gǎn

里面很复杂的情感

Very complicated emotions inside

cóng nián yī zhí pāi dào xiàn zài yě nián le

从2004年（一直拍）到现在也15年了

It’s been 15 years since 2004 (always shooting)

dǐ piàn jiù fēi cháng fēi cháng duō le méi fǎ shù

底片就非常非常多了，没法数

There are so many negatives, it’s impossible to count

chāo zhēn shí zhōng guó xì liè hái zhēn de yǒu jiē jìn shàng qiān zhāng dōu yǒu le

（《超真实中国》系列）还真的有接近上千张都有了

("Super Real China" series) There are really close to a thousand copies

wǒ xiàn zài zhè gè gōng zuò shì de dì fāng

我现在这个工作室的地方

Where I am now in this studio

shì yī gè nián mín guó shí qī jiàn zào de sī shú

是一个1930年（民国时期）建造的私塾

It is a private school built in 1930 (the Republic of China)

shì zài guǎng zhōu huáng pǔ qū héng shā cūn

是在广州黄埔区横沙村

It's in Hengsha Village, Huangpu District, Guangzhou

wǒ xiàn zài yī bàn de shí jiān hái shì zài wài miàn pāi shè chuàng zuò

我现在一半的时间还是在外面拍摄创作

I still shoot outside half of my time

kāi zhù chē dài zhù xiāng jī sì chù yóu dàng

开著车带著相机四处游荡

Wandering around in a car with a camera

wǒ de xīn gè zhǎn

我的新个展

My new solo exhibition

zài guǎng zhōu de jiāo qū lóng dòng

在广州的郊区龙洞

Longdong in the suburbs of Guangzhou

shì yī gè měi guó zhǔ tí de shè yǐng chéng

是一个美国主题的摄影城

Is an American-themed photography city

wǒ zài měi guó pāi de měi guó zhēn shí de fēng jǐng rén wù

我在美国拍的美国真实的风景、人物

The real American landscapes and people I took in the United States

fàng zài yī gè mó nǐ de měi guó kōng jiān lǐ miàn

放在一个模拟的美国空间里面

In a simulated American space

yǒu yī diǎn chāo xiàn shí mó huàn zhǔ yì

有一点超现实魔幻主义

A bit of surreal magicalism

suì zhī hòu huì gèng jiā jué dé

40岁之后会更加觉得

After 40, I feel more

shí jiān tài shǎo le

时间太少了

Too little time

zuò hǎo zì jǐ xiǎng zuò de shì shì zuì zhòng yào de

做好自己想做的事是最重要的

Doing what you want to do is the most important thing

shè yǐng cù shǐ nǐ qù tí wèn qù sī kǎo

摄影促使你去提问去思考

Photography prompts you to ask questions and think

huí guò tóu nǐ yě huì qù guān zhào zì jǐ

回过头你也会去观照自己

When you look back, you will see yourself

zài zhè gè shí dài lǐ nǐ dào dǐ shì shén me yàng de cún zài

在这个时代里你到底是什么样的存在

What kind of existence are you in this era