xīn guó rén nián kāi shǐ pāi

《新国人》2006年开始拍

"Xin Guoren" began shooting in 2006

zhěng zhěng kuà dù le nián

整整跨度了11年

A full span of 11 years

dāng nián huò hóu dēng kē jiǎng de shí hòu shì bèi mà shēng yī piàn de

当年获侯（登科）奖的时候是被骂声一片的

When I won the Hou (Dengke) Award, I was scolded

yào me jiù shì tè bié xǐ huān

要么就是特别喜欢

Or just like it very much

yào me jiù shì zhè shì shén me lā jī

要么就是这是什么垃圾

Or what kind of garbage is this

wǒ jiào lǐ zhèng dé

我叫李政德

My name is Li Zhengde

yī gè hěn yán sù de míng zì

一个很严肃的名字

A very serious name

shì wǒ yé yé qǔ de

是我爷爷取的

My grandpa took it

zhèng zhì de zhèng dào dé de dé

政治的政，道德的德

Political politics, moral virtue

hú nán ān huà rén

湖南安化人

People from Anhua, Hunan

huí guǎng dōng jiù yī zhí zài zá zhì gàn

回广东就一直在杂志干

I've been working in the magazine since I returned to Guangdong

cóng nà gè shí hòu wǒ pāi shè lì yòng gōng zuò zhī biàn

从那个时候，我拍摄利用工作之便

From that time, I used my work to shoot

yǒu yī bù fēn jiù shì wǒ zì jǐ de zuò pǐn

有一部分就是我自己的作品

Part of it is my own work

nián dǐ dào shēn zhèn

2005年底到深圳

To Shenzhen at the end of 2005

yǒu hěn duō zhè yàng gāo dà shàng de huó dòng

有很多这样高大上的活动

There are many such tall activities

gè zhǒng yí shì shàng pāi de

各种仪式上拍的

Taken at various ceremonies

xīn guó rén wèi shén me kě yǐ jiào zhè me dà de míng zì

《新国人》为什么可以叫这么大的名字

Why can "Xin Guoren" be called such a big name

jiù shì yīn wèi zài zhè yàng yī gè diǎn shàng

就是因为在这样一个点上

Because at such a point

shén me yàng de rén dōu lái le

什么样的人都来了

What kind of people are here

bāo kuò wǒ men shè yǐng shī dǎ dēng guāng de

包括我们摄影师、打灯光的

Including our photographers and lighting

mín gōng jiè nóng mín gōng xiǎo bái lǐng zhí yuán

民工界农民工、小白领职员

Migrant workers, small white-collar workers

chū xí de míng rén yǎn yuán yú lè rén yuán lǎo zǒng

出席的名人、演员、娱乐人员、老总

Celebrities, actors, entertainment staff, CEOs who attended

shén me dōu yǒu

什么都有

Have everything

yīn wèi yī chǎng huó dòng yào hěn zhǎng shí jiān

因为一场活动要很长时间

Because an event takes a long time

wú liáo de shí hòu wǒ jiù qù guān chá rén

无聊的时候我就去观察人

When I'm bored, I observe people

nǐ jué dé zhè gè tài huāng dàn le

你觉得这个太荒诞了

You think this is ridiculous

nà hǎo a nà wǒ jiù yī biān pāi nǐ men yào de

那好啊，那我就一边拍你们要的

That's great, then I'll take what you want

yī biān pāi wǒ zì jǐ yào de

一边拍我自己要的

While taking pictures of what I want

wǒ zì jǐ kàn dào de huāng dàn

我自己看到的荒诞

The absurdity I saw myself

yǒu shí hòu wǒ yòng shǎn guāng dēng pāi shè de shí hòu

有时候我用闪光灯拍摄的时候

Sometimes when I shoot with flash

nà xiē gōng zuò rén yuán shì yǒu diǎn chà yì de

那些工作人员是有点诧异的

Those staff are a bit surprised

nǐ wèi shén me yào pāi wǒ

你为什么要拍我

Why do you shoot me

yīn wèi wǒ shì wú zú qīng zhòng de

因为我是无足轻重的

Because I am insignificant

zhǐ yào zài pāi rén de shí hòu

只要在拍人的时候

As long as you are shooting people

wǒ jīng cháng kè yì dì ràng tā fā xiàn wǒ de jìng tóu

我经常刻意地让他发现我的镜头

I often deliberately let him discover my lens

wǒ jiù xiǎng biǎo xiàn tā kàn jìng tóu

我就想表现他看镜头

I just want to show that he looks at the camera

gēn wǒ zhè gè jìng tóu xiāng zhuàng de shí hòu de nà zhǒng xīn lǐ zhuàng tài

跟我这个镜头相撞的时候的那种心理状态

The mental state when I collided with this camera

zhèng hǎo nà shí hòu wǒ yòu xǐ huān kàn léi méng dé kǎ fú

正好那时候我又喜欢看雷蒙德•卡佛

At that time I like to watch Raymond Carver again

tā duì rén de nà zhǒng jí shí xìng de xiàn chǎng biàn huà

他对人的那种即时性的现场变化

His immediate on-site changes to people

zhuā dé tè bié yǒu yì sī

抓得特别有意思

Very interesting

wǒ yòng shè yǐng de fāng shì biǎo dá de shí hòu

我用摄影的方式表达的时候

When I use photography to express

nà zhǒng wēi miào de rén de gǎn jué qí shí shì yī gè fāng xiàng

那种微妙的人的感觉其实是一个方向

That kind of subtle human feeling is actually a direction

zhè zhāng shì dāng shí zài shēn zhèn kāi mù de qí jiàn diàn

这张是当时lv在深圳开幕的旗舰店

This is the flagship store opened by LV in Shenzhen at that time

wǒ yě bù zhī dào cóng nǎ lái le zhè me duō rén

我也不知道从哪来了这么多人

I don't know where so many people came from

zhěng gè quán chéng qīng dòng

整个全城倾动

The whole city is moving

jiù shì tè bié fēng kuáng

就是特别疯狂

Just crazy

nǐ gǎn jué tā men jìn qù jiù gēn mǎi dà bái cài shì de

你感觉他们进去就跟买大白菜似的

You feel they go in like buying Chinese cabbage

zài zhōng guó hái shì yī gè hěn yǒu shí dài xiàng zhēng de

在中国还是一个很有时代象征的

It is still a symbol of the times in China

wǒ pāi wán yǐ hòu wǒ cái zhī dào

我拍完以后我才知道

I will know after I finish the film

nián dào nián zhè shí nián

2006年到2016年这十年

The decade from 2006 to 2016

fáng jià chà bù duō jiù shì bào zhǎng le shí nián

房价差不多就是暴涨了十年

House prices have skyrocketed for almost ten years

suǒ yǐ tā chéng xiàn chū

所以它呈现出

So it shows

rén de yì shí hé wù zhì huán jìng jīng jì huán jìng

人的意识和物质环境、经济环境

Human consciousness and material environment, economic environment

qí shí shì yǒu hěn dà yī gè fēn liè de

其实是有很大一个分裂的

Actually there is a big split

xīn guó rén shì yī gè xiá zhǎi de diǎn

《新国人》是一个狭窄的点

"Xin Guo Ren" is a narrow point

cóng nián dōng yuán nán yuán kuò zhǎn dào le quán guó

从2009年，《东园南园》扩展到了全国

From 2009, "East Park and South Park" expanded to the whole country

bǎ jiē tóu dāng chéng yī gè shèng huì qù pāi shè

把街头当成一个盛会去拍摄

Take the street as a grand event to shoot

zhè zhāng qí shí shì yī gè dì chǎn huó dòng de bèi miàn

这张其实是一个地产活动的背面

This is actually the back of a real estate event

nǐ pāi yī gè bèi miàn gǎn jué dào tā xiàng yī gè mù bēi shì de

你拍一个背面感觉到它像一个墓碑似的

You take a backside and feel it like a tombstone

qián miàn shì shén me ne

前面是什么呢

What's in front

tā qí shí shì shì jiè shàng xī fāng gè zhǒng yǒu míng de jiàn zhù

它其实是世界上西方各种有名的建筑

It is actually various famous buildings in the West in the world

xiǎo hái qí shí shì zhí jiē fǎn yìng chéng rén shè huì

小孩其实是直接反映成人社会

Children actually directly reflect adult society

tā jiǎn nà me duō dì shàng tiē de

他捡那么多地上贴的

He picks up so many posts on the ground

diàn xiàn gān tiē de sī rén dài kuǎn de nà zhǒng xiǎo guǎng gào

电线杆贴的私人贷款的那种（小广告）

The kind of personal loan posted on telephone poles (small advertisement)

méng zài liǎng gè xiǎo hái de yǎn jīng shàng

蒙在两个小孩的眼睛上

Blindfolded over the eyes of two children

yǒu diǎn xiàng wǒ men nà zhǒng shí dài de qì xī

有点像我们那种时代的气息

A bit like our time

nián de shí hòu pāi shè cóng zī jiāng dào zhǎng jiāng

2010年的时候拍摄《 从资江到长江》

Filming "From Zijiang to Yangtze River" in 2010

tā shì wǒ shǎo nián shí dài de yī gè lǚ chéng

它是我少年时代的一个旅程

It is a journey in my boyhood

jiù xiǎng zhe nà wǒ jiù pāi zhè yī lù

就想着那我就拍这一路

Just thinking about that, I will shoot this way

hěn duō lì shǐ hén jì de dì fāng

很多历史痕迹的地方

A lot of historical traces

qù kàn kàn tā xiàn zài biàn chéng shén me yàng zi le

去看看它现在变成什么样子了

To see what it looks like now

fēi cháng wēn hé shén zhì yǒu diǎn shī yì

非常温和甚至有点诗意

Very gentle and even poetic

dào le huá xī cūn

到了华西村

Arrived at Huaxi Village

tā men zài bā shí nián dài

他们在八十年代

They were in the eighties

gài le zhōng guó dì yī gè gōng yuán

盖了中国第一个公园

Built China's first park

míng zì jiù jiào nóng mín gōng yuán

名字就叫农民公园

The name is Farmers Park

lǐ biān ràng wǒ hěn chà yì de kàn dào

里边让我很诧异的看到

I was surprised to see inside

tè bié chuán tǒng wén huà de dōng xī

特别传统文化的东西

Special traditional cultural things

èr shí sì xiào hěn zhěng qí de zài nà ér

二十四孝，很整齐的在那儿

Twenty-four filial piety, neatly there

nǐ shì wán quán xiǎng xiàng bù dào de

你是完全想象不到的

You can't imagine

zhè gè xì liè cóng jīn nián nián chū kāi shǐ de

这个系列从今年年初开始的

This series started at the beginning of this year

shǒu xiān shì zhū hǎi rán hòu zhèng zhōu

首先是珠海，然后郑州

First is Zhuhai, then Zhengzhou

héng yáng chēn zhōu hán dān běi jīng

衡阳、郴州、邯郸、北京

Hengyang, Chenzhou, Handan, Beijing

dān dōng qín huáng dǎo shí jiā zhuāng

丹东、秦皇岛、石家庄

Dandong, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang

zuì dà de zhuàng tài hái shì yī guàn yǐ lái de jiāo lǜ

最大的状态还是一贯以来的焦虑

The biggest state is the usual anxiety

méi qián zī jīn zǒng shì wèn tí

没钱，资金总是问题

No money, money is always a problem

nà gè shí hòu shì shī liàn le

那个时候是失恋了

I was broken in love at that time

zhèng hǎo wǎn shàng yě bù yòng dān xīn nǚ péng yǒu

正好晚上也不用担心女朋友

I don't have to worry about my girlfriend at night

jiù kě yǐ zì jǐ chū qù

就可以自己出去

You can go out by yourself

kě néng líng chén sān sì diǎn sì wǔ diǎn cái huí jiā

可能凌晨三四点、四五点才回家

May not go home until three or four or four or five in the morning

wǒ men de rén yǎn kàn dào de yǒng yuǎn dōu shì liú shì

我们的人眼看到的永远都是流逝

What our human eyes see is always passing

dàn shì tā yòu shì yī gè

但是它又是一个

But it's another

wú shù shùn jiān de diǎn dié chéng de yī gè liú shì

无数瞬间的点叠成的一个流逝

Countless moments of dots are stacked into a passing

tā jīng cháng huì ràng nǐ gǎn jué bù xiàng zài shēng huó

它经常会让你感觉不像在生活

It often makes you feel like you are living

nǐ hǎo xiàng bǐ bié rén gèng rèn zhēn kàn dài zhè gè shì jiè

你好像比别人更认真看待这个世界

You seem to take the world more seriously than others

nǐ yǒng yuǎn dōu huì dài zhe lìng wài yī gè jú wài rén de jiǎo dù qù kàn dài

你永远都会带着另外一个局外人的角度去看待

You will always look at it from the perspective of another outsider

jiù hěn nán qù yǒu nà zhǒng tóu rù

就很难去有那种投入

It's hard to have that kind of investment

duì shì sú shēng huó yǒu qiáng liè de tóu rù

对世俗生活有强烈的投入

Have a strong commitment to worldly life

měi gè rén dōu yǒu zì jǐ de mìng jiù shì mìng yùn

每个人都有自己的命，就是命运

Everyone has his own destiny, which is destiny