"There is a saying among reporters that we should not leave a blank in history. Although we can't leave a blank, I try to leave as few regrets as possible. " 10 10 On October 30th, in Workers' Daily, the reporter met Yu Wenguo, winner of the 13th Yangtze River Taofen Award, a senior reporter of Workers' Daily and director of photography department. He still calls himself a "grass-roots journalist". He has won the China News Award six times and the national and world documentary photography awards 88 times. In the past 36 years, he has traveled to 3 1 provinces and cities in the motherland. No matter in the front line of flood fighting and earthquake resistance, or in the major news scene of the country, where there is news, there is his figure. ...
"Rural Baby" Inspired by Modern Civilization in Poverty
From 65438 to 0956, Yu Wenguo was born in Tanzi Village, Huantai County, Shandong Province. His father used to be a worker in a local state-owned enterprise. During the difficult economic period in the early 1960s, prices soared and people's lives were difficult, especially the wages of workers often made ends meet.
"My father was a local seven-level carpenter and bricklayer, but there was a popular saying in the society at that time that' seven-level workers and eight-level workers were not as good as farmers'." In such a big environment, my father chose to go home to farm, and I also changed from a worker's child to a rural baby. "Yu Wenguo said. Although the sudden change of his father's work caused a huge gap in Yu Wenguo's teenage life, Yu Wenguo was grateful to recall that experience. "I can go to this step today, actually thanks to growing up in such a small town that is neither superior nor closed. Although Huantai County, Shandong Province is poor, its geographical position is not remote, and it has access to the information of big cities. Such an environment inspired me by modern civilization in poverty, and I was determined to change my destiny. "
Self-taught college students who pursue knowledge into their blood.
1976, graduated from Wenguo High School. Because he didn't resume the college entrance examination, Yu Wenguo chose to join the army and become an infrastructure engineer. "Because I learned some fine arts, watercolors and oil paintings from primary school, it happened that the head of the propaganda unit came to pick up the recruits. He asked me to join the propaganda unit of the military organs and work as a projectionist and artist in the film group. "
From 65438 to 0978, the photography officer of the army propaganda unit jumped ship, and Yu Wenguo was selected to take the shift after more than three months of news photography training, and then embarked on the road of news photography. 1980, Yu Wenguo went to Shanghai to build Baosteel with the Mechanic Corps. After years of training in military propaganda, Yu Wenguo's photographic works can often be seen in Shanghai's mainstream Liberation Daily and Wen Wei Po. Among them, the work "Before Honor", which was shot at the construction site of hot rolling mill, won the first prize of the first photojournalism contest of People's Daily. Although he is already famous in Baosteel's propaganda front, Yu Wenguo, who graduated from high school and joined the army, has never let go of his college dream. 1983 When Yu Wenguo learned that the country began to allow self-study exams, he excitedly applied for the first batch of Shanghai Institute of Education and Fudan University. "At that time, in addition to completing the propaganda and reporting tasks at work, the rest of the time was spent studying." Yu Wenguo said.
In 1980s, the area where Baosteel was located was regarded as a wilderness by Shanghainese. In order not to delay his study in the evening, Yu Wenguo left the company at 4: 30 pm and didn't go home until after 12 pm, every day. "Baosteel is in the north corner of Shanghai East, and Fudan is closer. The College of Education is in the southwest corner of Shanghai. Sometimes going to class there is equivalent to crossing Shanghai diagonally. After returning home in the middle of the night, I have to get up early for work the next day. " Yu Wenguo said: "At that time, I really wanted to study and learn knowledge, so I persisted." That is, since then, the idea of advocating culture and pursuing knowledge has been deeply integrated into Yu Wenguo's blood. "Journalist is a career that needs lifelong learning. Now I can't stand it if I don't study for a day. "
The tin cabinet in Yu Wenguo's office is filled with tens of thousands of pieces of paper and countless photographs he has taken since he started his career.
Conscience photographer who has been sticking to the front line for 36 years
During his 36-year film career, Yu Wenguo won the China Prize for Journalism 6 times, the Golden Eye Award for China Photojournalist 3 times in a row and the National and International Documentary Photography Award 88 times. At present, he is the only "amphibious" journalist in China who won the China Prize for Journalism "Photography, Communication and Thesis". Behind these honors is Yu Wenguo's endless efforts and the test of life and death.
In an interview with Wudaoliangdaoban on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, he fell into a ditch more than 5 meters deep in an environment close to MINUS 30 degrees, and his left face was covered with blood. He once fainted in the Great Hall of the People during the two sessions because of overwork. He was also hung by a rope on a cliff in the depths of Taihang Mountain and shot a stabbing worker. The abyss was at his feet. ...
"As long as you choose a photojournalist, you are doing front-line work. You have to endure hardship, loneliness and danger." Yu Wenguo said: "After a day's work, I often put my camera aside and can't lift my legs, but as long as I focus on the camera viewfinder, all the fatigue and danger are left behind."
From 200 1, Yu Wenguo served as the judge of the photography section of the China News Award. Since then, he has never sent his own photos to participate in the selection. "Although I have shot a lot of works at that level in recent years, I can't be an athlete and a referee at the same time."
I can't see any awards in Wen Guo's office. He told reporters that those things were stuffed in tin cabinets and didn't even take them home. Compared with those glamorous, dazzling and extraordinary experiences, Yu Wenguo is more willing to lead the topic to the development of China photojournalism industry and the improvement of the quality of employees.
Yu Wenguo told reporters a personal story: after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Yu Wenguo arrived in Yingxiu Town as the first photojournalist in the disaster area. In front of the ruins of the collapsed power plant in Yingxiu town, he found a woman and her niece under the ruins of the dormitory building. It was the third day after the earthquake, and my aunt and nephew were dying. Although two rescue teams from Shanghai and Tai 'an, Shandong Province kept rescuing at the scene, they were overwhelmed and the building was seriously damaged. A small excavation will lead to a second landslide. The husband of the oppressed woman came back from Dujiangyan with bloodshot eyes. Time passed by, but the rescue made no progress. "Finally, I personally heard the rescue captain tell the woman's husband that you should prepare for the worst." Yu Wenguo said. When the man heard the words of the rescue captain, his pale face suddenly turned purple. Trembling, he felt the crumpled cigarette from his trouser pocket and tried to light it with a lighter, but the lighter in his hand wouldn't allow him to put the cigarette in his mouth anyway. "At that time, the air seemed to be stagnant and the atmosphere could not be seen." Yu Wenguo said. "I am engaged in photography. From a professional point of view, I wanted to shoot when I picked up the camera, but at that time I couldn't take the camera in my hand anyway, let alone hold it in front of me and press the shutter. Recalling that I didn't take that photo, I don't regret it now! "
A day or two after coming out of Yingxiu Town, Yu Wenguo went to the rescue site of Hanwang Middle School. In front of the ruins and the bodies that haven't been dug up, the emotions accumulated for many days finally turned into tears. The Shandong man wrote tearfully in the diary of the earthquake: "Those children are all seventeen or eighteen years old students, and their parents are in their forties. That is to say, if one dies, the whole family dies!" At that time, the bodies of these students were parked in an open space for their families to identify. Yu Wenguo saw from a distance that he was also a photographer, patting the faces of those dead children one by one. "A Xinhua News Agency reporter next to me saw this scene and swore. I also took some photos with my camera and wrote down that person. " Yu Wenguo said: "Photographers can't be crazy or human. They have to be human first, and then take pictures. Sometimes they don't take pictures, which is also a professional realm." Yu Wenguo believes that photojournalists should not only be able to take pictures, but also understand the laws of news vision and news dissemination, and also have professional ethics and cultivation that match them, so that when they really face disaster reports and emergencies, they will know how to convey their due value and positive energy to the society.
For 36 years, Yu Wenguo has never left the front line. He said: "There is a saying among reporters that history should not be left blank. Although we can't leave a blank, I try to leave as few regrets as possible. "
"If one day I can't run, I can still sort out and study the images I took in my life. At this time, with my skills and accumulated experience in running the front line for so many years, I may see the problem deeper. But now, whenever there is a news event, there is still a heartfelt force that pushes me to try my best to rush to the front line. If I don't go to the scene, I will feel extremely uncomfortable. " Yu Wenguo said.
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