今天，结束伊拉克外派。
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我妈从来不喜欢我拍的伊拉克照片，抱怨它们“黑暗，压抑”。其实这不过是大家对伊拉克的普遍印象——民不聊生遍哀鸿，百业凋敝街死寂。但是只有在伊拉克真正生活过的人才知道，纵使龙血玄黄、兵连祸结，这里也有生活，有战火无法掩盖的人性高光和在黑暗中向前看的力量。
是夜晚就有繁星，若繁星被藏起还有黎明，祝福伊拉克人民。
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Leica 拍摄
Today, it concludes my tenure in Iraq.
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My mum never really appreciated the photos I’ve taken for Iraq, and once complained about them for being ‘dark and depressing’, which is merely a common impression against Iraq for the most - that here livelihood withers, misery thrives. Yet only those who have truly lived here would know that despite of blood-shed scourge of war, there’s still LIFE here, there’re still humanity highlights that can never be obscured by war and the prowess to advance in darkness.
Where there’s night there’re stars, should the stars be concealed there’s always dawn awaiting. All the best to Iraqis.
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Shot on Leica
BBC滤镜啊
BBC的阴间滤镜除了降低饱和度以外还有一个重要的特点——高光压制和阴影提拉降低照片对比度。
不过这里，调色思路完全不同。你之所以会觉得有BBC滤镜的感觉，是因为有很多照片构图的黑场很多，整体调色上对于暗光部分非常克制，所以好像感觉很黑暗，但是你仔细看，在高光上我不曾吝啬，看似再黑暗的照片却总有光。这也是这组照片的目的——用光和影的组合表达普通人对伊拉克的最浅层认知，同时用藏不住的光传递着伊拉克人向前看的勇气。
@lateef 真的很会调色
@lateef 学习了！
