“凡是值得存在的,就值得知道。”这是被誉为现代实验科学始祖的英国哲学家培根的名言。 为了更好地联系创作实践认识和界定纪实摄影,今年夏天,笔者拟订了一份《纪实摄影家答卷》,分寄给16位我敬慕和熟识的纪实摄影家,收回答卷13份,占82％。这13位摄影家是(按收卷先后): “It is worth knowing where it is worth it.” This is the famous quote of Bacon, the British philosopher hailed as the ancestor of modern experimental science. In order to better understand the creative practice and identify documentary photography, this summer, I prepared a “documentary photographer’s answer,” sent to 16 I adored and familiar documentary photographer, received 13 responses, accounting for 82% . The 13 photographers are (according to the volume successively):