FOLLOWING TIME WITH CAMERA
                By Chen Guangzhong
Faced with classic images of this special time in the past century, viewers from different backgrounds will react with different feelings.

Devotion and enthusiasm, innocence and fanaticism, silence and violence¡­ together created the color, the sound and the atmosphere of this particular time.

Within every image there is a story linked to an unforgettable experience.

When we record history, history also records us.

Photographer Weng Nai Qiang accurately recorded and made reflections upon this time.

The subject matters of Weng Nai Qiang's photographs vary widely.

His photographs not only make a visual impact upon us, but they also touch our spirits.

He made an honest record of victories and tragedies and documented lives filled with both bitterness and happiness.

He enjoys art and loves photography. His work seeks to find a balance of truth and beauty. His sincerity and honesty can be seen in his artistic style. He does not pursue superficial images, but instead attempts to capture the deeper significance of his subjects.

He truthfully recorded this historical reality in order that we remember and commemorate a time that should not be forgotten.
His works make us feel the power and dignity of truth; they force us to reflect upon this history.

Chen Guangzhong
Chen Guangzhong is a senior documentary film director and a high-ranking journalist. In 1984 he received the Outstanding Journalist Award. He is the former vice-president of the China News Service. He has produced over one hundred television programs, for which he has received many awards, such as the Jin Ji, Bai Hua, and Hua Biao Awards. In 1994, he was awarded the title of Best Producer by the State Council Press Information office and the Radio, Film, and Television Ministry. 



                                                         AFTERWORD

                                                                                                            by Fang Xuehui

Weng Nai Qiang is a senior photographer; he was professionally trained at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He has produced many works as representations of current events.

From his earliest works, Weng Nai Qiang has artistically pursued the creation of a truthful historical record, to faithfully document people's lives. In his twenty-six year career as a professional photographer, he witnessed the Cultural Revolution and the policy of Reform and Opening Up. With a sense of calling, he photographed many important historical events, such as Chairman Mao's review of the Red Guards in Tian An Men Square, the April Fifth Incident, the celebration of the fall of the Gang of Four, and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has contributed many unique and precious visual documents. In the years of Cultural Revolution, he did not fake, pose or direct a single photograph; he instead insisted on capturing each photograph truthfully, so that his workers were accurately appreciated by viewers.

Weng Nai Qiang's works have been selected for use in many books. His photograph "Zai Kao Chang Shang" won the National Photography Silver Medal Award from 1977 to 1980. His photograph "Ma Ta Fei Yan" was included in the book, Chinese Photography Works (1949-1979). In 1980, he became a member of the Chinese Artists' Association and the Chinese Photographers' Association. In 1986 he helped found the Returned Overseas Chinese Photographers' Association and further served as vice-president of the association. In 1995, he became a member of the Qualification Review Committee of the Society of Worldwide Ethnic Chinese Photographers Limited; he was also a founding member of this organization. In 1989, he was invited by the PAT. Weng Nai Qiang led a visiting delegation of the Returned Overseas Chinese Photographers Association in Thailand, where the organization held several traveling exhibitions. Weng Nai Qiang was awarded for his contributions as a Chinese artist by the Returned Overseas Chinese Photographers Association and The Bridge Slide Club International Ltd.

Fang Xuehui
1933, Born in Indonesia, his family was from Kaiping, Canton.
1953, Journalist at "SHENG Huo Bao" newspaper, Jakarta, Indonesia.
1964, Iinterpreter at Xin Hua News Agency, Jakarta branch.
1966, Chief Editor of "CAN Kao Xiao Xi", Xin Hua News Agency.
1980, Became a member of Chinese Photographer's Association
1986, Associate secretary-general of Returned Overseas Chinese Photographers Association
1995, Help founded the Society of Worldwide Ethnic Chinese Photographers Limited.