The Rock And The Palm Tree: 岩石與棕櫚樹

The Rock And The Palm Tree is a photography journal by award-winning Chinese photographer Jin Liu. It documents the retrospective view of a photojournalists three trips to Afghanistan and Iraq - an area oftentimes linked to the battlefield blood and sweat. The journal is based on the personal experience of the first Chinese photojournalist ever assigned by AFP to work with the U.S. Army. Jin Liu reveals his unprecedented journeys and incredible experience in Afghanistan and Iraq as a photojournalist which including true events such as a flying bullet that was just one inch away from his face the nearly missed bomb as well as his sheer joy from ordering a spicy beef soup from a Chinese cook using hometown dialect and much more. This journal is a page-turner in terms of documentary literature and photography journal and a handy reference photographer book containing plenty of detailed technical parameters for professionals and photography lovers. 戰地，攝影，記者，這是多少新聞人的嚮往! 當戰爭來臨，身處和平的我們會覺得離我們很遙遠。舉目望去，紛飛的戰火、慘烈的生死和 硝煙中匍匐採訪的新聞記者，一幀幀一幕幕，我們只能透過屏幕和報刊的新聞報導獲得零碎 信息。 當一位身邊人像朋友一樣跟你講述自己的戰地親歷，相信你一定會從中看到新聞背後那些隱 秘的故事。本書記載的就是一位中國籍法新社攝影記者的戰地經歷。 他三次赴阿富汗、伊拉克隨軍採訪，曾被AK-47步槍瞄準腦袋開槍，曾隨美軍巡邏遭遇汽車 炸彈，曾為了吃一碗水煮牛肉費盡周折...... 本書通過精彩的戰地攝影作品和豐富的採訪經歷，向讀者展示了美軍在反恐戰爭前線最真實 的戰斗場面和生活場景，也讓讀者對曾經身處戰爭苦難人們有了更多的了解。 本書也是一部生動的戰地攝影秘笈。什麼樣的器材才是最好用的，什麼樣的曝光才是最佳 的，什麼樣的拍攝姿勢才是最成功的......各位新聞攝影同行和攝影愛好者也能從中獲益多多。