Monochromatic Visuality #2 Disappearing areas白与黑 #2 消失中的老居民区

今天的主题是消失中的老居民区。

　
中午等车时发现车站边的一个即将拆迁的老居民楼，我走进这个小巷子，可以闻到浓浓的菜味儿，似乎还有人住。巷子里除了一栋二层的楼还有几户，铁门已经破损，还有像藏酒的地窖，有一种四合院邻里的感觉，可以得到这里原来也是很热闹的。巷子不大，我从头走到尾也没用多久，走近二层楼时，我感觉到了一种无言的凄凉，是什么让原来人气聚集的这个小社区变成今天这般模样？答案只有一个，那就是政府拆迁，为了统一化标准，家乡很多美食都已不再，留下的都是一些没有积淀的快餐店和垃圾食品，有时想想多少年后的孩子可能会看到一幅市内繁华的假象，可这些真正见证城市历史的建筑和文化又该何去何从？

正当我想着这些拆迁办的恶行时， 二楼的一个老爷子缓步朝我站的方向走来，喝道，“小伙子，你是政府的吧，前几天政府才找我们谈过话，我们过阵儿就搬，这是又有了什么事儿吗”？我应道， “没有，大伯，我不是政府的，我是在等车，刚好看到了这个巷子即将要拆迁了，想拍几张照片记录下，只怕几个月后就看不到了”。老爷子一听，这才松了口气，走了回去。太阳光很刺眼，依稀可以看到这栋楼的栏杆上还挂着小孩儿的衣服还有一些纸壳子，有点像汽车旅馆一样，大家离得都近，日常街坊邻居也好有个照应，这才是老百姓的生活呐！俗话说的好，远亲不如近邻，这种有人气的地方已经越来越少了，拆得拆，搬得搬，剩下的只有只在电梯公寓里那一个个霓虹灯下飘走的灵魂。

Today's theme is disappearing areas in my city. I found a old building is about to be demolished along with its neighbourhood. I got closer to it,still, I could feel it used to be a good area where people talked to each other and share things together. Like a Siheyuan in Beijing, people in the area live close to each other, they live together, share thoughts and that's the best thing about living I suppose. Now, everything is gone, only to satisfy the needs of goverment by saying of helping making a better city for everyone.

If a city has no true support from people, people are living in the fear, that's not the right place, it's hell. While I was thinking about the evil mask of these city councils, an old man slowly walking towards me.He asked me, "Are you with goverment? We just had a conversation few days ago, we will keep our promise and leave the house once we packed up everything, something goes wrong?" "No, I am not one of them, I noticed this area is going to be disappear, I want to take some photos and put it in my album so I could remember how this street should be like in the old days." I spoke loudly so he could hear me from the second floor in the building. I felt like it's my responsbility to do something for this area, that's why I took these shots, when I am 80 years old, I could still look at photos and remembered this area. Still the same question, what do people really need from their city they were living they borned? Big shining billboard, expensive store or tall building with elevator all over the city? None of them fit, answer could be simple, a small house where peopel get closer, they talk,laugh and share things with each other, like a brotherhood. Every stage in the history, people are always get exploited by the authorities hiding behind, there is no standard for right or wrong. Hopefully people in this area could move to a nice area and continue living the life they always have,god bless them!

All photos taken with my Canon G12.

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