Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon is a photographer, a journalist and a filmmaker, but, above all, his eyes view humans with compassion. He respects others and is kind with the reality of their lives. He was born into a family of farmers in 1942 in Burgundy and went to Paris in 1958, wishing to be a photographer. He was first taken on as a messenger in an agency and was sent to take photos of an opening-night at the cinema: the movie was none other than Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless. He finally established his own agency, Gamma, together with three reporters, in 1966 'not for money but for the freedom'. He suggested to set up a cinema department: 'we bought an Eclair- camera and tried to make news-films for television in addition to taking news-photograhs... It was then that I learned to hold the camera." When Depardon films people, he is silent. If one has the impression that he always keeps his eyes lowered in the face of the world's miseries, it is untrue. Raymond Depardon looks as through a lattice and reacts like quicksilver, keeping his deepest, innermost emotion secret, and allow his pictures to speak for themselves. His films are now screened in all international film festivals, from Cannes to Hong Kong.

雷蒙·德帕东是摄影师、记者、电影导演，但首先，他是位以悲悯目光凝视人类的观察者。他尊重他人，对世间百态心怀善意。1942年他出生于勃艮第的农民家庭，1958年前往巴黎追寻摄影梦想，最初在图片社担任通讯员，首次外派任务是拍摄电影首映礼——那部电影正是戈达尔的《精疲力尽》。1966年他与三位记者共同创立伽玛图片社，坦言"不为金钱，只为自由"。他提议设立电影部门："我们买了台艾克莱尔摄影机，在新闻摄影之外尝试为电视制作新闻短片…正是那时我学会了如何持握摄像机。"德帕东拍摄人物时总是静默的。若有人认为他在世间苦难前始终低垂双眼，那绝非事实。他透过格栅观察世界，反应敏锐如水银，将最深沉的情感隐于镜头之后，让影像自己发声。从戛纳到香港，他的电影作品如今闪耀于全球各大国际影展。

雷蒙·德帕東是攝影師、記者、電影導演，但首先，他是位以悲憫目光凝視人類的觀察者。他尊重他人，對世間百態心懷善意。1942 年他出生於勃艮第的農民家庭，1958 年前往巴黎追尋攝影夢想，最初在圖片社擔任通訊員，首次外派任務是拍攝電影首映禮——那部電影正是戈達爾的《慾海驚魂》。1966 年他與三位記者共同創立伽瑪圖片社，坦言"不為金錢，只為自由"。他提議設立電影部門："我們買了台艾克萊爾攝影機，在新聞攝影之外嘗試為電視制作新聞短片…正是那時我學會瞭如何持握攝像機。"德帕東拍攝人物時總是靜默的。若有人認為他在世間苦難前始終低垂雙眼，那絕非事實。他透過格柵觀察世界，反應敏鋭如水銀，將最深沉的情感隱於鏡頭之後，讓影像自己發聲。從戛納到香港，他的電影作品如今閃耀於全球各大國際影展。