Physical and spiritual pain

Author: Zeng Hong
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Physical and spiritual pain are the most important spiritual motifs in personal life. How can documentary photography express them? The Pain of Body and Spirit opens a window at the edge of death and trauma, allowing us to see the light within. There are works that depict children facing illness, suffering, and death, such as I Don’t Cry and A Cruel Childhood. There are pieces about the elderly, such as Prayer. There are stories about lepers, like The Unsinkable "Leprosy Ship" (a metaphor for leper colonies). Behind each story and image lies the dual life of the soul and body, and the resulting pain.