尔冬强从事专业摄影30多年，以捕捉和记录文化变迁而见长，曾任记者和编辑，是中国最早具有独立精神的自由摄影家，足迹遍布中国各省和世界各地，为这个多变的时代拍摄了大量的视觉文献，并独立出版《最后一瞥》、《上海装饰艺术派》等画册数十本。长期以来致力于上海史、中国近代史、西域史、欧亚草原史和南洋史的摄影考察和学术研究，在专题摄影和建筑摄影的领域成就突出，曾获美国建筑师协会等专业机构颁发的奖项，被西方媒体称之为学者型的摄影家。尔冬强的摄影成就曾被美国《时代周刊》等西方主流媒体多次报导。目前，尔冬强正在进行丝绸之路沿线各个国家以及中俄之间茶叶之路的视觉文献拍摄计划和相关学术研究。
尔冬强先生个人微博: http://t.sina.com.cn/1911355243
Deke Erh has been engaged in photography over 30 years. Starting his career as a journalist and editor, he established himself as the earliest freelance photographer in China. He has toured all the provinces of China and visited many places abroad, capturing a changing world in various books of photographs. He has been devoted to historical research on Shanghai and other parts of China, as well as on central and south-east Asia. Respected for his achievements in the photography of architecture, he is a recipient of numerous awards, including one from the American Institute of Architecture. Mr. Erh is acknowledged by the Western media as a scholar-oriented photographer of China, and his photographic achievements are often reported by US mainstream media, such as Time magazine. At present, Deke Erh is continuing with his plan of recording visual images and pursuing his academic research on each country along the Silk Road and the China-Russian Tea Road.
纪录片《为中国肖像
-城市摄影师 尔冬强》
