尔冬强从事专业摄影多年，曾任记者和编辑，是中国最早的自由职业摄影师，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，并独立出版画册数十本。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。 　　Deke Erh has been engaged in photography for over 20 years. Starting his career as a journalist and editor, he established himself as the earliest freelance photographer in China. He has toured all provinces of this country and many places abroad, making a superb visual record of this changing world with his ten-plus volumes. He is a recipient of the award by the American Institute of Architects, among many others, and his research work is highly recognized by Western critics.