ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I wish to thank Mr.Yang Gao,Mr.Dangsheng Fu,and Ms.Cindy Zhao,president,vice president,and former president of China Photographic Publishing House in Beijing,respectively; and Changshui Wei,Xiaohua Yang,Xuhuan Li,Biao Wang,Pu Zhang,Zhao Yi,Zheng Liu and other staff for their kind support and collaboration.I am grateful to Mr.William R.Burk and Jeffery Beam,who are both published authors themselves,for kindly editing the English text of this book.I am indebted to Mr.Huiqiang Tian and other members of my family in China for their loyal contributions to my photography.The author also delightfully acknowledges Art Wolfe,David Muench,Galen Rowell,John Shaw and Charles Cramer for their inspiration; Ralph,Joan and Barbara Mason,Jennifer Zheng,William R.Burk,Yanjie Ma,Ba Van Huyah,Guohong Shen,Min Yang,Shuhua Sun and others for their longtime friendship and interest of my work.

致 谢

在完成本书之际，笔者由衷地感谢中国摄影出版社总编辑高扬先生、副社长付党生先生、前任社长赵迎新女士，以及魏长水、杨小华、黎旭欢、王彪、张璞、衣钊、刘铮等编辑、设计人员多年的热情支持与合作。向热爱大自然且知识渊博的威廉·伯克（William Burk）和杰弗里·比姆（Jeffery Beam）先生致以谢意，他们为本书的英语文体作了细致的编辑校对。也衷心地感谢长期全力相助的田会强先生，以及身在祖国的每一位亲人对我始终如一的关怀和思念。感谢著名摄影家阿尔特·沃尔夫（Art Wolfe），戴维·门驰（David Muench），伽林·罗威尔（Galen Rowell已故），约翰·邵（John Shaw）和查尔斯·克莱默（Charles Cramer）等及其作品对我的激励。还有Ralph Mason（已故）、Joan和Barbara Mason，William Burk及Jennifer Zheng几十年的友谊和关顾。另外向曾经热情相助的马艳杰先生，以及与我共同热爱和谈论摄影的好友黄文波、沈国红、杨敏、孙书华等致谢。