【新唐人北京時間2020年05月26日訊】一位畢業於常青藤名校的美國人,第一次來中國時就被東方這個神祕而古老的國度吸引住了,他之後,二十多年間三次前往中國,拍攝了5000幅左右的黑白照片,爲中國清末、民國時期留下了珍貴的影像檔案和歷史記錄。
西德尼·戴維·甘博(Sidney D. Gamble,1890-1968)出生在美國的俄亥俄州,其祖父詹姆斯·甘博(James Gamble,1803-1891)是寶潔公司的創始人之一。1908年,少年甘博與父母旅行時第一次來到杭州旅行,就喜歡上了這個有著深厚文化底蘊的國度,隨後他又分別在1917—1919年、1924年—1927年以及1931年—1932年尋訪中國。他用鏡頭記錄了中國各地社會風俗、不同階層老百姓日常生活的方方面面。
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1984年,甘博去世十五年以後,他的女兒凱瑟琳·科倫夫人,機緣巧合在家裡的閣樓裡發現了這些保存完整的照片。被重新發現的甘博的這些照片只有底片,存放在漂亮的紫檀木箱子裡。底片是那種高度易燃的硝酸膠片。科倫夫人僱傭了一名專業的檔案管理員將這些底片從箱子裡取出,裝進專門的檔案袋裡,並將甘博手寫的有關每幅照片的信息,打印整齊貼在每個檔案袋上。1989年,這些相片首次在北美19個城市及中國13個城市巡迴展出。目前杜克大學圖書館永久保存著這些相片的底片,並對公衆開放。
甘博曾以自願者的身分,先後任北京基督教青年會和中國平民教育運動的社會調查幹事,並就職燕京大學基金會。 甘博在1921年出版的《北京的社會調查》和1926出版的《二十五年來北京之物價工資及生活程度》等,最早用社會調查的方法對北京社會生活各方面進行了梳理,至今仍然是研究那個時期北京社會的重要參考資料。
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(轉自《希望之聲》/責任編輯:王彥)