基本介紹
- 中文名：藍志貴
- 國籍：中國
- 出生地：四川重慶巴縣
- 出生日期：1932年
- 逝世日期：2016年6月10日
- 職業：攝影家
- 主要成就：新中國第一個攝影國際金獎獲得者
- 性別：男
個人經歷
●藍志貴，男，1932年，出生於四川重慶巴縣白寺驛附近一個村莊，少年時讀過三年私塾，父母都是標準的農民。
●1944年，在重慶白寺驛機場附近看到盟軍軍官用相機拍攝當地民俗，覺得非常神氣，進而對攝影產生強烈的興趣。
●1945年，經人介紹來到當時民國的陪都重慶最好的三家照相館之一皇宮照相館當學徒。
●1946年，由於有悟性、勤奮及對攝影技術非常鑽研，攝影技術進步很快，能掌握座機拍攝、沖膠捲、修底片、描紅及上彩等技術。作為皇宮照相館的小攝影助理參與當時民國中央會議合影的拍攝，見到了蔣介石等國民黨高官。
●1947年，為皇宮照相館上色的彩色照片在照相館的櫥窗中展出，為老闆招攬生意。
●1948年，滿徒，能單獨從事照相館中各個程式工作。
●1949年，在重慶上了半年的高級美術專科培訓班(夜校)，學習素描、色彩及畫面構成等美術知識，接觸了一些西方美術知識，看到了一些世界美術名作的出版物。在皇宮照相館拍照之餘，經常到照相館街對面的書店翻看西方藝術及攝影方面的書籍，雖然不懂英文，還是翻看了大量西方美術方面的圖書畫冊，對藍志貴影響很大。1949年底，重慶解放以後，解放軍十八軍軍長張國華到皇宮照相館照相，藍志貴向他積極要求參加中國人民解放軍。後被十八軍宣傳部攝影股林安波具體接收，於11月，光榮加入十八軍，12月與十八軍宣傳部的領導留在重慶購買去西藏的攝影器材、膠捲、顯影、定影等一些攝影用物資。
●1950年初，經過二十幾天乘車路程到達十八軍總部樂山。3月在樂山拍攝了《進軍西藏誓師大會》，後拍攝了《士兵學藏文》、《士兵搭帳篷野外生存》等圖片。由於十八軍進藏要辦報紙，十八軍送藍志貴回重慶學習印刷照相製版技術，期間，將西康省上層人士贈送給毛主席的土特產及禮品押運到重慶轉交重慶西南軍區，西南軍區轉北京交給毛主席。年底學習完後返回十八軍樂山總部。
●1951年，作為攝影員隨張國華、譚冠三大軍進軍西藏，拍攝了進軍西藏初期等各類圖片。十八軍軍部搬到西康省甘孜地區後拍攝甘孜、昌都地區民俗及解放軍進軍西藏的相關圖片。
●1952年，拍攝了進軍西藏系列圖片，與十八軍畫家林立在進軍西藏途中身背西方文藝復興時期畫冊和《世界著名美術作品集》，邊走邊拍邊看，書中大場面及油畫構圖對藍志貴影響很大。
●1953年，春夏隨西藏軍區騎兵團參加拍攝了西康阿壩草原阻擊戰和平息阿壩黑水叛亂等圖片，秋冬隨西藏軍區參觀團赴朝鮮參觀，拍攝了黃繼光零號陣地、上甘嶺戰役和坑道戰的相關圖片。同年底從朝鮮回國，回到西藏後，領到了全新的135萊卡和120祿萊福萊克斯。
●1954年，拍攝康藏公路修建，條件十分艱苦，到波密段時，每天都有築路的解放軍戰士犧牲，藍志貴經常站在水裡拍攝，得了很嚴重的關節炎。《和洪水搏鬥》修築康藏公路攝影報導發表在一九五四年十月號《人民戰士》雜誌上，此雜誌由西南軍區政治部出版。《和洪水搏鬥》是藍志貴發表的處女作。
●1955年初，用4×5座機拍攝了《拉薩全景接片》，這一圖片極其珍貴地記錄了那個時代的拉薩，拉薩平原只有很少一些房屋。《汽車開到拉薩》發表在《解放軍畫報》封面一九五五年叄月號上。《汽車開到拉薩》入選第一期全國攝影集。開始使用彩色膠捲記錄西藏，拍攝了中國當代攝影史上第一批彩色照片，其最初彩色代表作為《西藏貴夫人及服飾》、《西藏噶廈政府游龍王潭》等。
●1956年，該年是藍志貴作品豐收最多的一年，這一年拍攝的許多作品在以後的幾年中陸續出版、發表、獲獎。並能用藏語單獨進行採訪。
●1957年，攝影報導《種子》用兩個整版發表在一九五七年一月號《解放軍畫報》上。《察隅西藏高原的江南》用兩個整版發表在一九五七年三月號《解放軍畫報》上。《汽車開到拉薩》入選一九五七年《中國攝影藝術選集》。《林中》發表於一九五七年第四期《中國攝影》。
●1958年，藏曆新年"傳大召"期間拍攝了中國當代攝影第一個國際金獎《拉薩節日的歡樂》，《拉薩節日的歡樂》（《節日的歡欣》）入選第二屆全國攝影藝術展覽。1958年3月加入中國攝影學會，成為中國攝影學會最早期的會員。1958年，西藏也搞"大躍進"，用繳獲國民黨的電影攝影機拍攝了十幾分鐘的紀錄電影，用手工的方法進行顯影沖洗。《拉薩節日的歡樂》入選一九五八年《中國攝影藝術選集》。攝影報導《我們的指導員》用一個整版發表在一九五七年三月號《解放軍畫報》上。
●1959年，以隨軍記者身份拍攝了西藏平叛等珍貴歷史鏡頭，其中冒著生命危險拍攝了《叛亂分子包圍西藏工委》及一系列平叛鏡頭。平叛勝利後，拍攝了1000多張民主改革時期的西藏圖片，記錄了西藏由封建農奴制度向社會主義制度過渡的全部過程。《歡樂的節日》（拉薩節日的歡樂）發表在一九五九年第二期《中國攝影》，併入選中華人民共和國建國十周年《中國》畫冊，此畫冊最終由周恩來總理親自審訂出版。1959年10月3日《拉薩節日的歡樂》榮獲民主德國"社會主義勝利"國際攝影展金獎，此金獎為中國當代攝影史上第一個國際金獎。1959年11月12日《拉薩節日的歡樂》榮獲匈牙利布達佩斯第三屆國際攝影藝術展覽金獎。在一年之內，兩次榮獲國際金獎。《雨過天晴》發表在一九五九年第四期《中國攝影》。《梁嘎的新生》與蒙紫合作，用兩個整版發表在一九五九年七月號《解放軍畫報》。《山南的早晨》與蒙紫合作，用三個整版發表在一九五九年十月十一月合刊《解放軍畫報》上。
●1960年，與藏族婦女幹部拉宗卓瑪（何貴仙）結婚。一九六○年第一期《中國攝影》雜誌發表了攝影大師莊學本撰寫的評論文章《拉薩節日的歡樂》，評述藍志貴作品《拉薩節日的歡樂》榮獲匈牙利布達佩斯第三屆國際攝影藝術展覽金獎，同期藍志貴撰寫了文章《我怎樣創作“拉薩節日的歡樂”》。《千年的債務廢除了》發表在一九六○年第四期《中國攝影》。
●1961年，《牧女》入選個一九六一年《中國攝影藝術選集》，《則巴村紀事》用兩個整版發表在一九六一年五六月合刊《解放軍畫報》上，《換了人間》發用兩個整版發表在一九六一年六月號《解放軍畫報》上，榮獲全軍攝影專題報導一等獎。《多吉湖畔》發表在一九六一年第五期《中國攝影》。
●1962年，《牧女》發表於一九六二年第二期《中國攝影》。《野炊》發表於一九六二年第四期《中國攝影》。《在新分得的土地上》入選一九六二年第一版《中國人民解放軍攝影藝術展覽作品選集》。以隨軍記者身份完整拍攝了中印自衛反擊的多個重要戰役。作為隨軍記者深入作戰部隊出生入死戰地攝影採訪拍攝了從克節朗戰役到西山口戰役，從達旺到邦迪拉山口，縱深前進一千多里與部隊行軍作戰，拍攝了沙則戰鬥，西山口戰役，印軍王牌旅長達爾維準將被擒，米4直升機被焚等重大題材，三次與死神擦肩而過。
●1963年，拍攝的數百幅反映中印邊境自衛反擊戰的圖片已被中國人民解放軍作為軍史資料珍藏，並在北京軍事博物館展出。同年被專程邀請到北京參加全軍攝影工作會議，在會議上介紹了中印邊境戰地採訪的經驗，受到了軍委首長的接見和總政治部的嘉獎。戰地採訪中印自衛反擊戰榮立三等功。
●1965年9月1日至8日，拍攝了西藏自治區成立大會等一系列珍貴歷史鏡頭。9月19日冒著生命危險拍攝的《印軍在卓垃山口我側修築工事的罪證》，新華社1965年9月22日向全世界刊發通稿，此稿受到周恩來總理和總參的好評。《農奴――革命戰士》用兩個整版發表在一九六五年九月號《解放軍畫報》。攝影報導《抗旱》發表在一九六五年八月號《民族畫報》上。攝影報導《齊心合力奪豐收》用一個整版發表在一九六五年二月號《解放軍畫報》上。《英雄面前無險阻》入選第八屆全國攝影藝術展覽。
●1966年，文革初期拍攝了《西藏紅衛兵集會》、《批鬥西藏"牛鬼蛇神"》。1966年，獲得由中國人民解放軍西藏軍區直屬政治部頒發的三等功一次。
●1967年，由於保"周揚"文藝黑線，成為西藏軍區十四個壞分子之一，被打為半年的"反革命"，由拉薩轉移關押到十四師。半年後平反，到北京採訪拍攝毛澤東思想學習班。
●1968年，在北京的西藏軍區駐京辦事處工作，在北京參加一年毛澤東思想學習班。回西藏後拍攝了《藏式忠字舞》、《西藏人民創作〈毛主席去安源〉油畫》、《西藏自治區革命委員會成立》等一批反映西藏"文革"珍貴的歷史鏡頭。
●1970年， 1970年12月25日，藍志貴被西藏軍區派到四川成都岷江工具機電機廠作為軍代表支左，將心愛的萊卡相機和祿萊福萊克斯相機交西藏軍區宣傳部。
●1971年，作為四川成都岷江工具機電機廠軍代表負責生產，"抓革命促生產"，帶領三十幾人到上海學習柱上油開關技術。這一時期自己購買了相機，在上海拍攝了部分圖片。
●1972年，以軍代表的身份作為四川成都岷江工具機電機廠生產負責人。
●1973年，任四川溫江地區郫縣武裝部正工科科長。創辦了《民兵報》。
●1975年，作品《翻身農奴喜分土地》入選由毛澤東題寫書名的《西藏自治區畫集》。
●1978年，轉業到西南民族學院，任電化教學科副科長。
●1979年，在西南民族學院，任專職工會副主席。
●1980年，作西南民族學院工會民眾工作。在西南民族學院期間拍攝了民族學院各民族大學生的生活系列圖片。
●1981年，在西南民族學院建院三十周年之際，舉辦了藍志貴西藏民俗攝影展。國家民委民族研究所收藏了數十幅圖片，並在國家民委主辦的相關雜誌發表。國家民委專家稱藍志貴是西藏斷層文化的參與者和記錄者。多幅作品入選外文出版社出版的《變革中的西藏》。1981年英文版《TIBET NO LONGER MEDIAEVAL》。
●1982年，調四川人民出版社工作，任《旅遊天府》、《西南旅遊》雜誌社任攝影記者、攝影編輯等工作。拍攝大量的旅遊圖片。
●1985年，榮獲西藏自治區人民政府頒發的"和平解放西藏、建設西藏、鞏固邊防作出貢獻榮譽證書"
●1986年，十餘幅作品入選《戰鬥在世界屋脊》大型畫冊，長城出版社1986年10月第一版。
●1987年，被四川人民出版社聘任為副編審。
●1989年，《拉薩節日的歡樂》榮獲由中國攝影家協會在北京舉辦的《四十年攝影藝術展覽》優秀作品獎，榮獲金杯一座。《拉薩節日的歡樂》入選《49’-89’中國攝影藝術作品選》大型畫冊。
●1990年，《雲南納帕湖風光》榮獲中國台灣中華攝影學會影賽金牌獎。加入中國台灣中華攝影學會。拍攝、編輯的大型畫冊《長江三峽》四川人民出版社用漢、英、日文出版，入選作品數十幅。
●1991年，西藏和平解放四十周年之際，西藏文聯，西藏攝影家協會舉辦了袁克忠、林安波、藍志貴、陳珺、陳宗烈西藏老攝影工作者影展，藍志貴入選作品最多。此影展受到了自治區領導和市民的高度評價。藍志貴親赴拉薩參加了開幕式，並在西藏進行了攝影創作。
●1993年，從四川人民出版社退休，將尼康F3相機交還出版社，自己購買了尼康FM2相機，出版社退休前拍攝、編輯、出版了60多期《西南旅遊》雜誌，《西南旅遊》雜誌多次被評為全國優秀期刊。在《西南旅遊》雜誌發表圖片數百張。
●1994年，1950年～1994年期間發表了兩千多張圖片，各類攝影報導數百篇。此外，1978年轉業後還拍攝了大量的西南地區民俗黑白圖片。
●1995年，將自己的尼康FM2相機封存，不再拍攝任何圖片。
●1996年至今，股民。
●2007年12月開始，在國際一流美術館和畫廊的策劃下，精選部分作品，用銀鹽紙基紙，收藏級工藝編號精放了部分作品，並在作品上籤名。藍志貴黑白作品一律選用暗房精放，銀鹽紙基紙工藝，藍志貴拒絕在一切通過電子檔案輸出的黑白圖片上籤字。藍志貴同意在部分用數碼形式輸出的早期彩色原作上籤字，與監製人的簽名一同構成編號限量原作。
●2008年3月，在博物館和作品代理人近一年的勸說下，藍志貴同意與助手一起親自製作部分紙基相紙照片。2008年《中國攝影家》第四期用37個版面介紹攝影家藍志貴。2008年戰地攝影作品《戰火中追殲入侵者》、《戰區山高缺氧 戰士艱難行軍》入選中國攝影出版社出版的《攝影中國――中國攝影50年》大型圖書。
●2009年3月號第二期《西藏人文地理》用20個版面刊登了黃建鵬專欄發表的文章《藍志貴 20世紀50年代至70年代西藏攝影的代表人物》。
●2009年3月21日至3月31日，“見證西藏民主改革——藍志貴西藏1950-1970攝影作品展”在中國美術館展出後，反響強烈，截至2009年4月15日，展覽先後吸引中外一百多家一線媒體爭相採訪報導。包括美聯社、路透社、法新社在內的多家外國駐華記者採訪報導了此次展覽。中央電視台晚間新聞、中央電視台三套《綜藝快報》、鳳凰衛視等多家電視媒體作了報導。中央電視台《焦點訪談》、中央電視台一套《走向陽光—慶祝西藏百萬農奴解放50周年文藝晚會》均播出展覽信息、選用藍志貴展覽圖片。新華社、中新社、人民日報、中國青年報、光明日報、解放軍報、文藝報、經濟日報、中國攝影報、人民政協報、中國文化報、中國藝術報、北京晚報、北京晨報、新民晚報、新京報、三聯生活周刊等國內一線媒體均大篇幅報導了此次展覽。新民晚報、中國日報、北京日報、青年參考、中國民族報等使用整版介紹了此次展覽及攝影家藍志貴。中國西藏信息中心、中國西藏網等多家網站做了專題網頁，宣傳報導在中國美術館的展覽及攝影家藍志貴。此次展覽為黃建鵬策展，黑白作品全部全用銀鹽紙基，博物館收藏級工藝製作，均為藍志貴簽字限量編號原作的第一張。
●十幅以布達拉宮為背景的系列作品《布達拉的見證》將在2009年5月18日—7月19日廣東美術館舉辦的“第三屆廣州國際攝影雙年展2009”展出。
●2010年5月10日-20日，在南京博物院舉辦了“回眸經典——中國攝影大師藍志貴、莊學本藏族攝影作品精品展，”黃建鵬策展。此次展覽的黑白作品全部全用銀鹽紙基，博物館收藏級工藝製作，均為藍志貴簽字限量編號原作的第八張。
●2010年9月，《西藏經典影像的創作者：攝影大師藍志貴》（作者：白萍）發表在文化部主管的國家級核心期刊《中華文化畫報》“大家”欄目。
●2012年11月26日20：00，西藏衛視黃金時段播出了半小時對攝影大師藍志貴專訪(27日07:40和13:40西藏衛視復播)，這輯專訪中，藍志貴講述了他在西藏二十年間創作代表作品時背後的故事。
●2013年5月，由鄧啟耀著，《我看與他觀——在鏡像自我與他性間探問》清華大學出版社出版，收錄了藍志貴數十幅攝影作品，並對作品進行了論述。
●2013年8月，由顧錚、林路主編的《中國攝影大系·理論卷》上海文藝出版有限公司出版，收錄了陳衛星撰寫的評論文章《從視覺政治到視覺文化：關於藍志貴的西藏攝影》。
●2013年8月9日，雅昌藝術網發表了《用現代化的理論詮釋藍志貴和他的西藏攝影作品》的論文（作者：南京大學歷史學系世界史專業研究生邱振裕）。
●2014年10月14日，新浪《記憶圖刊》發表了馬俊岩撰寫的文章《1950—1970：老攝影師鏡頭裡的西藏二十年》，並選用了30幅圖片較為全面的反映了藍志貴從進軍西藏、康藏公路建設、西藏平叛、民主改革、西藏自治區成立直至西藏文革二十年，西藏波瀾壯闊的歷史畫面和部分重要代表作品。
●2016年6月10日，在成都去世，享年84歲。
●2016年7月7日，《光明日報》名家·光明人物欄目用整版刊出光明日報記者李曉東撰寫的紀念文章《藍志貴：忠於歷史的瞬間》。
●2016年第7期《人民畫報》大家欄目用6個版面刊出中國攝影史研究者黃建鵬撰寫的文章《藍志貴和他的西藏往事》。
●2017年7月11日，新浪《記憶圖刊》發表了黃建鵬撰寫的文章《1962中印邊境自衛反擊戰紀實》，選用了藍志貴24幅中印自衛反擊戰戰地攝影作品，這些戰地作品首次公開發表。此篇文章在中印軍隊對峙的情況下，有很高的點擊量。
●2017年11月25日至2018年1月3日，於廈門舉行的第三屆集美·阿爾勒國際攝影季，“藏家故事”版塊展出“緣—黃建鵬藏攝影大師郎靜山、薛子江、藍志貴作品展”。
●2018年4月23日至5月3日，“黃建鵬藏攝影大師藍志貴西藏經典作品展”在南京師範大學美術館展出，江蘇省攝影家協會、江蘇省高校攝影學會、南京師範大學美術學院聯合主辦，策展人朱毅。
●2019年3月29日至5月1日，“慶祝中華人民共和國成立70周年、紀念西藏民主改革60周年、綻放的雪蓮——藍志貴個人攝影作品展”在西藏拉薩市布達拉宮珍寶館展出。此展展出104幅作品，是藍志貴先生最大規模的個人攝影作品展覽。此次展覽的策展人為黃建鵬。
A Profile of Lan Zhigui
● In 1932, Mr. Lan Zhigui was born in a small village near Baisi Post of Ba County, Chongqing. He finished his education in an old-style private school for three years. His parents are farmers.
● In 1944, he was interested in photograph when he watched the allied officers took photos for the folklores of Baisi Post Airport.
● In 1945, he was introduced and became an apprentice in the Royal Photo Shop, one of the best three photo galleries in Chongqing.
● In 1946, he became a skilled worker in the shop because of his smart and diligence. As a little assistant of the Royal Photo Shop, he participated in group photograph, especially for the Conference of the central government of the Republic of China. He even accompanied his tutor to shoot images for Chiang Kai-shek and the other KMT officials.
● In 1947, his works, a chromotype showed in the shop’s window as its ad.
● In 1948, he finished his apprentice semester and could independently work on photographing, developing film and other various techniques.
● In 1949, in order to improve the competitiveness of the Shop, the boss sent Lan Zhigui to a senior training class in art (evening school) for half a year, then he benefited from the knowledge including Chinese and western art with regard to sketching, color, and picture design. In addition, he often used his spare time to read books about western art and photograph at the bookstore in front of the Royal Photo Shop. Although he could not understand English, he enjoyed those wonderful pictures. All these laid down a favorable foundation for his late personal development in photograph. In the end of this year, Chongqing was liberated. Mr. Zhang Guohua, the commander of No.18 Corps of the Southwest Army Force of the PLA, paid a visit to the Royal Photo Shop to have a picture taken. On hearing he was the commander, Lan Zhigui asked to join in the army. In November, he was recruited in the Photo Unit of Propaganda Department of No. 18 Corps of the PLA by Lin Anbo. In December, he and his leader purchased a lot of photographic equipments, such as cameras, films, developing and fixing materials for the photo unit.
● Early in 1950, after more than twenty days journey by car, Lan Zhigui got to the headquarters of No.18 Corps of the PLA in Leshan of Sichuan. In March, he photographed No. 18 Corps of the PLA Rally for March into Tibet, PLA Soldiers Studying Tibetan, PLA Soldiers Putting up Tents and other photos. Because No. 18 Corps of the PLA was going to publish newspaper, Lan Zhigui was sent back to Chongqing to study photoengraving and printing technique. He escorted the native gifts from the upper class of Xikang Province for Chairman Mao Zedong to the Southwest Military Region in Chongqing by the way. At the end of this year, he finished the training course and returned to headquarter of No. 18 Corps of the PLA in Leshan.
● In 1951, as a photographer, he followed General Zhang Guohua and Tan Guangsan’s army, marched to Tibet and shot a lot of pictures on this trip. After No. 18 Corps of the PLA moved headquarter to Ganzi area of Xikang, he shot folklore of Ganzi and Chamdu and recorded the PLA marching into Tibet in his camera.
● In 1952, he photo a series of pictures about PLA marching into Tibet. He and Lin Li, a painter, carried renaissance albums and collections of world famous art, and read them on the way. Lan Zhigui benefited a lot from the great scenes and compositions of oil paintings.
● In spring and summer of 1953, Lan Zhigui followed the Cavalry Regiment of Tibet Military Region and recorded the blocking action in Aba Grassland and the appeasing of Heshui rebellion in Aba of Xikang. In fall and winter of 1953, he visited North Korea as a member of the Sightseeing Group of Tibet Military Region and shot the Zero Position of Huang Jiguang, the Shangganlin Battle, the Trench Warfare and so on. After he returned Tibet from North Korea, he received a newly Leica 135 and a Rolleiflex 120.
● In 1954, he shot the building of Kham-Tibet Road. When the highway was built to Pome County, there were PLA soldiers sacrificed for it everyday. Lan Zhigui was touched deeply and often shot them in the water, then got serious arthritis. His Fighting with Flood published in the Oct. 1954 of People’s Warrior magazine, which published by the Political Department of the Southwest Military Region. Fighting with Flood is Lan Zhigui’s first work to be delivered in public.
● In early 1955, he shot Panorama of Lhasa (splicing), which recorded Lhasa at that time, and then there were few houses in the Lhasa Plain. Trucks for the First Time Come to Lhasa published on the cover of the March issue, 1955 of PLA Pictorial. It was also selected into the first Collections of National Photograph. From then, he began to shoot Tibet using color films and finished the first series of photo in the contemporary photograph history of new China. His first representative works were Tibetan Noblewomen and Their Costumes, and The Sagadawa Festival, Officials of Tibet Local Government Playing in Dragon King Lake and so on.
● In 1956, it was a bumper year for Mr. Lan Zhigui. Many of his works taken in this year had been published and won awards later. Further more, from this year, he could interview with Tibetan by himself.
● In 1957, Lan Zhigui Photographic Exhibition of Minorities in Zayul was taken in Publicity Department of Politic Department of Tibet Military Region. His Seeds was published in the first issue of PLA Pictorial in 1957 with two full-page. Zayul, South Regions of the Yangtze River in the Tibet Plateau published in the March issue of PLA Pictorial in 1957 with two full-page. Trucks in the First Time Come to Lhasa was selected in the national photograph exhibition held by People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Pictorial, PLA Pictorial and the Chinese Artists' Association, and it was also selected in Selected Collections of China Photographic Art in this year. In the Forest published in the fourth issue of Chinese Photography in 1957.
● In 1958, Mr. Lan joined the China Society of Photography and became an earliest member of the Society. He took The Happy Festival of Lhasa in the Tibetan Grand Summons Ceremony of Tibetan New Year, which is the first international gold award in modern China’s photographic history. In this year, Tibet was also engaged in “Great Leap Forward”. Mr. Lan shot a ten minutes documentary film with a video camera captured from KMT and developed it by himself. The Happy Festival of Lhasa was selected into the Second National Photograph Exhibition and chosen in Selected Collections of China Photographic Art in 1958. His Our Instructor was published in the March issue of PLA Pictorial in 1958.
● In 1959, as a military photographic correspondent, Mr. Lan took a series of rare historic photo about PLA appeasing the Tibet Rebellion, including Rioters Surrounded the Tibet Work Committee. After the rebellion was appeased, Mr. Lan shot more than one thousand photos about the democratic reform in Tibet and recorded the whole process in which Tibet transited from the feudal serf system to the socialist one. The Happy Festival of Lhasa was published in the second issue of Chinese Photography in 1959 and selected in the China, a picture album which was examined and revised by Premier Zhou Enlai personally to celebrate the founding of PRC. Dawn of Lhasa published in the fifth issue of Popular Photography in 1959.On Oct. 3, 1959, his image The Happy Festival of Lhasa won the “socialism victory gold award” in Democratic Germany, which is the first international gold award in modern China photographic history. On Nov. 12th, 1959, this photo was also crowned with the gold award in the third international photographic art exhibition in Budapest, Hungary. This was the first time a photographer of China won the international award in those days. Sunny after Rain published in the fourth issue of Chinese Photography in 1959. Rebirth of Langar, which he and Mengzi cooperated to shoot, was published in the July issue of PLA Pictorial in 1959 with two full-page. Morning of Lhoka, also he and Mengzi cooperated to shoot, published in the Oct. and Nov. combined issue of PLA Pictorial in 1959 with three full-page.
● In 1960, Mr. Lan married with a Tibetan woman cadres named Lhazom Drolma (also named He Guixian, a Tibetan from Dechen of Yunnan). Millennium’s Debt Was Abolished published in the fourth issue of Chinese Photography in 1960.
● In 1961, Mr. Lan’s image A Woman Shepherd was selected into the Fifth National Photograph Exhibition and in Selected Collections of China Photographic Art; Tsepa Village’s Story published in the combined issue of May and June of PLA Pictorial in 1961 with two full-page; The World Changed published in the June issue of PLA Pictorial in 1961 with two full-page and won the first prize of photographic topics in the whole army. At the River of Dorje Lake published in the fifth issue of Chinese Photography in 1961.
●In 1962, A Woman Shepherd published in the second issue of Chinese Photography; Picnic in the fourth issue; and On the Newly Distributed Land was selected in Selected Collections of PLA Photographic Art Exhibition. In this year, Mr. Lan entirely recorded a number of important battles of India-China border war as a military photographic correspondent, such as the Xishan Mountain mouth campaign, M4 Helicopter being burned and so on. There were three times that He almost sacrificed himself.
● In 1963, hundreds of his images about the India-China border war were preserved as the military history of PLA and dozens of these pieces were exhibited in the Military Museum in Beijing. Meanwhile, he was invited to Beijing to join the Military Photography Conference. He introduced his field interview stories in the border war, met by the head of the Central Military Commission and granted a third class award by the General Political Department during the conference.
● From Sep. 1 to 8, 1965, he photographed the founding meeting of the Tibet Autonomous Region and a series of rare historic images. On Sep. 19, he risked his life to take The Indian Soldiers Built Fortifications in the Zhola Mountain Mouth Which Is in Our Territory which was published to the world by the Xinhua News Agency on Sep. 22, 1965. His Serf & Revolutionary Fighter published in the Sep. issue of PLA Pictorial in 1965 with two full-page. His Fighting against Drought published the Aug. issue of National Pictorial, and All for a Bumper Harvest in the Feb. issue of PLA Pictorial in 1965.
● In 1966, during the early period of the Cultural Revolution of Tibet, he took Tibetan Red Guards Assembly, Criticizing the Evils in Tibet and so on. He was granted a third class award by the Political Department of Tibet Military Region of PLA.
● In 1967, he became one of the fourteen evildoers in Tibet Military Region because of his insisting on the Zhou Yang’s Black literature and art thoughts and sentenced into a counterrevolution, put into prison of No. 14 Corps of PLA from Lhasa. Half a year’s later, he was redressed and went to Beijing to interview and photograph the training class of Mao Zedong Thought.
● In 1968, he worked in the Beijing office of Tibet Military Region, attended the study sessions of Mao Zedong Thought. After he came back to Tibet, he shot Tibetan Word Loyalty Dance, Tibetan People Created the Oil Painting “Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan”, and The Founding of the Revolutionary Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region and other images about the Cultural Revolution in Tibet.
● On Dec. 25, 1970, Lan Zhigui was sent to the Minjiang Machine Motor Factory in Chengdu of Sichuan as a Military Representative by the Tibet Military Region, then he had to hand over his beloved Leica and Rolleiflex cameras to the Political Department of Tibet Military Region. From July of 1951 to Dec. of 1970, Mr. Lan Zhigui took pictures of PLA marching into Tibet, building of Kham-Tibet highway, “Great Leap Forward” in Tibet, appeasing the Tibet rebellion, democratic reform, the India-China border war, founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, “Cultural Revolution” in Tibet, and so on. He recorded almost every important historic event in Tibet in those years.
● In 1971, Mr. Lan, as a Military Representative, was charged in production of Minjiang Machine Motor Factory. For “grasping revolution and promoting production”, he led more than thirty people to Shanghai to study. He bought a 120 camera by himself and took some pictures in Shanghai.
● In 1972, he became the person responsible of the Minjiang Machine Motor Factory’s production as a Military Representative.
● In 1973, he was appointed the section chief of Political work section of armed forces department of Pi County, Wenjiang Prefecture of Sichuan. He founded Militia Newspaper.
● In 1975, his works were selected into the first major album Printings of Tibet Autonomous Region dedicated by Chairman Mao Zedong.
● In 1978, he transferred from military service to the Southwest College for Nationalities and appointed deputy section chief of its visual education section.
● In 1979, he was appointed as the full-time vice chairman of the union of the college.
● In 1980, he transferred to do the mass work in the union of the college. During these times, he took a lot of pictures about students’ lives.
● In 1981, the college held Tibetan Folk Photographic Exhibition by Lan Zhigui so as to celebrate its thirty anniversary of founding. Mr. Lan’s dozens of pictures enshrined by the National Institute of State Ethnic Affairs Commission and published in the relevant magazines sponsored by the commission. Experts said that Lan Zhigui was the participator and recorder of Tibetan discontinuity culture. Many of His works selected in Tibet in Transforming and Tibet No Longer Mediaeval and published by the Foreign Languages Press.
● In 1982, he was transferred to People’s Publishing House of Sichuan as for the photographer and photographic editor of Travel in Tianfu, Tourism in Southwest Region. He took a lot of pictures.
● In 1985, he won “the honor certification for peacefully librating Tibet, building Tibet and contribution for the border stability of Country” issued by the government of Tibet Autonomous Region.
● In 1986, dozens of his works selected into the major photo album of Fighting in the Roof of the World and published by the Great Wall Publishing House in Oct. of 1986.
● In 1987, he was appointed to Deputy Professor by the People’s Publishing House of Sichuan.
● In 1989, his work, The Happy Festival of Lhasa got the “Excellent Award” and a Golden Cup in the Exhibition of Photography Art from 1949 to 1989 held by the China Association of Photographer, and published in the Selected Works of Chinese Photography Art from 1949 to 1989.
● In 1990, Lan’s image Scenery of the Napa Lake in Yunnan won the golden award by the Chinese Photographic Society of Taiwan, China. He became a member of the Chinese Photographic Society of Taiwan, China. The Three Gorges of Yangtze River, shot and edited by Mr. Lan, published in Chinese, English and Japanese edition.
● In 1991, to celebrate the peaceful liberation of Tibet for forty years, Tibet Association of Literature and Art Circles and Tibet Association of Photographers held the Photographic Exhibition of Yuan Kezhong, Lin Anbo, Lan Zhigui, Chen Jun and Chen Zonglie, and was spoken highly of the regional leaders and the public. Lan Zhigui went to Lhasa and attended the opening ceremony, and took some pictures.
● In 1993, he retired from the People’s Publishing House of Sichuan and handed over the Nikon FM3 to the house, and bought a Nikon FM2.
● From 1950 to 1994, he published more than two thousands of pictures and hundreds of photo reportages. Since 1978, he took lots of black & white pictures of folks of southwest region.
● In 1995, he locked his Nikon FM2 and halted his photographic career.
● Since 1996, he had just been doing stock business.
● Since Dec. of 2007, Mr. Lan, organizing by some international museums and galleries, agreed to select some of his negatives to magnify on silver-based papers, and signed in these works. He insisted that there would not be even one of his monochrome works kept by museums and collectors in digital form. What museums and collectors keep will only be his substantial photos. For his early chromotypes, he agreed parts of them to be output in digital form, and only sign by him and the executive producer, these together constitute the No. of the original.
● In March of 2008, Mr. Lan Zhigui agreed to produce parts of his negatives with his assistant. In the fourth issue of China Photographer in 2008, it introduced Lan Zhigui, the Photographer, in thirty seven pages. His works, Wiping out the invaders, High Mountain and Lack of Oxygen in the War Zone and Soldiers Marching on difficultly, was chosen into the major photo album Photography in China in 50 Years.
● In the second issue of Tibet Geographic, it published an article Lan Zhigui, An Outstanding Photographer of Tibet during the 1950s-1970s by Huang Jianpeng.
● From March 21-31, 2009, Lan Zhigui’s images were exhibited in the China Artistic Museum, entitled Eyewitness of the Democratic Reform of Tibet — Lan Zhigui’s Photographic Exhibition from 1950-1970, and the exhibition attracted massive numbers of photographic fans from both home and abroad, more than 100 Chinese and foreign media, such as CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, People Daily, China Youth Daily, Guangming Daily, Phoenix Satellite TV, AP, Reuters, AFP, and so on, interviewed and reported Mr. Lan and his works’ exhibition.
● China Artistic Museum magazine in its third issue (Vol. 51) published Huang Jianpeng’s Lan Zhigui, An Outstanding Photographer of Tibet during the 1950s-1970s.
● From May 18 to July 19, 2009, his series works entitled Eyewitness of the Potala Palace were exhibited in the Guangdong Museum.
● From August 15-22, 2009, Chen Zonglie and Lan Zhigui Photography on the Serfs Were liberated on the Potala Palace Square, Lhasa of Tibet.
● In Sep. 2009, 41 works of Lan Zhigui from 1950-1970 were taken on Across Time and Space, Past Images of Tibet and published by the China Association of Photographer.
● On Oct.9, 2009, Chinese Photography Newspaper did a special column named Images, My 1949 to celebrate the 60 anniversary of the PRC, and published Lan Zhigui, a 17-year-old boy Standing in the Turning Point in His Life in its third page. This column totally reported 19 photographers.
● From May 10 to 20, 2010, Reviewing the Masterworks: a Selection of Ethnic Tibetan Related Photographic Artworks by Master Photographers Lan Zhigui and Zhuang Xueben was exhibited in Nanjing Museum. The curator is Huang Jianpeng. In this exhibition, all the old black and white photographs were developed and magnified on silver-based papers. Mr. Lan Zhigui’s works are the limited originals signed by himself.
