你无法预测街头发生的事。
You can't predict what's gonna happen on the streets.
它能是完全不相干的事情，却能吸引我眼球。
It can be a whole host of different things that draws my eye.
它可以是不知去往何处的旅人。
It can be a really striking person walks out of nowhere.
可以是一群飞过头顶的鸽子们。
Or a pigeon or a flock of birds have been flying overhead.
你以预见某些元素，却永远无法保证。
You can predict certain elements, but you can never be 100% sure.
你只能去尽力幻想
And the best you can do really is to pray out
什么会发生在你面前的空间中。
and almost fantasize or imagine
what could happen in the space in front of you.
越靠近发生的现实就越令人兴奋。
And the closer that that happens in reality the more exciting it is.
我想这就是我们所有人追求的
that's kind of what we all chase I think -
那一刻
Those moments that kind of
总结了我们的视野，我们是如何看这世界。
sum up our vision and how we see the world.
我是Alan Schaller，我是一名摄影师。
I'm Alan Schaller and I'm a photographer.
城市是不可思议的地方。
Cities are incredible places.
就像一条有着有趣主题的传送带
It's like a conveyor belt with interesting subject matter
是拍摄的绝佳环境。
and superb environments to photograph in.
它们势不可挡。
They're hugely overwhelming.
太多事情正在发生。
There's so much going on.
当我刚开始的时候，我只是想我该如何做呢？
When I saw it I just thought
how can I gonna make anything out of this?
我发现一些方法对我有帮助
I find it helps me to limit myself
不管是使用定焦镜头
whether it's using a single focal length
或站定一个位置来拍摄正在随机发生的
or selecting a single location to cut down randomness
that you can feel
来自超级都市的混乱。
And the chaos of a big city.
四年前我第一次拿起相机
Well I first picked up a camera four years ago
但很年轻时我就富有创意。
but I've been creative from a very young age.
我在大学学习音乐，然后开始为节目和影片写音乐
I studied music at University and went into
writing music for television and films.
最终，我觉得自己需要摆脱音乐
Eventually I felt like I needed that break from music
从某种意义上说，这是我的一生，我需要一个爱好
in the sense that it was my whole life I just needed a hobby
有一个我感兴趣的女孩
And there was a girl who I was interested in
她热衷摄影
who was into photography and she was the first person
她也是第一人教我关于街头摄影的人。
who told me about street photography.
她为我示道。
She showed me the ropes.
看到街头摄影让我以另一种方式看待世界
Seeing street photography made me
look at the world in a different way
有点不可思议的事情正在发生
and it kind of clicked that there are extraordinary things
每分每秒，街头引起了我的共鸣。
happening all the time all around us.
And it resonated with me in in many ways.
我认为将摄影师分开的是图片重的想法
The thing that separates photographers
I think is is the thought that goes into the pictures.
音乐和摄影都是讲故事的艺术形式。
Music and photography are both storytelling art forms.
我认为我的BGM帮助我理解了叙事的重要
I think my background music helped me understand
the importance of narrative in photography.
我讲故事的能力已经发展成熟。
I feel like the storyteller part of my brain
was developed already.
是我摄影中叙述故事的能力成就了我的摄影。
And it's the storytelling part
that goes into my work that makes it my own.
表达和情感对我的摄影一直很重要。
The expression and emotion have always been
really important to me in in the pictures.
我的摄影，随着时间的流逝，我的照片越来越少关注人的实际感情
And my pictures over time have become
less about being able to see the person's actual expression
而是更多关于
and more about seeing them
他们存在的实际空间。
in the context of the environment they're in.
用实际空间来传达情绪而不仅用一张脸。
Using an actual space to convey a mood rather than just a face.
我想这是一种以更隐喻的方式观看城市或景观。
I guess it's a more metaphorical way of looking at a city or a scene.
我认为它传达了同样多的情感。
I still think it conveys just as much emotion.
对我来说，捕获无法复制的图像是街头摄影的本质
For me capturing an image that can't be reproduced
is kind of the essence of street photography.
你不能回头再拍
You can't go back and shoot it again
在对的时间摄影，是最令人激动的。
and to have grabbed that shot
at the right time it's hugely satisfying.
当然，总是没有得到想要的瞬间。
Of course not getting the shot you want happens all the time.
确定了场景，处于正确的地点可能仍然会错过它。
Just because identified a scene
and you've put yourself in the right place
you still might miss it.
有时只是不在对的地点
Sometimes you're just not in the right headspace
有时只是什么都没拍到。
Some days you just don't get anything.
That's okay.
对它真正的爱是将自己沉浸其中
The real love of it is immersing yourself
沉浸在所做的事，会带你离开困境。
and what you're doing and is taking you away
from whatever problems you have.
是时候把琐事放在一边，专注于那一刻。
it's just a time to put that aside
and focus on the moment.
这是关于在场的证明。
You know, it's about being present.
街头摄影最令人兴奋的事情之一就是每天醒来，
One of the most exciting things about street photography
is waking up every day
却不知道会带回来什么，这就是魔术。
and not knowing what you're going to come back with.
So that's the magic.