When the sun reaches the river,
sometimes it heats it up,
drying out the same river
which floods the villages.
We cannot make the sun shine less,
but we can make it hurt us less.
Why do we not help ourselves?
I met a man, and he said
“We can benefit for a day, but we lose a lifetime to live.”
When the sacred sun reaches the sacred river,
we will know we are not in control.

以上詩節啟發了《When the sun reaches the river》，一個獻給格巴羅密村部族群的拍攝計劃。這個原有百多部族家庭的村落，因興建桑河下游二號水壩而被摧毀淹沒。部份村民族人搬離故土，有的拒絕迫遷。現居於森林中的留守族人，仍在抵制桑河水壩生產的電力。即使沒能扭轉氣候變化的惡果，仍可靠人為努力減少其傷害。

關於 香港國際攝影節2023
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