摄影师镜头下的野生羚羊

江苏 余晓静

约翰·多米尼斯拍摄的非洲羚羊照片非常出色，这为他赢得了“年度杂志摄影师”的荣誉。

主题语境：人与自然 篇幅：321词 建议用时：6分钟

1The photographers on LIFE magazine's staff did it all, taking on assignments wide and varied without a blink of the eye.John Dominis was no exception. He joined LIFE as a staff photographer in 1950 and would go on to shoot some of the biggest stars of the era, Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra and Robert Redford, to name a few. He also shot one of the most iconic (象征性的) images of the 20th century: Tommie Smith and John Carlos giving the black power saluted at the Olympics in Mexico.

2Here, LIFE looks back at one of his lesser-known shoots—African Antelope,which was a cover story that earned him Magazine Photographer of the Year in 1966 and later became a book. In the editor's note that accompanies the story, Dominis described how he was able to get the dramatic photo without a telephoto lens (镜头).

3“I wanted to get low-angle shots that gave a dramatic sense of their speed. I built boxes and mounted cameras inside of them,” Dominis explained. “John and I worked for three weeks with them. We'd go a mile ahead of a herd and put down the boxes and hide them. Then we'd hide a quarter of a mile away and wait maybe for several hours. Meanwhile, the light might change and there was no way I could change the exposure on the cameras. If the animal reached the boxes, I pushed the button that set off the cameras by a radio signal and ran off a whole roll of film. I must have exposed 40 rolls, but ended up with only one really good photo.”

4The Briscoe Center recently acquired John Dominis' works. “These pictures and collections have something to say about how Americans perceive the outside world,” said Ben Wright of the Briscoe Center. “They are not only beautiful and interesting, but also they're historical evidence that helps historians to understand the past with accuracy and integrity (完好).”

Reading Check

Language Study

Ⅰ. Discover the useful structure in the text which引导非限制性定语从句

Here, LIFE looks back at one of his lesser-known shoots—African Antelope, which was a cover story that earned him Magazine Photographer of the Year in 1966 and later became a book. 在这里，《生活》回顾了他鲜为人知的拍摄作品——《非洲羚羊》，这是一个封面故事，在1966年，为他赢得了“年度杂志摄影师”的荣誉，后来成了一本书。

Ⅱ. Memorize some theme-centered chunks

take on 承担；接受

a blink of the eye 一眨眼

no exception 无一例外

look back at 回顾

set off 动身；出发；启程

run off 溢出；举行；复印