2001年,我受“幸福工程”全国组委会委派,只身前往中国西部,就中国贫困地区的一个特殊社会群体——贫困母亲接受“幸福工程”救助情况和生存现状进行采访。历经一年,从白雪皑皑的高原到奔腾咆哮的江河,从荆棘密布的丛林到荒凉无际的大川,我的足迹遍布中国西部9个省市,走访了34个贫困县85个乡镇106个村寨,采访了301位贫困母亲。我以一个摄影记者的亲历,见证了中国西部贫困母亲的生存状态。 In 2001, I was appointed by the National Organizing Committee of “Happy Project” and went to western China alone to interview the poor mother receiving the project of “Happy Project” and a living status quo from a special social group in poverty-stricken areas in China. After a year, from the snow-capped plateau to the galloping rivers, from the thorny jungle to the desolate Okawa, I have traveled to nine provinces and cities in western China and visited 106 villages and 85 villages and towns in 34 poor counties. Interviewed 301 poor mothers. As a photojournalist, I witnessed the survival of the poor mother in western China.