张巍

儿时的经历让张巍知道，潮流和政治可以造就英雄，也让他们过气，甚至让他们成为反派。

Mr. Zhang knows from his childhood that heroes come and go , depending on fashion and politics , and can even become villains .

母亲在剧团里唱歌、跳舞，表演中国民间故事剧目，是张巍最早的记忆之一。

In his earliest memories , Zhang Wei recalls his mother singing and dancing in a theatrical troupe , performing operatic versions of Chinese folk tales .

张巍把这个计划称为《人工剧团》，因为他认为，随着中国社会的变迁，他的同胞扮演了一系列角色，然后又丢弃了他们。

Mr. Zhang calls his project " Artificial Theater " because he sees his countrymen taking on a series of roles and discarding them as Chinese society changes .

张巍从2007年开始捕捉普通中国人的“21世纪的心态”，用简单直白的方式拍下数百人的肖像。

Mr. Zhang set out in 2007 to capture the " 21st century mind-set " of the average Chinese person and photographed hundreds of people in simple , direct portraits .

张巍说，在随后的几十年里，经济快速增长、城市化，以及零星的政治自由化大大改变了中国，以至于中国人面临着一种存在的挑战。

Rapid economic growth , urbanization and sporadic political liberalization over the following decades , Mr. Zhang said , changed the country to such an extent that the Chinese people faced an existential challenge .

他们的身份似乎总是处在转型期，张巍解释说，就好像他母亲从一个角色转化到另一个角色。“今天是一个穷光蛋，明天可能就变成了百万富翁，”他说。

Their identity seemed to be always in transition , he explained , shifting as rapidly as his mother did from one role to another . " Someone who used to be dirt poor can suddenly become a millionaire , " he said .