2009年，刘劲勋暂时撇下关于西海固的影像表达，转向甘南，那同样也是拍烂了的地方，这样的行为在我看来无异于冒险，因为他首先得与烂熟的影像和观者牢固的审美习趣做斗争，得与影像中日常里灿烂的阳光和藏区厚重而苦难的脸庞做斗争。

令人意外的是，他放弃了惯用的仪式感很强的玛米亚机器，在媒介上，首先进行了自绝，提了一款Lomo机器去了甘南。媒介就是材料，这在艺术表达上至关重要，选择媒介也就是选择态度。在关于《他方》的拍摄中，Lomo的不可调节性强迫摄影师对画面进行尊重，没有更多的选择性，从而变得更加随意和即兴。

摘自海杰《他者的“他方”》

Other Places   Liu Jingxun Photography Exhibition
Artist: Liu Jingxun
Critic: Hai Jie
Opening: 16:00 – 18:00 / 12.04.2010
Duration: 10:00 – 18:00 / 05.12.2010 – 14.1.2010
Venue:  OFOTO Gallery. 2F, Building 13, 50 Moganshan Rd, Shanghai, 200060

In 2009, Liu Jingxun temporarily turned camera from Xihaigu to Gannan, which is also a most popular subject in photograph. Liu Jinxun’s behavior is highly risky to me because first he has to fight with the most photogenic images and fixed aesthetic taste of the audience, with the bright sunlight and weather-beaten faces in Tibet.

To our surprise, he dropped Mamiya, a very complicating camera which he had consistently used. First he alienated himself in medium carrying a Lomo camera to Gannan. Medium is the material, which is vital for art expression. Choosing medium is choosing attitude. During the work of ‘Other Places’, the un-adjustability of Lomo forced the photographer to respect the images. Since there’s no more choice, the work becomes more spontaneous and free.

Extracted from Hai Jie ‘Other Places’ of the Others