Tung Ching-Lan Always on Road to Photography　董青藍 攝影路上始終如一

　"I grew up with your photos!"

　Tung Ching-lan, who has just retired as head of the Taiwan Daily News' photography department, is usually made this remark by his readers. Tung is no stranger to most Kaohsiung residents. He had shot nearly 800,000 photos since 1961 when he started to work for the newspaper. All the photos, some as old as 40 years, are carefully preserved. As time went by, they have come to serve as precious records of life in the past.

Records of life in Kaohsiung

　Tung had witnessed many impressive events in Kaohsiung. A photo of Ta Tung Elementary School's sports event happened to record life in Taiwan dated back to decades ago when most people were not able to afford to wear shoes. 20 years ago, Tung's photos depicting a child with rare Rh-blood type in urgent need of blood transfusion received wide attention. Finally, the child was saved by someone donating his blood of the same type after this report. Another event was about a dancing girl abducting a child. With joint efforts of media and the police, the lady finally agreed to return the child. Once, Tung risked his life covering the protest staged at a refinery of Chinese Petroleum when a stone hit his eye and blood streamed down his face. However, he insisted on seeking medical help until he got the job done.

His joy & his achievement

　Tung develops negatives by himself because each photo is special to him. Sometimes he would work for 1 to 2 hours just to get a nice shot. Over the past 40 years, he had turned down many promotion offers, for he could only gain joy and the sense of achievement from shooting pictures.

Preservation of Kaohsiungs's memories

　With the privatization of Taiwan Daily News, Kaohsiung Information Department is set to coordinate with Government Information Office and National History Museum hoping that Tung's photos can be housed in the museum to preserve the history of Kaohsiung City.

　　「我從小就看你的新聞照片長大的！」

　　「最近有拍什麼好照片？」

　　這是甫自台灣新聞報社攝影課長退休的董青藍，最常被讀者問及的問題，大部分的高雄人都會知道這位攝影記者圈的老前輩，到目前為止，他還未被考倒過什麼照片是沒有的。

　　中國人有句古諺：魚與熊掌不可兼得，不過這句話卻不適用在董師傅身上。打從民國50年就進入新聞報擔任攝影記者的他，可說是工作、與趣與娛樂都幸運地結合在一起。至今所拍攝的近80萬張照片，舉凡政治、社會警政、風景、空照、人物、活動等各項新聞照片，董師傅均一一用保存袋保存著，即使40年前的照片一樣保存得很完整。

無心插柳，見證當年生活

　　40年前高雄市三大景點是愛河、春秋閣與西子灣，其中愛河與春秋閣又是民眾較常去的休憩點，因此除了一般的新聞照片外，董師傅有許多照片都是紀錄著這兩大風景名勝與民眾活動景況。他說，其實回頭想想，他的許多照片都是無意間保留的，以大東國小赤腳的運動會照片為例，當年大家沒鞋穿是常態，不過原本是要紀念運動會的照片，在現今卻成了當年人民生活情況的最佳見證。

　　在擔任攝影記者的40年間，董師傅拍過的新聞照片不知凡幾，有的照片是出生入死才拍得的，有的照片還造福了病人。他印象中最深刻的，是20年前有一位來自東港的小朋友極需要RH陰性血型，他前往醫院拍攝了一系列小朋友等待民眾捐血心情的照片，在大幅報導後引起社會的關注，最後有民眾出面輸血救了這位小朋友。還有一次，有一個小孩被舞小姐偷偷抱走想要自己撫養，整個事件經過媒體和警方合作、跟蹤，最後並說服她把小孩子還給小孩的父母。「攝影擺第一」的董師傅有時為了採訪還得冒著生命危險，一次前往大林蒲中油廠民眾抗議活動現場，就遭石塊打傷眼睛下方，當場血流不斷，但堅持工作第一的他固執等到攝影工作完成後才就醫。

熱愛攝影，升官擺第二

　　董師傅除了拍照外，還自己動手沖洗照片，這是因為他對每一張照片都有很深厚的感情，甚至為求一張好照片花上一、兩個鐘頭也在所不惜！而他對攝影的熱愛與堅持也始終如一。他表示，在新聞報工作了40年，好幾次報社想調整他的職位，都被他婉拒，甚至曾有長官認為沒升他很對不起他，不過，愛好攝影始終如一的董師傅則向長官說，當了這麼久的記者，說不想升官其實是騙人的，但他認為自己真正有興趣有成就感的、是每天揹著攝影包包去拍照，因為攝影是他的工作，也是他的娛樂。

珍貴記憶，國史館典藏

　　為高雄留下了許多珍貴記憶的董師傅，曾舉辦過四場與高雄市有關的攝影展「高雄市的昨日今日明日」。隨著台灣新聞報的民營化，新聞處為了保存高雄的歷史，和新聞局、國史館協調，未來董師傅的照片交給國史館，利用館內的數位設備和豐富資源，為高雄市的記憶做一完善的保存記錄。