AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK作品导读
A result is the part of an athlete’s story that is easiest to repeat. In this piece about fighter Yan Xiaonan, I am interested in how much of a person disappears when a conversation ends with the latest win or loss.
In my comment accompanying the video, I asked what it would mean to cheer for the athletes who finish second, tenth, or hundredth. That question guides the way I approach women’s sporting stories. I want to give attention to the work, decisions, and persistence that make a sporting life, including the experiences that do not end with a medal.
For my proposed Dartmouth project, this becomes a starting point for portraiture: spending time with women in training and asking what keeps them returning.
比赛结果往往是一个运动员最容易被复述的部分。在这支关于闫晓楠的视频里，我关心的是：当讨论止于最近的一场输赢，我们还遗漏了这个人的多少经历？
在视频下的留言里，我问过：能不能也为第 2 名、第 10 名、第 100 名欢呼？这个问题影响着我讲述女性运动故事的方式。我想把注意力放在构成运动生活的努力、选择和坚持上，也包括那些没有以奖牌收尾的经历。
对于拟在 Dartmouth 开展的项目，这也是人物摄影的起点：走进女性的训练日常，听她们讲为什么一次又一次地回来。
This introduction is an editorial adaptation of the selected post caption and creator comments. It is not a full transcript of the video.本篇导读依据所选笔记文案与作者留言整理，并非视频的完整逐字稿。