滇缅路，是陆路到达中国大陆的最重要路线之一。
在这条路上, 有一群反法西斯的国际主义战士，他们把青春留给了中国，留给了昆明，他们貌似不经意的拍摄，如今也成为了最珍贵的历史资料。
1940年，二战的战火烧到了中国西南。 面对日本的狂轰滥炸，蒋介石委托空军顾问陈纳德，成立美国志愿航空队， 并最终获得罗斯福总统的支持。1940年底至1941年，美国帮助中国争取到 P-40战斗机约100架，又获批准让美国现役，退役及预备役军人到中国作战。昆明的一家报纸用“飞老虎”一词来形容志愿队的飞机。
本次展览的影像，来自 “飞虎队”成员厄尔.纳什的的私人相册。《飞虎队队员眼中的中国1944—1945 》一书的作者摄影师伦•森 / 比尔•迪柏,都是纳什的战友，其中比尔•迪柏的很多影像也在纳什的相册中出现。 重温这些影像，当年的云南，已经悄然巨变。
在纳什的相册中，有一张他写给亲人的贺卡：
爱会是一座与大洋一样宽阔的桥。
爱会永远让我在你身边
你们的儿子与兄长
厄尔.纳什
Burma Road is one of the most important land routes to reach the mainland China.
On this road, there were a group of anti- fascist internationalist soldiers spent their youth in China, in Kunming, their casual shooting of photos are now become the most precious historical information.
In 1940, World War II has broke out in the southwest of China, facing the savage Japanese bombs, Jiang Jieshi commissioned the air force advisor Chen Nade, founded the American volunteer group, and finally obtained the support of President Roosevelt. At the end of 1940 to 1941, the United States helped China to win about 100 of the P-40 fighters, thereby approved the U.S. retired and reserve military personnel to the Chinese combat. A newspaper agency in Kunming describe the volunteer team plane as “Flying Tigers”.
The images for this exhibition come from a member of “flying tigers” — Earl Nash’s personal album.
, the author & photographers – Lun Sen and Bill Dibo are both Nash’s battle companion, there are lots of Bill’s images appearing in the album. Review these images, Yunnan had a huge change from those years.
In Nash’s album, there is a card he wrote to relatives:
Love will be like a bridge, wild as ocean
Love will let me stay here with you forever
Your son and brother
Earl Nash
