在这个影像过剩的时代，真正影响人心的不是技术的完美，而是情感的真挚，不是孤立的片刻，而是交织的关系。严志刚的街头作品展示了公共空间中人的存在、状态和情感策略。对于执着了30多年的一种拍摄方式,严志刚认为，街头摄影是一种关于认知的修行，一场关于"莫名"的浪漫探索。用已知的真诚应对未知的诱惑。是一种对过往和细节的唤醒。《丛中笑》，延续了严志刚的"突然街拍"灵感。撞入和被撞入，彼此都是突然的不速之客，两个不速之客在瞬间完成了一场没有剧本的戏剧，这种突然的关系本身成为了一种社会互动实验。

严志刚，中国摄影家协会理事、专业委员会委员，湖南省摄影家协会副主席。多次担任国展、丽水、平遥和大理摄影节评审工作，2020年创立"街拍中国"摄影品牌和社群。现居住于北京、广州和香港等地。2020年获得中国摄影界艺术最高奖项第13届中国摄影金像奖。

In this era of excessive images, what truly touches people's hearts is not the perfection of technology, but the sincerity of emotions, not isolated moments, but interwoven relationships. Yan Zhigang's street works showcase the existence, state, and emotional strategies of people in public spaces. Regarding a shooting method he has been dedicated to for over 30 years, Yan Zhigang believes that street photography is a practice about cognition, a romantic exploration about "the inexplicable". Responding to the unknown with known sincerity. It is a revival of the past and details. "Chong Zhong Xia" continues Yan Zhigang's inspiration of "sudden street shooting". Collisions and being collided with each other are both sudden unexpected guests. The two unexpected guests complete a drama without a script in an instant. This sudden relationship itself becomes a social interaction experiment.

Yan Zhigang is a member of the China Photographers Association and a member of the Professional Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Hunan Photographers Association. He has served as a judge for various national exhibitions, Lishui, Pingyao and Dali photography festivals. In 2020, he founded the "Street Photography China" photography brand and community. Currently, he resides in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, etc. In 2020, he won the 13th China Photography Golden Award, the highest artistic award in the Chinese photography community.