光阴的故事——80年代徒步环球，记录下的世界人民影像

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美国自由撰稿人，史蒂芬·纽曼（Steven M. Newman），1983年4月，为了实现儿时的梦想和伟大的愿望——写下世界人民的生活和梦想，28岁的纽曼开始环球徒步旅行。1987年4月，纽曼在4年时间里，长途跋涉横跨五大洲21个国家，总旅程达到15509英里。
浏览史蒂芬的个人博客时，被一连串的黑白照片所感动，这是史蒂芬在80年代用相机记录下的世界人民影像。

一楼继续攒人品。

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每一天都有那些孩子（例如在科索沃的孩子）渴求被一个美国的徒步游走者拍到，就这样他们常常点亮了我的照片，或是黑白的或是彩色的，是那么的富有生气。


老妇人到遥远的印度村庄取井水，拍摄下这张照片给了我很大的感触，她的生存处境和美国的我们相比，是截然不同的。


很多时候，如上图土耳其东部的兄弟姐妹被拍成黑白照时总会让人有种想哭的感觉。


我相信这些未经加工的黑白照片，将会感动许多人。

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与上一张照片里（一个宗教组织的所有成员都穿着布袋式的麻衣）愁眉苦脸的男人们对比，很明显的看出这是一个在路边煮着汤的快乐男人。


这些是留我过夜的生活在加尔各答附近的丛林中的村民，他们正试图抵御早晨寒意。


在环球徒步中，我只有一架古老陈旧的美能达相机。有一半的时间我都要去摇晃它使它可以正常工作，不过拍出来的东西却常常让我震惊。


对我来说这些黑白照片让我想起一种完全令人难以忘怀的美，对于丰富多彩的世界来说，我们都是来自同一世界里的不可思议的一粒微尘。

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人物介绍
　　史蒂芬·纽曼并不是广为人知的明星，但是在户外登山这个领域，史蒂芬·纽曼却拥有着一定的知名度，因为他不仅仅是一名登山爱好者，还是徒步环球世界记录在案的第一人，除了在世界各地徒步，史蒂芬已经行走了日本、韩国、台湾的整个里程。他还徒步旅行了日本四国岛最著名的岛屿1000英里。此外，史蒂芬·纽曼已经从他美国家乡俄亥俄州徒步行走了1000英里，以促进从大湖到俄亥俄州河350英里长的步行道的施工。他还在爱尔兰骑自行车长途跋涉中美洲和南美洲。
　　1983年4月1号史蒂夫·纽曼从家乡俄亥俄州的伯特利出发，开始了长达四年的世界徒步旅程。
　　史蒂芬走过的大洲总数是：5
　　史蒂芬徒步环游世界所走访的家数：26
　　徒步环游世界时和史蒂芬一起的家庭数：400
　　徒步环游世界时史蒂芬的总花销：5000美元（史蒂芬九岁时就开始存钱）
　　在徒步环游世界时史蒂芬的职业是：记者
　　描写他徒步世界旅行的美国报纸数：2
　　每月读史蒂芬环游故事的美国人数：150万
　　史蒂芬环球徒步旅行的理由：1、儿时的梦想2、为满足世界人民及描写他们生活和梦想的伟大愿望。
　　史蒂芬在徒步旅行中穿过的国家：美国、利亚 、马其顿、澳大利亚、爱尔兰、 突尼斯、希腊、加拿大、北爱尔兰、意大利、土耳其、苏格兰、 斯诺文尼斯、 巴基斯坦、英格兰 、克罗地亚 、印度法国 波斯尼亚-黑塞哥维那 、泰国、西班牙 、 摩洛哥等。

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这是官网的英文版介绍，更准确：
Steven M. Newman is known worldwide as the “Worldwalker.” The American is the only person documented to have walked solo around the world. For his unique achievement, he was featured in the 1988 Guinness Book of Records.

From April 1, 1983, to April 1, 1987, the freelance journalist trekked 15,509 miles across 21 nations on five continents. The entire time, he shared his adventures with over one million newspaper readers. Since his walk around the world, he has walked solo the entire lengths of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. He has also hiked the entire 900 miles that connect the 88 Buddhist temples along the rugged Henro Pilgrimage path on Japan’s Shikoku Island.

Due to the popularity of the “Worldwalker” stories, Newman was contracted to write three mass-market books: Letters From Steven (1987, Capper’s Press), Worldwalk (1989, Wm. Morrow & Co.), and Guardians of Yellowstone (1991, Wm. Morrow & Co.). All three books were published in hardcover and paperback editions. Worldwalk was published internationally and was chosen by the prestigious Literary Guild as the Summer 1989’s Main Selection (along with James Michener’s Journey).

Newman has been a guest on over 100 television and radio talk shows, including Larry King Live, Good Morning America, TODAY, CBS This Morning, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” the Voice of America, and Good Morning Australia. He has also been the subject of feature-length articles in such publications as People Magazine, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, Walking Magazine, and the widely-read children’s publication Weekly Reader.

Over 2,000 organizations, from schools to Fortune 100 companies, have had Newman as a speaker or keynoter. Those who have contacted Newman for his speeches have included the Royal Academy of Science (Hong Kong), the National Geographic, many universities, GE, DuPont, the Young Presidents Organization, the Boy Scouts of America, AARP, Bass Pro Shops, and the Circumnavigator Club of NYC.

Newman has been awarded several high honors. They include: his home state of Ohio’s highest (the Governor’s Award) for “Outstanding Courage”; his alma mater’s highest, the Medal of Merit (for “Furthering Human Understanding and Promoting Goodwill Among World Cultures”); a Doctorate in Humanities from Capital University; and the Award for Peace and Human Understanding. Newman has also been named Ohio’s Ambassador of Natural Resources, and Ohio has named its longest hiking trail in its state parks system the “Steven M. Newman Worldwalker Perimeter Trail.”

In the 20+ years since the finish of his trek, Newman has remained very busy as an author, a public speaker and keynoter, a motivator, an adjunct professor of Sociology and Cultural Geography, and a consultant to two Japanese companies that market Worldwalker shoes and clothing. He and his wife, Darci, and their three cats and black Labrador dog, Gabe, live on a heavily-forested 25-acre hilltop retreat along the Ohio River that they have named “Worldwalker Hill.” The historic property is one hour’s drive east of the city of Cincinnati, in rural Brown County, and it is the perfect spot for a dreamer