戰地，攝影，記者，這是多少新聞人的嚮往! 當戰爭來臨，身處和平的我們會覺得離我們很遙遠。舉目望去，紛飛的戰火、慘烈的生死和 硝煙中匍匐採訪的新聞記者，一幀幀一幕幕，我們只能透過屏幕和報刊的新聞報導獲得零碎 信息。 當一位身邊人像朋友一樣跟你講述自己的戰地親歷，相信你一定會從中看到新聞背後那些隱 秘的故事。

The book documents the retrospective view of a photojournalist’s three journeys to Afghanistan and Iraq - an area oftentimes linked to the battlefield, blood, and sweat. As the unprecedented Chinese embedded photographer working with the U.S. Army, it can be easily imagined how the book about the incredible experiences, such as the bullet that was one inch away, the nearly missed bomb, as well as the sheer joy from ordering spicy beef from a Chinese cook using hometown dialect, could become a real page-turner. Not only is this documentary literature and a photo album, but it is also a handy reference containing plenty of detailed technical parameters disclosed in the book by the author.

The Rock And The Palm Tree is a photography journal by award-winning Chinese photographer Jin Liu. It documents the retrospective view of a photojournalist’s three trips to Afghanistan and Iraq - an area oftentimes linked to the battlefield, blood, and sweat. The journal is based on the personal experience of the first Chinese photojournalist ever assigned by AFP to work with the U.S. Army. Jin Liu reveals his unprecedented journeys and incredible experience in Afghanistan and Iraq as a photojournalist, which includes actual events such as a flying bullet that was just one inch away from his face, the nearly missed bomb, as well as his sheer joy from ordering a spicy beef soup from a Chinese cook using hometown dialect, and more. This journal is a page-turner in terms of documentary literature and photography journal and a handy reference photographer book containing plenty of detailed technical parameters for professionals and photography lovers.