If you want to compare Bach's cello suites with the magnificence and harmony of Mt. Nanhu, then the feelings expressed in Chen's works are like Chopin's piano impromptus: At first the right and left hands move at different tempos, pounding out a poetic rhythm; it is only by finding a momentary balance between rationality and sentiment that Chen can create photographs that leave people awestruck.
如果以巴哈的〈無伴奏大提琴曲〉比喻南湖大山的莊嚴和諧，那麼陳炳元的深情奔赴，恰如鋼琴詩人蕭邦的〈幻想即興曲〉；一開始，左手與右手以不同的節奏，彈奏出優美如詩的旋律，惟有理性與感性在剎那間取得平衡支點，才能拍出令人嘆為觀止的攝影佳作。