If readers were to compare the photos in A Steppe Story and Up from Poverty on Rock Mountain, they would find those in the first to be the distanced observations of travelers and those in the second to be a record of deep participation in local life.
若讀者比較《迭里溫・孤山》與《石頭山上的脫貧夢》兩書圖片，就會發現一本是很旅遊、疏離的觀察，另一則為深入參與當地生活的紀錄。