How to care for the bottom of society with your own strength?

Photographer Zhao Ceng paid attention to the fate of bottom-level working girls and photographed "all kinds of ladies".

In order to take pictures of "Miss", he got to know "Miss" and made friends with them. For seven years, it is inevitable that people will suspect that they will make irresponsible remarks, and some even call his wife. He doesn't care, you say you do it, I do it, I do it. His sympathy sincerely won the trust and friendship of the young lady, and his attitude of "always standing by the river is not to wet your shoes" won the respect of the young lady. The "ladies" accepted him very much.

Look, Kazuo has come. Pat their beds, rinse their mouths, wash their faces, make up ... follow them all day, like peas and carrots. They shoot everything except the camera. Even the "ladies" invited guests to bargain for him. "Ladies" didn't shy away. They feel normal. There's no sound in the picture anyway. Who knows what to do? If Zhao Ge needs it, let him shoot it, but no one else can.

There is a girl named Xiaoli who has been in contact with Zhao for five years and has deep feelings for Zhao. She said to Zhao, "There are not many good people like you!" Zhao can accompany her to her hometown to visit her dead husband's grave. To this end, Zhao put the precious "Missing" on the tombstone.

There is also a Miss Sichuan, Xiao Liu, who appreciates Zhao's personality. When she saw Zhao's financial difficulties and poor living conditions, she sincerely asked Zhao to move to her own residence, with two rooms and one living room for each person. Zhao took many precious photos for this purpose. One day, Xiao Liu took the guest back to his residence. No matter how generous Zhao Lintie is, he can only be out of sight and out of mind. He was anxious, and Xiao Liu was unconvinced. They had a fight. Liu Yi Jr. was in a hurry and made a fake phone call to his wife. But then they got well again, and Xiao Liu "rehabilitated" him. Finally, Xiao Liu listened to Zhao's suggestion and left the ranks of "Miss".

The seven-year "bottom" career is long and colorful. The results of hard work and ups and downs are also enormous. On April 6th, 1999, China Youth Daily published his story "An Alternative Life in the Eyes of a Photographer" and distributed several photos of "Miss". In the same year, his photo album Focus on Survival was published, and a professor wrote in the preface that Zhao's work was "looking for new ways to save these girls" and 10 photos of him were published in Southern Weekend. One day in 2000, he sat in the studio of CCTV and had a "tell the truth" with the host Cui Yongyuan. Seven years of rough experience forged his road to success.

Seven years ago, he went into business. However, the company he opened in Zhengzhou went bankrupt. At the age of 46, he returned to his home in Beijing penniless, thinking about where he was going day and night.

In the process of doing business, he heard many stories about "Miss". He is worried about "ladies" and feels that this is related to the overall situation of social development. Why does this complex social phenomenon come back after many years of disappearance, and what is its future? What can he do?

He likes photography since he was a child, and he is obsessed with it. So he picked up the camera and walked into the world of "miss" at the bottom.