Zhang Yinquan's Works before Liberation

Zhang Yinquan pursued pure beauty and poetry in his early photography creation. He believes that photography cultivates people's temperament and avoids bad hobbies, so his works are mostly landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects. Under the influence of the September 18th Incident and the thought of resisting the enemy and saving the country, Zhang Yinquan began to realize that the art of an era often changes with the social trend. Throughout history, different times have produced different arts ... What China needs now is a new art, which is to cut through difficulties and create excitement. I really hope to use this doctrine to motivate myself to take up photography. Therefore, he used the camera, another kind of brush, to describe the scenery of mountains and rivers, reflect social life, and explore the truth, typicality and beauty hidden in nature and social life. From then on, he photographed some excellent works that exposed the darkness and poverty of the society at that time and reflected the life of the working people, such as "Turning the tide", "Dockman", "Forward", "Home of the Poor Peasants", "Wandering" and "Begging in the Snow", which were all valuable in the photography industry at that time. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, when the Japanese and Puppet occupied North China, Zhang Yinquan stayed at home behind closed doors, mainly studying photography science and technology. At this time, he designed and manufactured all kinds of camera lenses. It is said that the lenses he developed reached the international level at that time.