Accidental Meeting-Interview with Local Photographers

-Interview with teacher Lu Lichun, a "local photographer" in Xinchang.

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The morning light shone on the windowsill, and the light was scattered. The leaves in the community are falling gently with the wind. The golden leaves are intertwined with the bright sunshine, and they dance in winter under the breeze. I stood quietly on the windowsill, looking at the dancing elves outside the window.

"Honey, we'll be right out." My friend suddenly opened the door and broke the silence. I was surprised to see her slightly excited face. "I'll take you to meet a teacher, a teacher I want to know for a long time." I continued to look at her doubtfully, waiting for her to answer my question.

"That's the photo, the photo I showed you of my hometown, and the teacher who took the photo. I got in touch." She is a little incoherent with excitement, and rarely sees her friends in this state. A photo came to my mind, a golden terrace, full of harvest and pastoral charm. This is her hometown in the mountains. Today, only her sister still lives in that land. She enters the town and seldom goes home. What is preserved is more memories of her childhood and family.

On the yellow land, there is her immature childhood. Once, as a young girl, she followed those who took pictures with their cameras behind their backs with envious eyes, which was deeply hidden in her memory. She didn't know that these people were photographers, but they fixed time into photos and preserved them through the corridor of time, retaining her childhood memories.

A while ago, she saw this photo on her friend's official WeChat account. The familiar scene made her quickly recognize that this is her hometown and the place where she lived as a child. At that time, she and her family were busy in other places, and now they have gone their separate ways, established their own family, and their relatives who have gone to heaven. The laughter that disappeared in the years with the passage of time reappeared in front of her eyes, which made her excited.

She pushed me the official WeChat account with this photo, and I was shocked by the beautiful scenery in the photo. Time is changing, and the years are ruthless. Life is just a hundred years, and various changes have taken place in a hurry, but the scenery in the countryside remains the same.

"My sister still lives here," she took out a photo she took with her sister while picking tea a while ago. The two sisters in the photo are a little close, but they don't have the splendid momentum in the photo, and they can vaguely see the same place.

"We have an appointment to visit him." My friend pulled me excitedly, got on the battery car and ran to the destination.

It's very close, and it takes ten minutes by bike. Looking at the newly renovated community, my friend was a little confused and could only ask the two elder sisters standing on the roadside. The other person smiled at the other person and said a dialect that I didn't understand. Although I have been in this beautiful city for some time, I still can't understand the dialect here. Looking at the smiling face of the elder sister, I feel that she came to meet us at the intersection specially, and we are the little sisters of strangers to her.

Turning a corner, we walked into an antique alley, and the sunshine broke into sporadic spots. A simple sign "Photography Room" hung in front of the door, and we walked into a house.

Big sister chatted with friends and took us through the alley to an elegant building with antique and green plants. As soon as I entered the door, I was shocked by a room full of picture books. There are various styles of photos hanging on the four walls, which are clearly displayed in front of me, with the imprint of time, which makes me dizzying.

Teacher Lu Lichun, sitting behind the square table, stood up to meet us with a smile. My friend talked to him quickly in dialect. I can only keep smiling and browse the photos around me. These photos show the historical changes of this small town, and also show the real faces of those frank and a little silly people in the 1970s and 1980s in my memory.

Open a photo album of Teacher Lu, which records the teacher's life and indicates the date of birth as 1935. I calculated that the burly old man in front of me is 83 years old? Although the old man's face is covered with wrinkles, his deep eyes are unusually clear, and he speaks clearly and quickly with his friends. Speaking of excitement, he stood up and quickly found the harvest painting that impressed his friends in the album room.

This painting has won many awards. Teacher Lu took out a19851People's Daily on October 8, and published this painting on the front page. The photos in the yellowed newspaper change color with time, but they show the vicissitudes of history and make people admire.

Sister moved a photo of a bumper harvest from upstairs. Teacher Lu asked her friends to stand in front of the big picture and painted a beautiful memory picture for her with their superb photography skills. The elder sister took some photos, and Mr. Lu didn't seem very satisfied. He picked up the camera himself and searched for the right angle meticulously. I admire his professionalism. To my shock, he is a little old. After picking up the camera, his body seems to be full of spirituality, and the whole person exudes a strange brilliance.

Under the guidance of teacher Lu, my elder sister and I used picture books to raise or lower the height of large photos. They were taking pictures of their friends, but I photographed their dedication with my mobile phone, but I couldn't photograph their meticulous spirit for their ideals.

When we are busy for a while, there are many things to bear, but we can't disturb them. Friends who don't often take pictures follow their instructions, keep smiling and change their angles. According to a friend, "I didn't expect it to be so difficult to take pictures." Yes, it is not easy to do everything best. Only by maintaining high expectations and perseverance can we become strong in this industry.

Sister took us to the exhibition hall on the second floor, which contained photos of giant buddhas at home and abroad. Looking at the photos in front of her, she imagined the hardships and sweat behind each photo, which she admired. These photos have a long history, and many giant buddhas show a broken side, which is also the most authentic appearance of their history.

Now many of the Buddha statues in the photos have been well trimmed, which is convenient for people to watch and create more value.

I'd rather look at these photos. Over time, the bad things are broken and have their own unique taste. Decoration, the ultimate shortcoming, charm and aura. Fortunately, there are still these photos, which record the past history, the memories of friends, the waves in the years and the history.

Appendix:

Lv Lichun (1935—), pen name Ji Guan, born in Xinchang, Zhejiang, is an associate researcher and a famous photographer. He used to be the director of Xinchang Cultural Center, the executive director of the Provincial Photographers Association, the deputy to the county people's congress, the deputy to the provincial people's congress, the member of the county CPPCC, the standing Committee member, the vice chairman, the invited member, the CPPCC member, and the representative of the provincial writers' congress. Selected as one of the top ten news figures in Shaoxing. Invited to Beijing to attend the "Chinese New Year Symposium for Representatives from All walks of life with great unity of the Chinese nation". 1989 founded the first "photo studio" in China. Initiated and organized the "Pearl of Hydropower" to hold photo exhibitions in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai for many times. He went to six countries in Western Europe, four countries including Israel and Taiwan Province Province of China with a delegation of photographers from China. More than 3,000 works were exhibited in various photo exhibitions and published in newspapers such as People's Daily. His works such as Inheritance and Shan Nong have won numerous awards at home and abroad. At his own expense, he led the China Giant Buddha Photography Group with a journey of 654.38+10,000 kilometers, covering more than 20 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, taking more than 6,000 photos, and was selected and published as the "China Giant Buddha" album. In this regard, local, central and overseas news media have carried out more than 100 special reports. It has been listed in more than 30 classic works such as Who's Who in the World. Now he is honorary chairman of County Photographers Association, consultant of City Photographers Association, member of China Photographers Association, Sports Photographers Association and Environmental Photographers Association, and director of World Artists Association.