Yuanmingyuan released 365 old photos and got a hot search. When was the last time you developed them?

The management office of Yuanmingyuan held a press conference on the top floor of Zhengjue Temple, and released 365 old photos of Zhang Zhengui. Most photos are shown to the public for the first time. Yuanmingyuan was burnt down by the British and French allied forces in 1860. During the 100 years after the death of Yuanmingyuan, many photographers photographed the site with the most advanced photographic equipment at that time, including China-Hongkong photographer Afong Lai, German photographer Olmo, Frenchman Xie Manlu and Swede Xi Long Ren. These early images have also become the historical testimony of the vicissitudes of Yuanmingyuan in the past century. All along, the Yuanmingyuan Management Office has devoted itself to collecting, sorting out and studying historical materials such as old photos of Yuanmingyuan. Old photos of Yuanmingyuan not only contribute to the study of the history, architecture and gardens of Yuanmingyuan and the maintenance and restoration of related buildings, but also play a very important role in finding and determining clues of scattered cultural relics. For example, in 2006, with the help of the old photos of Dashuifa, the Yuanmingyuan Management Office identified the stone fish in a house near Xidan, Beijing as a relic of Dashuifa, and recovered it and collected it in the Yuanmingyuan Exhibition Hall. ?

Speaking of developing photos, it was 10 years ago. With mobile phones and digital cameras, everyone has become a photographer, so the days of traditional photo studios are getting harder and harder, and many old photo studios carrying memories of a generation are gradually disappearing. Thirty years ago, it was the golden age of old photographers. Photography is a technical activity. Not only should we pay attention to the light, shadow and angle when taking pictures, but also the photos we take have to go through many complicated processes before they can be developed. First, develop the negative with medicine in the darkroom, then with water, and then develop the negative into a photo after it is dry. Finally, the small lace is cut out and cut with a lace knife, all of which are manually operated by photographers. At that time, the business scope of the studio was very wide, including ID photos, art photos, children photos, costume photos and so on. People often come to develop photos. The good days of the studio were washed away by the surging wave of the digital age. Then the rise of mobile phones and online printing almost took away the last position of traditional photo studios. ? In the past, the printing business held up half the sky in the studio, and a master who developed the film alone would be busy all day. ?

After 2000, with the popularization of digital technology, films were eliminated and the business of photo studios plummeted. With the popularity of mobile phones and the emergence of online printing, the printing volume of digital photos is gradually decreasing. Who is going to the photo studio now? The pixels of photos taken by mobile phones are getting higher and higher. It is economical and convenient to put digital photos on a computer or mobile phone to make an electronic photo album. Even if you want to develop photos, there are many online print shops, and it is much more convenient to shop around. ?

Before the impact of the digital wave and after the oppression of the Yangtze River, how to change the business philosophy of the old photo studio on the street corner to meet the requirements of the market and consumers is worth pondering by the new generation.