Antiquities in the picture library of Yanfang Photo Studio

Taking a group photo is Yan Fang's unique skill, so how to take a group photo of hundreds of thousands of people? "Yanfang" has a unique antique machine in the province: "shaking head machine".

According to Yanfang's photographer, this antique machine was imported from Kodak on 1935. It has a wooden tripod that can rotate 360 degrees at the same time by mechanical power, not to mention hundreds or even thousands of people.

This bulky antique machine is usually disassembled and packed in three big boxes. It takes a lot of time and energy to reassemble every time you use it. "In the past, if there were photos of more than 200 people, I would consider using this machine. Now there are not many opportunities to use it. There are not many negatives on this machine in the market because few people use it now. " The district chief said.

When using this antique machine, the photographer should form an arc to ensure that the radius from each point to the camera is equal, so that the face of each character can be clearly seen in the photos above 1 m.