The prospect of folk photography

In order to facilitate readers' comparison, before introducing the situation of folk photography in China, it is necessary to briefly introduce the international situation: far from it, take our neighbors Japan and South Korea as examples. In addition to the Yamato nationality, there is also a minority in Japan-Ainu people, while South Korea is a single Korean. In these two countries with extremely small territory and simple ethnic composition, the activity of folk photography is impressive. In Korea, folk photographers and enthusiasts who are active in various places make new contributions every year. They have their own organizations, holding various types of shooting and discussion activities every year, and publishing more than thousands of folk books, photo albums and photo albums every year. One of the folk photographers has a modest folk photo library at home, and has published more than 10 sets of nearly 100 series of photo albums for his shamanism activities in Korea. He envied China's endless folk photography themes. He said: "If you shoot in China, it is not enough to live to 500 years old." In Japan, because there is only one Ainu minority, the government allocates a lot of money every year to protect the traditional life of this ethnic group, which provides good conditions for Japanese professionals engaged in folk photography to shoot and study, and a large number of folk books are published every year. In China, due to economic development and other reasons, coupled with the late recognition of folk photography, folk photography in China started late and developed slowly in previous years. However, it is gratifying that since the social status of folk photography was confirmed, especially since the establishment of China Folk Photography Association, it has made gratifying achievements on the road of self-development and serving the society. Established the purpose of "carrying forward Chinese national culture and showing lovely China"; Hold high the three flags of "holding high the banner of patriotism, inspiring the national spirit and carrying forward the folk culture of the motherland"; A large number of respected old-timers, famous experts and scholars have held important positions in the association, established powerful leading bodies and offices of the association, and formulated a series of effective articles of association and development rules; From the initial 200 members to the final 1996, the membership of the association has rapidly grown to nearly 10,000, with members all over the country (including Taiwan Province Province); A junior college class of folk photography was set up, and more than 100 local organizations were established one after another. There are more than 10 folk photography creation bases established and under preparation, and more than 10 folk photography training courses are held. In creative classes and correspondence classes, under the organization and guidance of the association, members from all over the country take various forms to carry out folklore and interview creation, and hold film exhibitions, film reviews and academic exchange activities; The only relatively complete folk photo library in China has been built, with more than 65,438+10,000 folk photos of 56 ethnic groups and some foreign ethnic groups in China. The Association is also committed to China's folk photography going global, actively carrying out foreign exchanges, and has conducted exchanges with the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Finland, Denmark, Australia, India, Myanmar and South Korea. , thus expanding the international influence of China folk photography. Judging from the development momentum of folk photography in China, both the membership team and folk photography activities will achieve leap-forward development in the next few years. First of all, China has inexhaustible folk photography resources, and the fact and truth of folk photography with far-reaching significance and great achievements have been recognized by more and more people. With the deepening of this understanding and the expansion of its influence, it will inevitably attract more people with lofty ideals to join the tide of folk photography. Nowadays, the camera has changed from a luxury of "aristocrats" to an entertainment of ordinary people. There are millions of photographers all over the country, which reserve a steady stream of reserve troops for organizing a huge army of folk photographers. Secondly, the upsurge of folk photography has been and is rising all over the country, showing its unique charm and style more and more. In recent years, the majority of photographers and professional photographers have turned to shoot local folk customs. In the annual photography competitions and exhibitions, the proportion of folk pictures is increasing, and more and more folk photography works are rated as excellent works. Folk photography is being accepted and loved by more photographers and enthusiasts. In addition, China's folk culture has great attraction in the world, which has attracted the attention of international folk photographers and scholars. Groups of foreigners went to China to collect folk customs, film folk customs in China and interview folk culture in China. It also attracts many tourists. They turned the focus of sightseeing to China folk culture. They took more photos of folk customs in China and returned home with sincere satisfaction. The above facts tell us that China Folk Photography Association has made such unexpected development and achievements in just three years. What is the secret? We can only come to the conclusion that the birth of this cause is in line with the historical development, and it itself contains incomparable vitality and strong attraction, so folk photography has a very broad development prospect in China.