A Brief Introduction to the Author of German Architecture in Qingdao

Yuan Binjiu, 1962, from Qingdao. Member of Shandong Photographers Association, member of Qingdao Photographers Association, literature and history lover of Qingdao, enterprise literature and history worker. He has been engaged in photography for more than 20 years and has long been obsessed with Qingdao historical architecture photography and historical data collection. He took tens of thousands of photos and his works often appeared in magazines and newspapers. 1995 won the bronze prize of "China Spring" national photography exhibition; 1996 was selected for the "Lovely China" exhibition abroad; 1999 was included in The Complete Works of Photographers in China; In 2003, he was selected into "Qingdao First International Photography Invitational Exhibition" and "China-Korea Cultural Exchange Exhibition" and won the "Second Qingdao Top Ten Photography". In 2004, he won the gold medal of "Qingdao Excellent Historical Architecture Classic Echo Photography Exhibition"; Holding a personal film exhibition "Urban Memory and Humanistic Reading"; In 2005, he participated in the "German Week Film Exhibition in the Sino-German Cultural Year"; Holding "Qingdao Personal Film Exhibition on Protecting Old Buildings"; In 2006, "Yuan Binjiu-Qingdao Historical Architecture Photography Art Personal Film Exhibition" was held. In 2007, it was awarded the first prize of "Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard History Museum" by Shandong Province. In the exploration of German-style architecture in Qingdao and the history of German occupation of Qingdao, according to historical photos and related written records, on March 8, 2008, the site of Dietrich Stone, a monument of German occupation of Qingdao, buried in the depths of history for 86 years, was engraved with the mark that Germany and Japan occupied Qingdao successively and violated China's sovereignty. The discovery of this relic has played an important role in the study of Qingdao's military history, colonial history and urban history. In 2002, 2007 and 2008, Shandong TV Station and Qingdao TV Station respectively made special reports on their photography creation activities and the collection and discovery of Qingdao historical materials. He has participated in the publication of architectural monographs such as Qingdao Historical Architecture 1898- 1949, Old Buildings in Qingdao City and Integration of Ten Thousand Houses-Badaguan, and has written "Qingdao on the Tower and European Style-Qingdao Architectural Photography 2008 Calendar" and so on.