Photographic works of models in the Republic of China

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The famous photographic work China Baby shows a baby crying on the ruins, which is often mistaken for the scene of the Nanjing Massacre. The actual shooting took place on August 28th, 1937 Shanghai Railway Station, which was shot by Wang Xiaoting, a famous photojournalist in China during the Anti-Japanese War. In order to expose the atrocities of Japanese bombing civilians, the angry invaders offered a reward of 654.38 million yuan for the capture of Wang Xiaoting.

Since the appearance of photography technology, the true face of war has become more and more familiar. If you want to record atrocities, photos and videos are undoubtedly the best choice. This photo of China baby touched the hearts of peace-loving people all over the world. In the United States, countless people volunteered to donate money to China. Some American children took out their pocket money, and some gave them dolls.

The photographer who took this photo is Mr. Wang Xiaoting, one of the founders of news photography in China. Wang Xiaoting, formerly known as Wang Haisheng, was born in Beijing on 1900. Went to the United States to study photography, 1925 as a global communication photojournalist. Later, he was employed by Shanghai Shenbao as the director of news photography department. Since the 193 1 September 18th Incident, Wang Xiaoting has been traveling in Northeast China, North China and Shanghai to record Japanese atrocities.

On August 28th, 1937, a dozen Japanese bombers bombed Shanghai South Railway Station. At that time, Shanghai was organizing refugees to flee from Shanghai and return to their original places. There are 65,438+0,800 civilians in South Station. The Japanese bombed for two hours, killing at least 200 civilians and injuring thousands.

Wang Xiaoting learned that the Japanese bombed civilians and immediately came to the scene with photographic equipment. According to his memory, the South Station was like hell, with broken limbs and arms everywhere, and the wailing was heartbreaking. While helping the wounded with rescuers, he recorded the atrocities of the Japanese army.

In Wang Xiaoting's photographic work "Wang Xiaoting", a man helped two children by the railway track during the war between Shanghai and Song. He first picked up a child from the track and put it on the platform, and then went to hug another injured child. Out of the photographer's instinct, Wang Xiaoting immediately recorded this scene with only a few films left, and then ran to save the child. Because there are not many films, the final presentation is only ten seconds. The 16mm black-and-white film recording this scene was later sent to an American warship going to Manila and then sent to the United States.

Wang Xiaoting's photographic works during the Battle of Songhu were widely known in the American magazine Life, but in fact, this photo or this shot was originally published as a newsreel. Since September of 15, this film has been shown as a news film in the United States, which has aroused great repercussions. At the same time, major newspapers intercepted the pictures of "China Baby" as news pictures to report the Japanese bombing of civilians.

Wang Xiaoting's photographic work during the Battle of Songhu 10 10. This photo was published on pages 102 and 103 of American Life Weekly. This photo was taken from a film in Wang Xiaoting. In addition, there are photos of rescuers dressed by other media. The response caused by this photo is unprecedented, not only shocking the United States, but even the whole world. Western countries, which have been indifferent to Japan's invasion of China, suddenly changed their attitudes, condemning the Japanese army in succession and expressing sympathy for the people of China.

According to Life magazine, Wang Xiaoting's photographic works during the Battle of Songhu had been watched by 654.38+36 billion people when the magazine was published. Among them, at least 50 million people browse through newspapers, and at least 80 million people watch through news clips. You know, at that time, there were only more than 2 billion people in the world, and there were still many places living primitive lives. It can be said that anyone who can read newspapers and watch news clips has seen this photo. The current traffic niche data fraud can't do this.

After this photo of Wang Xiaoting's photographic works during the Battle of Songhu was released, the Japanese became angry from embarrassment, because it made the rationality of their war disappear. In the eyes of foreigners, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 changed from a regional conflict to Japan's unilateral trampling on human civilization. However, the Japanese did not die. First of all, they argued that the pilot had made a mistake and regarded the civilians on the platform as the army. However, according to foreign reporters at the scene, there were no soldiers at the scene. Moreover, the transfer of civilians in the South Railway Station has long been made public, and the Japanese army knows all about the movement behind China's army. How could I not know that South Station is transferring civilians?

The Japanese were even more angry when they saw that the lie was exposed. They kept shouting that the photos were forged and posed. A reward of $50,000, about $654.38 million, was offered for the capture of photographer Wang Xiaoting. Wang Xiaoting and his family ran to Hongkong for safety. According to the Hong Kong Report, it was captured by the Japanese on February 5th. 1938. However, due to his American citizenship and American pressure, the Japanese army quickly released him.

Wang Xiaoting's photographic works during the Battle of Songhu. No one with a conscience should doubt whether this photo is posed or not. There are many serious people in China, such as Dong Taihe, the former professor of the Department of Optical Instruments of Zhejiang University and a leading figure in the field of optics in China. In 2008, he made an analysis and wrote the article "The photo of baby China is not posing". At that time, Mr. Dong was 92 years old, but because a domestic photographer echoed the remarks of the Japanese right wing, he accused posing for making false news for no reason. Regardless of his age, Mr. Dong made a careful textual research and came to the conclusion that these photos are by no means forged.

The American "LOOK" magazine also published relevant photos. Mr. Dong had an issue of Life magazine bought from America. Because there are photos taken by other foreign journalists in the magazine, cross-comparison can prove that Wang Xiaoting didn't put the children there.

Photographs during the Battle of Songhu, Wang Xiaoting According to the memory of Wang Xiaoting's descendants, Wang Xiaoting also photographed the scenes of famous battles such as the Battle of Sihangcang. I go out with four or five cameras hanging on me every day. I am happy to take good photos occasionally, but more often I feel sorry for the casualties of China soldiers and civilians. In fact, most of the video materials we saw about the Battle of Songhu came from Wang Xiaoting, but Baby China was so famous that many people ignored his other works.

Without Wang Xiaoting's contribution, the whole world would be kept in the dark by the Japanese, and the people of China don't know how long it will take to get assistance. Xu Baike's "Those People in the Republic of China" commented on him like this: "Remember his greatness, remember his truth, remember his cruelty in exposing Japanese atrocities, and remember his unspeakable tenderness."