BLACK&WHITE
In the earliest days of photography, it was black and white photography, and I always felt that black and white photographs could better show the composition of a photograph, its content, and allow the viewer to better appreciate the meaning and story behind the photograph.
I often take pictures of animals, such as dogs and cats, from a low perspective, which often allows me to see the world differently.
I took this photo at a rural catch-up, where people were coming and going on the road and the old people in the courtyard were chatting away, except for this grandmother who was holding her face, not saying a word, as if she was worried about something.
The old people in this photo, my grandparents, have such big smiles on their faces because I'm taking their photo together. In rural China, old people rarely take very formal camera photos, so when I offered to take their photo, my grandfather was excited to comb his hair, hoping for a better image, while my grandmother was happily picking out which outfit would look best for the photo shoot later.
I took this set of photos in China with a film camera, a Canon F1.
This photo, which I took in a dilapidated alleyway, shows this woman carrying her child in a bamboo basket behind her, her face is full of fatigue, she is obviously as old as a flower, but she has to take care of her child all day long, I can see from her face the hardship of life.
I used light as a visual guideline for this photograph, the content of the picture gradually narrows from top to bottom, foreshadowing the difficulty of life, and the man standing at the bottom is like a mole in the struggle of life.