SIAS Chapter 119.4

“Great photos! They all look nice.” Li Mengxue examined the photographer’s historical works and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the poses of the characters were a bit stereotyped. There were only three types in total, standing, sitting, and squatting.

The background was also relatively simple. The most common background was the flower bed in front. The second most common ones were photos taken in front of doors, including various doors, family portraits in front of wooden doors, group photos of workers in front of factories, group photos in front of communes, etc. The rest were photos taken on the streets and in the fields.

Think about this era, there were very few opportunities to take photos, so it was normal to take photos that were decent.

Li Mengxue praised it because the people in the photos all looked good. Even if they had facial flaws, they were not obvious in the photos. The main reasons were the black-and-white color scheme and the pixel problems. Another reason was that the photos were all quite small, basically five or six inches.

Such a small photo showed several people, and many of them were full-body photos. Many details were blurred, and fine lines, freckles, and bags under the eyes were not clear, just like the beauty filters in later generations.

Cameras of this era were naturally beautiful!

If she could connect to the modern Internet now, Li Mengxue would definitely educate those who posted black and white photos of their parents and said that there were no filters or beautification.

Yi Qingqing’s focus was on the moments in which each person was frozen in these small photos, which looked very touching.

Although the poses of many people in the photo were not as rich as those in later generations and even seemed a little cramped, she didn’t know why, but she felt that the emotions and meanings contained in the photo were greater than those in later generations’ photos, which could be taken at will with various styles and were much clearer.

Yi Qingqing felt that this feeling came from the number of people in the photo and the seriousness that came from everyone’s awkwardness.

In later generations, taking photos became more convenient, and the most common photos were actually selfies, which only showed one person in the photo. Although there were also group photos with friends, family, and parents, because they could be taken and modified many times, the serious feeling was much less.

There were hundreds of photos in the album, but they were rarely taken out to flip through because there were more and more new photos.

But at this time, the opportunity to take photos was very precious. Every time they took photos, in order to save money, everyone would call their most important people and those they had a good relationship with.

Using the most conventional posture, the most serious and emotional photos were taken.

These photos would be treasured by the owners, clamped between the pages of books, placed in photo frames, or sent to relatives and friends. No matter which one, they would be frequently viewed.

The distance between people became closer in these repeated flipping through memories.

On the contrary, as there were too many photos in later generations and there were fewer opportunities to look through them, people only recorded them and rarely had the time to reminisce.

Taking photos as souvenirs and reading the words are the most important things!

 

*****

The author has something to say:

—Sugar-Sprinkling Little Theater—

Yun Guyuan: I hope to take a red-background ID photo with Qingqing.

Photographer: Sorry, only black and white.

Yun Guyuan: Give me a red pen. I want to change the color manually and press it on the red book!

 

 

 

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