The techniques of photograph production and re-photography

Author: Chen Shilin
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Publish Date: 1997-01-01
Features: Chen Shilin was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1929. He is a senior engineer of the China Photographers Association. Since 1944, he has engaged in photographic technology work in Yangzhou, Nanjing, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Starting in 1950, he worked successively in the Central News Photography Bureau, the Research Department of the Xinhua News Agency Photography Department, and the Ethnic News Agency. In 1955, he began in-depth research on photographic technology and published nearly 60 technical articles on photographic techniques. In 1959, he published the book "Basic Techniques of Copying Photography" and the article "Darkroom Technology." The co-authored "Photography Manual" won the "Golden Key" award at the national book evaluation in 1987. After 1989, he successively published articles such as "Shooting the Portrait of Mao Zedong," "Color Enlargement Technology," and "Photography of Large-Format Color Photos." In 1995, he held the "Photography Technology Exhibition" at the China Wanbo Cultural City in Nan. Since the 1950s, he has long taught darkroom technology in training programs for news photographers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, as well as in national news photography training courses, national cultural relic photography training courses, and national aerial photography and geological photography training courses. He was elected as a council member of the third and fourth sessions of the China Photographers Association and is currently the executive vice president of the China Senior Photography Journalists Association.