Old photo 39

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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: American writer Emerson once humorously talked about the wonder of changing perspectives. He said, even if you try to look out from between your legs while standing upside down, you will find a wonderful landscape. Thinking of this, what "Old Photos" offers readers, in addition to the past lives and scenes, should also be various perspectives. A photo, a piece of past, though it may only narrate the experience of one person or a family, seems insignificant, yet it inadvertently reflects the history of a nation, and even a country. Without "the people," how can there be "the nation"? Without "the family," how can there be "the country"? At the end of the day, the nation and the country are merely collections of countless individuals and countless families. Since its inception, "Old Photos" has focused more on the fate of individuals and on personalized narratives, giving them more space, and the reason is precisely this.