In history, what is the story of Lu Yuanmin?

Mr. Lu Yuanmin is an urban photographer in Shanghai, a well-known photographer and artist in Shanghai.

Lu Yuanmin, a photography cadre at a cultural center in Shanghai, is known as a street photographer. For 20 years, he used his camera day after day to record his vision of Shanghai, and in his seemingly aimless wandering, he unfolded his visual wandering in the city. Your photos record an atmosphere, a feeling, not a state of affairs, a story, photos are all records of memory, some of the memories are inaccurate, may come from your past life experience, some may be what you saw when you dreamed, what you saw, if the photo reflects the real thing, and reflects your dream, I think it is the most interesting photo. I'm not a professional photographer, I just like it very much, and I set it in the state of being an amateur photographer. Lu Yuanmin added an element to the black and white film, that is, dreams, shooting life, is shooting dreams, shooting dreams, shooting dreams, shooting life. When I was young, I didn't have a camera at that time, and I was a film projectionist at that time, playing in the countryside. At that time, there were a lot of black-and-white films, and I remember very deeply the images produced by black-and-white films and films, and I felt very lonely and unsuitable for this kind of collectivized life when I went to the countryside. At that time, I would put the photo album at home under my pillow and often take it out and look through it. I saw that the photos and souvenir photos taken by my father in the past were exactly the same age as my own at that time, and I felt that an era and a year were changing, a generation was aging, and now I have become his generation, and everyone looks very similar. Lu Yuanmin's photography was caused by his father's old photos, and he saw that when his father was younger than him, he had a dream-like perception of life. This kind of image will have a great impression on yourself, this kind of photo will fall into a dream, to a dream, to dream, the photo will be active, will be like a small TV set of this feeling, at that time, there is an idea, is it not to take a group of Shanghainese at home souvenir photos.

Lu Yuanmin's photographic opportunity comes not only from his father, but also from the process of inner life simulation, in the young image of his father, he sees himself. Since 1976, I went to a new scientific research institute to take pictures, but because this camera is used as a production tool, I can't take it very freely to take it home and take pictures of my own things. For myself, this unit is not very free, so I changed a unit, and I changed it to a cultural center, and at that time I had my own camera, which was a camera issued to you by the public, and I could freely dispose of my creation, and I specially built a darkroom for myself, and I took a lot of photos of Shanghainese's home. The people in Lu Yuanmin's photos are the kind of Shanghainese who have lived in the alleys since childhood, and these photos allow people to walk through the ordinary alleys and alleys of Shanghai and return to the memories of the city as children. I think the most meaningful thing is to shoot the things around you, if you imitate a style, it is a kind of futility, and it is not suitable for people with their own character, so at this time, I feel that taking photos may still be a kind of personal image thing, but it is a little bigger, and I see Shanghai as my own home. At that time, I thought it was very strange, I felt that from 76 years to 1990, I felt that I had gone around in circles, and I felt that I had returned to the state I had in 1976, and when I felt more enlightened, it was in 1990. Lu Yuanmin always shoots in a typical small environment, congested and embarrassed markets, shikumen where people gather, and narrow and damp alleys, he vigilantly watches every little commotion, every occasional mood, and every moment of confusion. Photograph taken in the early '90s, 1990 It was taken relatively early, and this negative happened to have a cookie box. It may be from 1991 to 1995, another five years, and there will be another vest bag, and there are tens of thousands of negatives now, and most of them will be thrown away immediately, but now I feel that some things should not be thrown away so quickly. This photo was taken in the winter of February 1990, and the era when this photo was taken still had a clear theme, at that time, this photo broke a kind of aesthetic concept at that time, a relatively vague and personal image thing, and also won a relatively large award, I feel that this photo is a photo that I am quite satisfied with. This photograph won the gold medal in the 1991 Shanghai Art Photography Competition. This is because it is a habit to develop a habit of taking pictures with a little conditions, they are all rinsed by themselves, in a very simple room, a few friends are sometimes together, in their own homes, in a kitchen, two friends are rinsing, and a friend is looking at the watch outside, calling that when the time is up, immediately take it out of the developer, and then put it in the fixer. At that time, I remember very interestingly, once, my family inadvertently turned on the power and turned on the electric light, and everyone pounced on it and pounced on the developer. I feel fortunate that I have shot so much black and white film at that time, so many films are still in my hands, and there are so many negatives for you to enlarge are very enjoyable, this kind of process is very enjoyable, this fun can still be maintained for a long time, and this kung fu has been practiced very well, and it is a pity to abandon this martial arts. The green men and red women in the earthly world were originally noisy, but under Lu Yuanmin's lens, they all seemed to be hypnotized and sleepwalking in the market, Lu Yuanmin soaked the reality in front of him in the developer, drifted away from the vivid appearance, and then slightly processed and dyed with the old tone. This photo was taken next to the Peace Hotel, because it produces an illusion, because this photo is a very typical building on the Bund in Shanghai, with steam coming out of the back and a truck parked in front, as if there is a feeling of a steam engine, but you have a vague sense of the era, reminiscent of the feeling of the industrial age. The thing you shoot is so ordinary, you always want to make it, talk it well, sublimate it, use it as a refinement, if you can produce something more fantastic, it's unwanted. Photographs give us a feeling of being separated from the world, and Lu Yuanmin uses a sense of historical vicissitudes to lay out the impermanence of life on the plane of photography. My family lives here on Xiangyang South Road, and I have to ride a bicycle to work every day, and I will pass by Wuning Road and Bridge or Caoyang Road and Bridge every day. Every day by Suzhou Creek, at that time will give yourself a very special feeling, at that time Shanghai has changed very much, but Suzhou Creek is still a river that has not changed, I think this is the biggest pleasure of shooting Suzhou Creek to yourself, you can think back to the photos you saw many years ago or a movie state, you think this is a particularly interesting thing. Suzhou Creek has an irreplaceable emotional connection with the life of Shanghai people for a long time, and the "Suzhou Creek" series is one of Lu Yuanmin's masterpieces, his "Suzhou Creek" is not a passing water, but a jar of old wine after the banquet with a year, which truly absorbs the seasons, food, clothing, houses, as well as people's expressions, people's beliefs and people's circumstances. This girl is the girlfriend of a photography friend who she shoots with her, she is also playing with us, she is also in this position by chance, I feel that she is in this position, her dress, hairstyle and the environment behind it are very compatible, her face shape I feel very weird, there is an indescribable expression, this expression is very consistent with the environment and atmosphere that is not clear behind. There are still relatively few of our friends who take their girlfriends out, and when we take our girlfriends out, everyone will definitely focus on her, and there may be some scenes where there is a shortage of people, and we immediately want to ask her to stand here. Lu Yuanmin is shy, and the woman who can face his camera so calmly must be someone he knows, otherwise he would not press the shutter easily. It's all a friend's wife, a friend's girlfriend, and it's not a deliberate choice, it may be that your friend is sitting in it, and it doesn't feel like it, sitting at home, if two people can choose one, they must choose his wife to shoot. I myself sometimes look at these photos, and I feel a little funny, they are all at the door of my house, my friend's wife, they are all near the unit, and they are all very close to me, because in fact, the closest thing to me is the most feeling, the most life-like thing. Strange to say, it is difficult to find his wife in Lu Yuanmin's albums. Maybe it's because she's too familiar with the relationship, but she won't take a lot of special photos, because she also feels that the photos she takes are not very beautiful, and she still prefers to shoot in a very natural state and doesn't like to take pictures of her in a good pose. In the few photographs, Mrs. Lu either undresses and looms in the misty bathroom, or she falls into a dream, rare for what she is. I met her at an exhibition, and it happened that my magazine was published, a copy of "Modern Photography", made a cover, bought a copy, and asked herself to sign a name in the magazine, she is still more able to accept this kind of image, maybe the average girl thinks that she did not shoot her most beautiful place, and will take out her deformation and a part of her that is not very beautiful, but she can still accept it.

For a while, I held the camera by myself, and pressed it casually without framing, in fact, the photo is a photo box, and the camera lens itself has a feeling of voyeurism, some people like to look in the doorway, and some people are attack-type. I still hide in a dark place to shoot, and it is best to be in an amateur state. Lu Yuanmin repeatedly emphasized that he was an amateur photographer, and on the way to and from work, in the chats and laughter between relatives and friends, he quietly pressed the shutter to record the daily life of the vivid people around him.