Chinanews.com, Taiyuan, November 23. Title: The photography career of an 87-year-old soldier who resisted US aggression and aid to Korea: Since the first camera was captured at the age of 18
Author Wu Qiong
"I love my business, and no matter what work I do over the years, I haven't left photography." Talking about the photography career of Jia Zhenxin, an 87-year-old veteran of the Korean War to Resist U.S. Aid and Aid Korea, who lives in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, has to be captured on the battlefield at the age of 18. Speaking of a US military camera.
The picture shows the birthday of a veteran soldier who resisted US aggression and aid to Korea taken by Jia Zhenxin.
Photo by Wu Junjie
On the 23rd, I walked into Jia Zhenxin’s home. The small study room was filled with photographs and photography books he had taken and collected over the years. On the desk, there were some old newspapers, magazines and his handwritten writings related to the Anti-US Aid Korea. data.
These are just the tip of the iceberg about his photography collection. In the basement and his daughter's home, there are still forty or fifty cameras in his collection.
18-year-old first contact with the camera
Entering Jia Zhenxin's home, the small study room is full of photos and photography books he has taken and collected over the years. On the desk, there are some old newspapers, magazines and his handwritten materials related to the Anti-US Aid Korea.
Photo by Wu Junjie
A camera, this is the "trophies" that Jia Zhenxin seized during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In October 1950, when he was only 17 years old, he rushed to the Korean battlefield as a signal soldier. In 1951, when he cleared the battlefield after breaking through the 38th parallel battle, Jia Zhenxin seized a camera from the enemy tent.
"I didn't know it well at the time. It was wrapped in a leather case, and then I learned that it was a camera." Jia Zhenxin said that because he was in contact with the camera for the first time, he didn't know how to use it. Under the simple guidance of his colleagues, he So I fumbled for some photos and became interested in photography.
In 1951 Jia Zhenxin was injured and returned to China.
After being demobilized from the army, he decided to study photography exclusively, and slowly saved money to buy a camera himself.
After working at the Taiyuan Chemical Plant, Jia Zhenxin often took photos of workers and buildings with a camera in his spare time.
Open a photo studio to chase photography dreams
At present, Jia Zhenxin is collecting and sorting out more materials about resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and is preparing to compile another book on the basis of "Photographs of Veterans in Battle".
Photo by Wu Junjie
In 1987, after retiring, Jia Zhenxin founded the "Zhenxing Photo Studio" to enjoy photography.
The small photo studio not only enriched Jia Zhenxin's retirement life, but also became the "link" for him to reconnect with his old comrades in arms.
"I have a comrade-in-arms named Wang Kun. We were a unit during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. We were friends who had experienced the test of life and death together. It is a pity that we lost contact with each other after returning to China." Jia Zhenxin said, by chance, in the 90s of the last century. In the 1980s, an veteran came to the photo studio to take photos. They talked about a veteran who knew each other. It happened that this veteran also knew Wang Kun and had his contact information.
"I immediately called Wang Kun to get in touch again."
Over the years, Jia Zhenxin has often organized gatherings of veterans, and helped them make exhibition boards and publish books.
He also photographed 19 veterans of the Korean War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, record their family life after returning to China, and combined their combat stories, and made a photo album with several comrades in charge of veterans of the War of Resist US Aid Korea.
In 2013, Jia Zhenxin participated in the Pingyao International Photography Exhibition with two comrades-in-arms Zhong Da and Liu Xinghua for three consecutive years. They showed the audience the precious photos they had collected and taken to resist US aggression and aid Korea and the militia, and told their stories about their wars against the US and aid Korea.
Enthusiastic for public welfare, taking photos for veterans for free
Since the establishment of the photo studio, Jia Zhenxing has taken pictures of veterans for free and is enthusiastic about public welfare.
"When gatherings, I often take photos with everyone." Jia Zhenxin said, some veterans have mobility problems, so he went to the veterans' homes to take pictures for them for free.
Today, Jia Zhenxin still insists on photography.
"However, I have some shaking hands now, and I usually use my mobile phone to shoot some things and save them." Jia Zhenxin said, now he is collecting more materials about the anti-US aggression and aid Korea, and is preparing to edit it on the basis of "Photographs of Veterans Fighting" a book.
"These photos not only tell the story of the War to Resist U.S. Aid Korea, but also witness the friendship between the veterans. I hope to leave these memories to future generations and promote the spirit of Resisting U.S. Aid Korea."
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