[New Year Chronicle] Female college students return to the village during winter vacation to take family portraits for villagers for free
[Concurrent] Su Meng, student of Hunan Vocational and Technical College
Look ahead, look ahead.
3. 2. Yeah!
Yay!
Look here, look here, yes, keep it.
Look here.
[Commentary] The girl in the picture who is taking a family portrait of the villagers is named Su Meng. She is a junior at Hunan Mechanical and Electrical Vocational Technical College. She lives in Yongxin Village, Yong'an Town, Liuyang, Hunan. She loves and is good at photography, and she returns to the village on vacation. Later, I discovered that the only family portraits of many neighbors were black-and-white photos from many years ago. This gave the villagers the idea of freely photographing and printing family portraits during the Spring Festival, and quickly put them into action.
Since the shooting started on January 24, Su Meng has taken family portraits for 43 families in the village.
The family portrait is the tender memory and growth of a family.
Su Meng told reporters that some of the neighbors in the village are working outside and some are in school. Few families gather to take a formal family portrait. She hopes that the photos she took of them can bring them to the villagers. Happy, give them a sense of ritual.
[Concurrent] Su Meng, student of Hunan Vocational and Technical College
(Country folks) They have rarely taken photos with cameras before, and they have been washed out. This time I will go back to my hometown to take pictures of them, take pictures with my camera, and wash them out for them.
I can take pictures of everyone with what I am good at. It is a happy reunion for their family and a wonderful moment.
[Commentary] Su Meng said that her parents were very supportive of her taking pictures of her neighbors, and they also actively contacted her neighbors. She was very busy every day.
Su Meng’s mother also told reporters that her daughter has liked photography since she was a child and she was curious about the film camera at home. In high school, she was envious of seeing her classmates taking pictures with SLR cameras, so she made up her mind to save money and had her own in her freshman year. SLR camera.
During college, Su Meng taught herself photography skills, often taking pictures of roommates, family members, and neighbors.
My neighbor, Grandma Luo Cuiying, is an elderly person living alone in the village, and her children work outside. Since the death of her husband in 2007, the family has not taken a family portrait again. After hearing that Su Meng, who grew up when she was a child, wanted to take a family portrait of herself, the old man was very happy. Welcome to Su Meng every year as a guest at home and take pictures of their family. After the pictures come out, they will be shared with relatives and friends outside, so that they can see the changes in their home and family.
[Concurrent] Su Meng, student of Hunan Vocational and Technical College
I started shooting on January 24, and some other people did not shoot because their sons and daughters are still out of town, and then they have to wait for the new year or when they come back on New Year’s Eve.
Just like the grandmother Luo we photographed just now, because she lives by herself, I want to wait for his sons and children to come back, and grandsons when they come back, and then take them a big family portrait again.
[Commentary] There are more family portraits taken, and Su Meng and his neighbors get closer.
Nowadays, Su Meng has become the "Kid King" of the village. Children will take the initiative to lead the way when they see her taking pictures. Everyone will put on new clothes before taking pictures and dress up seriously.
Su Meng, who loves photography and has a heart for charity, also received an invitation from the Beijing Yuanwang Charity Foundation to participate in the "Good Holiday" warm charity activity for college students, paying attention to left-behind children and children in need in Murakami and surrounding villages.
As the Spring Festival approached, Su Meng not only helped the neighbors put up Spring Festival couplets when they came to take pictures, but also gave the children heart-warming gifts.
[Concurrent] Liang Quanqing, a villager in Yongxin Village, Yongan Town, Liuyang, Hunan
There are three generations of us who took pictures here today, and it’s about to celebrate the New Year. It’s just to take a family portrait and keep it for a while.
That Su Meng's camera technology is still very good, we are all satisfied.
[Commentary] Su Meng said that she would take a family portrait of her family every year, and she would stick to it, and cherish the most beautiful memories of the whole family as a souvenir.
Guan Ziwen and Wang Haohao report from Liuyang, Hunan
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】