Today, there are many real edits in many film and television works that reflect the history of the revolutionary war. These edits are all from battlefield photographers and are very precious. So this made those photographers who risked their lives to complete the shooting another type of hero on the revolutionary battlefield. It was their efforts that today's young people saw the real scenes at that time. Among many excellent photographers, there is a photographer around Premier Zhou. Although he was humble, he had a rich personal experience. He went from a long-term worker from a landlord's family to a military photographer, and he had experienced a considerable life change.
At that time, after he signed up to become a military photographer, he worked in this position since the Revolutionary War to the founding of the People's Republic of China, leaving behind many wonderful photos, which also won him the appreciation of Premier Zhou. It is precisely because of this that Premier Zhou specifically asked about his situation when he visited North Korea and brought him to North Korea together. So who is he? Why did Premier Zhou bring this photographer with him when he visited North Korea?
1. From a long-term worker to a photographer
With the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War , in 1970, Premier Zhou led a delegation to visit North Korea. Before this visit, Premier Zhou suddenly said why one person was missing after carefully examining the follow-up staff? In fact, the person Premier Zhou is talking about is nothing else, he is the photographer who has followed Premier Zhou for many years - Du Xiuxian .
Du Xiuxian had previously worked with Premier Zhou and was highly recognized by Premier Zhou. So during this visit to North Korea, he also visited North Korea with Premier Zhou and became an extremely important photographer around Premier Zhou. Du Xiuxian, who was born in poverty, was a long-term worker of a landlord in the revolutionary war years. Later, the anti-Japanese base area held a land revolution, so he gained the opportunity to study and receive education. Soon after, he came to work at Xinhua Bookstore . Later, when he was working, he saw that the Eighth Route Army Film Group recruited students, and he decisively signed up and became a student, which laid the foundation for him to become an excellent photographer in the future.
After becoming a student of the film troupe, after a period of hard study, he soon became a qualified photographer and rushed to various battlefields to shoot precious positions. Du Xiuxian, who had been tested in war, had higher and higher personal requirements for photography, so that the pictures he shot on the position could be used as a movie alone, and he was highly valued by the organization.
has experience in the revolutionary war period. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he began to work in Xinhua News Agency and took many pictures of the construction of the motherland, which made Premier Zhou appreciate it after watching it. So he was fortunate to come to work with Premier Zhou in 1960 and became a professional photographer in Zhongnanhai .
2. Becoming a photographer next to Premier Zhou
It is a great honor for a photographer to come to Zhongnanhai to work, so this made Du Xiuxian feel that his responsibilities have become much heavier. Therefore, he also attaches more and more importance to his photography technology, and has worked hard to improve his photography technology. On the first day Du Xiuxian came to Zhongnanhai to work, he had the honor to meet Premier Zhou. After Premier Zhou heard that he was a new photographer who came to Zhongnanhai to work, he also left a photo with him, which also became a memory of Du Xiuxian's life.
After working in Zhongnanhai for a period of time, many of Du Xiuxian's photography works were highly praised by Premier Zhou, which also made him attend many important moments and became a witness to many important historical moments, which made Du Xiuxian very proud of this. Premier Zhou also gave a lot of help to his work. It was the period of development of China's diplomacy, so many foreign guests came to China to meet with Premier Zhou and Grandpa Mao and other leaders, which allowed Du Xiuxian to capture these important moments and make these photos the image of the country.
Although he has achieved excellent results in his work and has been recognized by Premier Zhou, after the special period came, Du Xiuxian's work was inevitably affected, which made him transferred to work in Urumqi. During the period of working in Urumqi, although Du Xiuxian missed his time working with Premier Zhou very much, he still had to leave the position he had fought for. In 1970, when Premier Zhou was visiting North Korea, he saw the list of escorts and wondered why he hadn't seen Lao Du? After learning that he was still working in Urumqi, he applied to transfer him back to Zhongnanhai to accompany him to visit North Korea.
After coming to North Korea, Du Xiuxian took photos of Premier Zhou’s rare visit, and these photos later became precious cultural relics. After that, Du Xiuxian accompanied Premier Zhou through the last period of time, recording every detail of his efforts to turn the tide, allowing his photos to vividly show the real image of Premier Zhou, so Du Xiuxian also became a person who cannot be forgotten in this history.
3. Conclusion:
As a photographer who accompanied Premier Zhou, Du Xiuxian used his unique photography angle to record one real history after another, so this made Du Xiuxian not only a recorder of this history, but also a role model for many photographers to learn from in the future. It is of profound significance to record one real history after another through one photo after another.
