His name is Ye, and he was born on1October 6th, 188 1. My father, an individual handicraft worker who made a living from textiles, married a maid from a noble family in Fuzhou at that time. Because of this relationship, young Ye got a rare opportunity to go to England with Luo. He 15 years old that year.

It is impossible to live in London for five years, but Ye Lujing probably fell in love with photography from then on. 190 1 year, Ye took his first portrait photo before returning to China, when he was 20 years old.

After Ye returned to Fuzhou, he still worked in Luojia, and soon took charge of Luojia's tea shop and pawn shop, becoming an energetic businessman. It was not until more than 30 years later that the situation was turbulent and the store closed down.

From 1907, Ye began to take a portrait of himself every year until 1968, and took 62 photos in 62 years. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and then to the Republic of China, Ye has always adhered to the habit of taking photos in violent China. The changes of the times have not projected too much content on his face, but the traces of time are unstoppable. Youth, prime of life, old age, twilight ...

In 2007, an old photo collector named Tong Bingxue accidentally got this photo album, and Ye's story began to be known by more people. Looking through these 62 photos, you may only spend 10 minutes-that's Ye, an ordinary China person's life.