A photographer in Shandong takes more than a hundred elderly people to take pictures for free: I don’t want them to leave regrets

Jimu Journalist Ding Peng

Video editing Ding Peng

On June 17, in a wheat field in Wenfu Village, Xinxian Town, Xixian County, Liaocheng City, Xie Yunfeng, Xie Yunfeng pressed the shutter to take a photo for a rural lady who was working, and printed the photos to her. This is the 63rd time he shoots for the elderly this year.

Xie Yunfeng, born in 1990, is a public welfare photographer. He had worked in the post -stage film and television post -stage work in Beijing before. He returned to his hometown of Liaocheng, Shandong to start a business in 2020. He was engaged in video shooting and production. Essence

In June 2021, he began to take photos for the elderly in his hometown. In the past year, Xie Yunfeng has taken photos for more than 100 elderly people, and he told Jimu Journalists that he will always stick to this.

Photos taken by Xie Yunfeng for the neighboring village worked for Mai Farming

Take pictures for more than a hundred elderly people

At more than 4 pm on the 17th, Xie Yunfeng drove from the home of Xielu Village, Chaocheng Town. He came to Wenfu Village next door, and took a photo for a lady. At that time, the aunt was making corn species in the wheat field. Under the scorching sun, her bending picture made Xie Yunfeng move. He thought that his parents worked like this.

During the conversation with the aunt, Xie Yunfeng learned that the aunt was 69 years old and his wife had died for more than 20 years. Now he lives alone. In order to save more pension money, she is still planting 5 acres of land at home. Then, give the land to my son.

Grab a moment, Xie Yunfeng pressed the shutter, printed the photo, and packed it in the photo frame to the big mother. After taking the photo, the old man smiled happily and invited Xie Yunfeng to go to the house for dinner.

"The old people all called me 'small peaks'." Xie Yunfeng told Jimu Journalists that he was born in 1990. He had worked in the post -stage film and television post -stage work in Beijing for more than 10 years. He returned to his hometown of Liaocheng, Shandong to start a business in 2020 to engage in video shooting production. After returning home, he learned that some older people in the village had no photos of their own, and wanted to leave them with some good memories with their own specialties.

In June 2021, he began to take photos for the elderly in his hometown. Over the past year, he went to more than a dozen villages nearby and took photos for more than 100 elderly people. Moreover, he will print it out for the elderly, and has sent more than 160 photos so far.

Cross -provincial dreams for a couple

Xie Yunfeng took a group photo for Ge Maolong's parents

When Xie Yunfeng takes photos for the elderly, he will also conduct simple interviews with them, and make their story shooting into videos to Douyin. His wife Zhang Liying said that she would watch these videos carefully, and the story of many elderly people moved her.

The story of Xie Yunfeng's free photos for the elderly was also reported by local media. On April 30, 2022, after seeing the report in Li Maolong, a person in Shanghai who was working in Shanghai, he took the initiative to contact Xie Yunfeng, hoping that he could take a photo for his parents' parents. Xie Yunfeng happily agreed.

On June 18, Ge Maolong told Jimu Journalists that his parents were from Xinxian, Shandong. He opened a store in Fan County, Henan, Henan, which was not far from his hometown. He rarely had time to see them. "From childhood to big, I have never seen a photo of my parents. I always feel that it is a pity." Ge Maolong held the idea of ​​trying and tried to see Xie Yunfeng on the Internet. Parents in Fanxian County, Henan, took photos for his parents across the province for free.

On the day of the photo on May 3, Xie Yunfeng found the store of Fan County according to the address provided by Ge Maolong. After simply communicating with Ge Maolong's parents, he took a group photo for them. "When I print the photo, the printer I carried with me was no longer ink. I temporarily went to the nearby photo studio to print photos to them. Finally, I did not humiliate the mission."

Ge Maolong's father, Ge Dan, told Jimu Journalists that he has been married for 37 years. There were no conditions before. The couple did not have a photo when they got married. Xie Yunfeng took this photo for them. Years of regret.

Xie Yunfeng told Jimu Journalists that Ge Maolong was the first netizen who wrote him, and a netizen also wanted him to take photos of his father who put sheep, but the location information was not very accurate. He did not find that place. If he is free in the later period, go to the old man who is the sheep.

Make more elderly people no regrets

On June 18, Xie Yunfeng said in an interview with Jiyu Journalists that his original intention was to record the lives of the old people with the camera in his hand and left them some beautiful instantaneous instant.

"My grandparents died early, and they had only a small black and white photo." Xie Yunfeng said, hoping to help more elderly people and not let them regret it. "The old man I have taken has died, and those two photos have become their last image."

Xie Yunfeng told reporters that when he started taking photos for the elderly for free, he didn't know how to deal with them. He was worried that he would be rejected by the old people and was embarrassed. But after successfully took a photo of a few children, he successfully took a photo for an old man. He had more and more dealt with communication with the old people. The old people were more kind. Speaking of the first sentence, they will respond enthusiastically.

Xie Yunfeng took a group photo for a pair of couples

Xie Yunfeng deliberately selected a group photo of the three old couples to reporters.He told reporters that the youngest people of these six elderly people are also in their 70s, most of which are over 80 years old.In one of the photos, an old man was wearing a black short -sleeved top and sitting on a chair at the door of the house, laughing.The old lady stood beside the chair, put her left hand on his shoulder, and the two old men showed a happy smile.(The picture shows the respondent provided)

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