"Street photography" may be difficult to show the momentum of mountains and rivers like landscape photos, and it is rare to produce beautiful and dreamy pictures, but it is not artificial or deliberately beautifying, and elements full of "human touch" can also be Its fascinating to watch. The photos below are full of stories and have conquered the hearts of netizens. They are humorous and occasionally absurd and poignant works, and their observations on human nature and society are quite subtle. Liu Tao from Hefei, China is not a professional photographer. He created wonderful photography works in the process of reading water meters.
For the past few years, Liu Tao has been riding a motorcycle, repeatedly doing the trivial and boring work of reading water meters. Until he met photography, his work and his life changed differently. Precisely because he stayed on the streets every day, walking among the crowds, he picked up a camera and began to capture the smallest details of life, some things that are often ignored by people but are very interesting.
Liu Tao had no professional knowledge or background in photography, but after being inspired by street photography master Daido Moriyama, he plunged into the world of street photography, focusing on life and using his seemingly meaningless time to shoot a series of photos. For him, any time is a good time to take meaningful photos.
Use the camera to help you tell stories and express your views on the world.
Recently, the world-renowned TIME magazine also reported Liu Tao’s story, allowing more people to know about his mental journey outside of photography. Liu Tao also talked about how a newspaper hoped to hire him as a full-time photographer, but he did not. Unmoved, because he believes that Chinese society and culture have become too utilitarian, and he hopes to focus more on this path of creation and shoot the works he really wants to shoot.
