Dan in La Crosse

The best profession

Read this story, on China Daily's website: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/17/content_291038.htm. It's written by one of China's most celebrated photographers, who tells the story of his father. As a boy in a rural village, his father happened to tag along with a British photographer for awhile, and became fascinated by photography. When the British guy left, the Chinese boy sold his family's only cow for the British guy's camera. Ever since, still using the same camera, the man has walked the villages of Fujian Province, documenting daily life and giving the villagers photos of themselves once developed. It's a touching story about an inspiring life.