摄影术自1839年诞生于法国,已发展了170多年,是西方工业文明标志性的文化艺术符号,在诞生五年后便传入中国。几年之后在香港、上海便有了私人开设的照相馆;40年后便成为王公贵族、士大夫阶层的新宠;在传入中国80多年之后,中国的文人呼唤民族精髓的风潮渐起,开始用中国绘画的思维和表现形式对当时的摄影 Photography was born in France in 1839 and has been in development for over 170 years. It is a symbol of western industrial civilization as a symbol of culture and the arts. It was introduced to China five years after its birth. A few years later, in Hong Kong, there was a privately-opened photo gallery in Shanghai. After 40 years, it became the new darling of the nobility and scholar-officials. More than 80 years after its introduction to China, the Chinese literati began to pick up the national essence and started to use Chinese painting thinking and expression of the photography of the time