70-Year Old Photo Studio Witnesses Historic Moments|70年攝影社 見證政治人物與政黨輪替

A photo studio in Taipei City has seen a number of past presidents coming through to have their portraits taken. Nowadays, the photographer is experimenting with new techniques to add colors to old black-and-white photos to regain their former glory.


A photo studio in Taipei City's Zhongzheng District has seen a number of presidents coming through the door and have their portraits taken, including former President Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, Ma Ying-jeou, and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen.

We preserve old photographs as a way of safeguarding a piece of history. Whoever wants to reminisce the past could just see our old photographs and see how people used to live in the past.

Lin Kuang-liang is an old-fashioned photographer. However, in the digital age, he has to learn new craft and resort to computer software to restore black-and-white photos to color.

The time is changing too fast. Back in the old days, one must enter a darkroom to develop photographs. The process involves developing, fixing, rinsing, and drying. We even needed to use hair dryers to dry off the photos. Nowadays, a print from a laser printer takes a few seconds to dry. In merely 60 years, the process of producing photographs has complete changed.
People tend to go to photo studios with modern equipment in order to get instant results, resulting in traditional studios becoming obsolete. The owner is resorting to modern technologies to bring color to old photos in order to showcase its luster.