During the early years of his career, photography was the exclusive preserve of the top echelons of society in Taipei. The mechanical skills required and the expense of buying the films put it out of reach of the bulk of the population in an agricultural society.
過去在台灣，攝影一直是上流社會才玩得起的技藝，它的高度機械性和昂貴的膠卷消耗，與早期農村社會裡講求勞動與節儉的風氣是背道而馳的。