Liu recalls his feelings toward realistic photography at the time: "It was like in Italy after just after World War Ⅱ, I suppose.
對於寫實攝影的源流與旨意，劉安明回憶當時的情景說：「寫實攝影的再崛起，好像在第二次大戰後的義大利吧…… 因為戰後的窮困挫敗，人們體驗到前所未有的深刻感受，時代在變，攝影機無比的寫實能力重新被體認出來。