After finishing his military service he returned to Taoyuan in 1960, where he set up the Li Jen Photo Studio and began to pursue realistic photography in earnest, frequently motorcycling off to the countryside in search of subjects with a strong rural flavor.
一九六○年吳永順當兵退伍回到桃園後，開設了「儷人照相館」，就比較專心而認真的接觸寫實攝影。他常騎著摩托車上山下鄉跑，獵取家鄉的風情人物，勤奮地學習與觀察。