At age 22 he went to Japan to study, later testing into economics department at Hosei University. There he became interested in photography and joined the university's photography club.
廿二歲那年赴日就讀，對攝影發生興趣，用儲蓄了一陣子的錢，買了一架古董式的 Kodak Autographic Camera 開始拍照。民國廿一年考上法政大學經濟系，參加該校的攝影俱樂部，就利用這部只有兩塊玻璃合成的簡單鏡頭的古老鏡箱到處找題材。