In the course of visiting Shanghai, Nanking, Hangchow, and Peiping, he took more than three hundred photographs, talked with many young Chinese, and absorbed many impressions.
比起文字與電視，攝影是另一具有紀錄功能的傳播媒體，它的普遍性與說服力甚至在兩者之上。歷年來，不乏許多攝影家，在中國大陸拍下了極為珍貴的、歷史性的鏡頭。一九七九年以後，攝影家以觀光的名義進入大陸，拍攝了更多這類的題材。