The photographs taken in those days by Lin Ch'uan-tzu, in particular, exude a feeling of waiting and expectation. Among the boxes and boxes of film that Lin left behind from over thirty years as a photographer, the most precious are his black-and-white documentary photos depicting the life of the common people, photos which combine human emotion with artistic beauty.
以卅年前的保守風氣與觀念，要接納當時林權助較為直率的庶民生活與人物照像，是會遭遇一番爭執或抗阻的。台灣攝影界的一股主流導線，三、四十年來不遺餘力地鼓吹虛矯的、唯美的沙龍照像，他們寧願看到美麗的片面假相，而不想去正視生活的廣闊面貌。