吴印咸,江苏沭阳人,少年时在绘画、书法、篆刻方面显露出了过人的天赋,19岁时在亲友的资助下考取了上海美术专科学校,从此开始接受正规的绘画基本训练。1920年,吴印咸用辛苦积攒的三块银元在旧货市场买下了一台美国产的勃朗尼牌旧照相机,他的摄影生涯便由此开始了。出身于清贫知识分子家庭、青少年时代一直生活在普通群众中的吴印咸,和许多沉浸于歌颂上层社会的摄影师们不同,他的摄影作品基本上反映的是劳苦大众为了生存苦苦挣扎的社会现实。 Wu Yinxian, a native of Jiangsu Shuyang, showed extraordinary talents in painting, calligraphy and seal cutting. At the age of 19, he was admitted to the Shanghai Art Academy under the auspices of relatives and friends and began to receive regular training in painting. In 1920, Wu Yin-han started his career in photography with the three silver dollars he worked hard at buying a old American-made Brandon old camera at the flea market. Wu Yin-salty, who came from a poor family of intellectuals and has lived with ordinary people in his youth, is different from many immersive photographers who are praising the upper classes. His photographic works basically reflect the social reality that struggling people struggle to survive .