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The famous photographer Ruan Yi Zhong, known as the "enlightener and evangelist of world photography in China", has published his first collection of personal essays in thirty years. With a sincere and timeless pen, he reviews all the "imaginings, seeing and hearing" in his photographic art life. This book also contains nearly 50 photographic works of Ruan Yi Zhong and representative works of famous photographers such as Fang Dazeng and Lu Nan. Readers can get a glimpse of the story behind the lens of the "godfather of photography". The black and white images he captured complement each other and can be appreciated with pictures and texts, forming a complete journey of life.

"Hearing: Coffee Years & Vinyl Years" is a new collection of photography and cultural essays by the famous photographer Ruan Yi Zhong. In "Coffee Years", the author starts from the coffee-drinking habit he developed in his "small town youth" era, reviews the past experiences in cafes across Taiwan, records the different styles of cafe culture he encountered when he visited Europe, and introduces the experience of brewing coffee and appreciating coffee. It is full of fun and yet profound. In "The Vinyl Age", the author recalls how after "entering the world of classical music", he went from a layman to an amateur listener, and then gradually grew into a senior music fan with a collection of more than 10,000 vinyl records. During this period, the author's descriptions of old friends and stories that happened in Taiwan are equally moving.

It mainly introduces the author's home lifestyle. Walking, interior design, villa renovation and other seemingly trivial matters in life are all filled with the author's fun and ingenuity. We can also gain some home life experience from it to make life better.