When Jie Hailong introduced his documentary photography "Big Eyes", he said: When he began to place his hopes on documentary photography, there were "nearly 200 million illiterates" in Chinese mainland, and "there were as many as 4 million students lost in remote areas every year, of which one quarter were out of school because of poverty."
Faced with such a harsh reality, Jie Hailong spent ten years, starting from 1990, traveling more than 20,000 kilometers, visiting 128 counties in 26 provinces of China, contacting tens of thousands of children in more than 100 schools and taking tens of thousands of photos. He wants to use photos to fight for the right to education for rural children.
1991April, 7-year-old Su Mingjuan was a first-year student at Sanhe Central Primary School in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. Jie Hailong, a photographer who was working in Chongwen Cultural Center, went deep into Dabie Mountain to capture Su Mingjuan who was in class. A pair of "big eyes eager to read", which especially represent children in poor mountainous areas, took his shot.
This painting, named Big Eyes, shows two little girls with big eyes holding pencils and looking straight ahead, eager for knowledge. After publication, it was quickly reprinted by major media at home and abroad. This work soon became the propaganda symbol of Project Hope in China, and Su Mingjuan also became the image ambassador of Project Hope.
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"Big Eyes" Su Mingjuan
Su Mingjuan, female, Han nationality. 1983 was born in zhang wan Village, Lingtao Township, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, and graduated from Anhui University. 199 1, a photo of "I want to go to school", let China people remember those big eyes. 199 1 I want to read, which was filmed in May.
14 years old, becoming the smallest representative in the Great Hall of the People. After the meeting, she was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. In 2003, Su Mingjuan was admitted to the Department of Financial Management of Anhui University; On June 23rd, 2007, he became the volunteer recruitment ambassador for Anhui Olympic Games.
20 10 September, Su Mingjuan, a girl with "big eyes" in Hope Project, became a white-collar worker in a bank. On June 20 171February 5 15, Su Mingjuan was elected as the Deputy Secretary of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League. 20 18, the whole country is very good to young people.
He is currently the Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of China Industrial and Commercial Bank Anhui Branch. * * * Member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and Standing Committee of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
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