Old photo: The wonders of the Yangtze River in 1946

Old photo | The wonderful scenery of the Yangtze River in 1946

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from Baidi City, Fengjie County, Chongqing City, in the west and ends at Nanjin Pass, Yichang City, Hubei Province, in the east, with a total length of 193 kilometers. Along the way, there are steep peaks and cliffs on both sides. From west to east, there are Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge

This group of photos was taken by American Life magazine as Demetri· DmitriKessel

Demetri· Kessel, a Russian born Jew, fled to Romania with his family when he was young, migrated to the United States, and took photography as a career. During World War II, he worked as a war correspondent in Europe and Asia. When he worked for LIFE magazine, he lived in Nanjing and Shanghai for more than half a year. In 1946, the National Government planned to cooperate with the United States to develop the Three Gorges. Therefore, Life magazine of the United States spent a lot of money to take this group of rare pictures of the Three Gorges
 

Tips: Life: The Three Gorges; Big money” The dust seal on the photo edge

“ Life magazine likes this story about the Yangtze River very much. It has 15 pages of photos”, In 1993, Kessel, who was over 89 years old, once talked about this unforgettable shooting experience in a public place; At that time, I was also working with John Hency, who wrote a full page of instructions about the boat trackers on the Yangtze River. The boat trackers used ropes to pull the boat up against the current, just like the boat trackers on the Volga River& rdquo;

Life took out 15 pages to publish these photos, which will undoubtedly be a grand launch worthy of the name. Unfortunately, something happened later. Life magazine suddenly removed all 15 pages reserved. Kessel revealed the inside story. When the Yangtze River photo story was about to be published, John Hency’s departure angered the senior management of Life. The photographer left Kessel for Japan before finishing the Yangtze River story and wrote a famous article about Hiroshima for the New Yorker magazine, which published a special collection of his Hiroshima story. However, Wilson Hicks of Life has always regarded The New Yorker as “The New Yorker”; Eyenail&rdquo& ldquo; Heartburn”. Kessel recalled that Hicks angrily took the New Yorker into the office and said: “; I will never publish another word for this guy’s article;. As a result, Kessel’s picture story of the Yangtze River also disappeared, and this group of rare old pictures of the Three Gorges in the world became dust laden