post #7

This is the photograph which was published by famous Chinese photographer Xie Hailong in 1991. It was named “Big Eyes”. Also, it has been used for “Project Hope Education” (China Youth Development Foundation) as an official propaganda picture poster. It gives us a powerful sense of their living condition and academic environment. It is a spotlight of the students who want to go to school, but unfortunately are not able to afford it. A pair of big eyes gives us a strong feeling for them. The sight and the entire picture have brought us to a world which we have never got touched. A little hand is holding a pencil; an old book is under her hand. From the background of the picture, you probably can see what kind of studying environment they had, there is no TV; there is no heater; there is even no electricity or running water. A dark，run-down classroom with some old disreputable desks. A few tattered books are not even enough for everyone. Most of the time, they don’t even have pencils or papers to write on. That’s all they have for class. But the hope of going to school has not decreased, they want to read, they want to write, they want to be a person who can understand the world, they want to get to know the world. “We need help”. That’s what the pair of eyes has been telling us.