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Photography book： The photos must have soulsIn those days， most of the photography books were textbooks. Yet， in fact， the topics range of photography books could be wider， and the content could be deeper. The Nationality of the “Inside China” series photography books published by China Renmin University Press focuses on the topic of nationality and reveals the author’s exploration on the nationality or national character of the Chinese. As soon as it was published， various kinds of comments about it appeared on the internet. Some of scholars who are engaged in sociology and journalism I know are also interested in it and people start to think about the nationality through that book.Actually， except photography works of the famous photographers like Capa and Bresson， those works of little known photographers are difficult to enter in the market. Previously， I checked the art books on Amazon and found there are only 4 kinds of photography books in the top 100 sales and one of them is One Day of the Chinese published by China CITIC Press. In the photography category， there are a few photography books of the same kind. What people pay more attention to is the learning of techniques for photography. And there are relevant fewer readers of photographic history and photographic concepts. While as one category of arts， the value of photography will not change with the popularization of photographic techniques.Nationality， which is also called national character， is a general concept of the psychology and behavior of the citizens in one country or the members of one nation formed in a special social and historical condition. When I planed this book， some questions often occurred to me and made me think. The study on nationality reached its peak in 1970s and then it gradually cooled down. To the Chinese， the discussion on nationality originated from by Lu Xun and the “Ah Q spirit” were widely considered as the nationality of every citizen. But now， the reform and opening-up