We live in times when technological advances occur almost daily. But no matter how fine and up-to-date the equipment is, it can only produce the shell of a work. In order to evoke an emotional response from the viewer, a photograph must be the product of thought and have a meaning beneath the shell.
Thus, before pressing the shutter, a photographer should ask himself three questions: Why? (Why am I taking this picture? Is there any point to it?);
What? (What am I to show in the picture in order to convey its meaning?); and
How? (How am I to deploy the equipment to meet the picture's needs?)
Many of Lin Hsiang-hsiu's photographs and essays were widely published in the 1950s and 60s.