Literature and history warrior lets old photographs tell Beitou’s story

Through his collection of old photographs and documents, a passion which spans many years, Beitou expert Yang-ye (楊燁)  has put together an outline of Beitou’s former glory years. Back in 1993, Yang-ye established Hongye Studio, which initially focused on drawing up tour maps. He started collecting photographs while conducting interviews for fieldwork in the area, where elderly residents would often allow him to duplicate their old photographs.

Later, he began visiting the recycling plant to collect any old photographs that people had discarded, buying them back by weight; he is also often seen strutting through flea markets trying to dig out buried treasure. He has recently been commissioned to write a book on the literature and history of Beitou, and will no doubt continue maintaining the same zeal for this subject long into the future.

Literature and history warrior lets old photographs tell Beitou’s story 

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(以下是中文對照)

文史小兵楊燁 用老照片話北投

有「北投達人」之稱的楊燁收集老照片已有多年，透過老照片及文獻，勾勒出北投的過去的輝煌。楊燁自1993年成立虹燁工作室，最初是以接繪圖的案子為主，為人繪製導覽地圖，而文史研究一直是楊燁的興趣，多年來持續收藏老照片，他說最早是田野調查、與耆老訪談時，他們會主動提供老照片或是讓楊燁翻拍，後來楊燁去資源回收廠收購人家丟棄的老照片，秤斤論兩買回來，平時則會到跳蚤市場走走晃晃，看看會不會挖到寶。近期他接受出版社的邀約，開始撰寫北投文史的專書。未來他在北投文史的研究上，仍會持續保持這份熱忱，繼續推廣北投的文史。