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Young Photojournalist?s Inspirational Shots Zhu Danyang, born in Suichang, Zhejiang Province in 1984, is a photo journalist of City Express, the most widely circulated newspaper in Hangzhou affiliated with Hangzhou Daily News Group. The hardworking young man in his 20s has produced powerful realist photographs that deeply touch readers and give readers a powerful timely insight into news events. “The Dacuos” is one of the pictures taken by Zhu in Jiegu Town, Qinghai Province after the Yushu earthquake in April 14, 2010. In this photograph, homeless Dacuo, suffering injuries to the legs, is sleeping on a bed salvaged from the ruins. Dacuo and his family members stay there with no roof above their heads. Behind them are a group of PLA soldiers rushing to provide disaster relief. Unlike some other photojournalists, Zhu Danyang create news photos that always give people strong aesthetic satisfaction. For his superb shooting skills and distinctive aesthetic sensibility in “The Dacuos”, Zhu won the Gold Award in Youth Group at the 23rd China National Photography Art Exhibition, which is the biggest and most famous national exhibition held by Chinese Photographers Society with the longest history in China. This prizewinning photo and other photos he took in Yushu highlight the young photographer?s professionalism and aesthetic achievement. Each relates a story. Take, for example, a panoramic photograph Zhu took in Jiegu. On his way back to the camp after spending 10 hours photographing around Jiegu, Zhu suddenly realized that he had not got a panoramic view of Jiegu Town after the catastrophe. Though hungry and thirsty, he decided to take some photos from a nearby hilltop before the sunset. Fighting high altitude anoxia, he trudged through shrubs to the hilltop. To his astonishment, he saw yawning cracks on the hilltop. Using the cracks as the foreground, Zhu clicked away. Daylight was ebbing away rapidly. After taking photos, the young photographer found it