1930年代是现代中国摄影发展的第一个高峰期。在经过20世纪初大量归国留学生以及新闻媒体的推广之下,摄影从一种商业照相馆的工艺转化成现代传播中不可或缺的新科技。而使用摄影的人员也从职业摄影师扩展到制版专业人士、媒体工作者,以及业余摄影者这些生力军。1910年代后期的北京光社虽然晚于上海精武体育会摄影部,却产生了真正以个别摄影者为主体,有意识的摄影创作 The 1930s is the first peak of the development of modern Chinese photography. After a large number of returned overseas students and the news media at the beginning of the 20th century, photography was transformed from the art of a commercial photo studio into the indispensable new technology in modern communication. Photographers have also expanded from professional photographers to plate-making professionals, media workers, and amateur photographers. In the late 1910s, Beijing Guangshe, though later than the photography department of Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association, produced a conscious photographic creation with individual photographers as its main body