照片档案是档案大家族的后起之秀,它的资历虽比文字记载的档案晚几千年,但是它却以形色齐备的姿态给档案家族增添了新的光彩,给人类的文化生活开辟了一个新的领域。照片是摄影艺术的结晶,是一种形象性的表现艺术,它是时代形象的记录,具有记实性和真实性的特点,因此,它作为档案中的一类被人们所器重。 Photo archives is a rising star in the big family of archives. Although its qualifications are several thousand years later than archival records, it adds a new glory to the archival family with a full-fledged attitude and opens up a new dimension to the cultural life of mankind field. Photograph is the crystallization of photographic art. It is a kind of vivid performance art. It is the record of the contemporary image, and has the characteristics of recordability and authenticity. Therefore, it is regarded as a kind of archives by people.