Graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts in 2001.Joined Nanjing newspaper Modern Express as a photojournalist in 2001.Currently Chief Photojournalist at Modern Express, Gu Wei has worked in photojournalism for nearly two decades. He has covered the following key events: the fight against the SARS outbreak in 2003; the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake; the 2008 Beijing Olympics; the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games; the 2019 Men’s Basketball World Championships; the campaign against COVID-19 in Wuhan in 2020. On April 8 2020, the Wuhan lockdown was lifted, 76 days after the city was closed off. It was also my 71st day in Wuhan reporting as a photojournalist for the ‘Epidemic Reporting Squad’ from Nanjing’s Modern Express.During this period, I posted content on my WeChat account nearly every day. Although the posts were personal and somewhat emotional, each was witness to a historical moment. And even though the camera lens had no voice, it still allowed history to be heard. As the photos was posted on WeChat, these snapshots became significant — so much so that they left us a mark of the times.