First invitation to 22 domestic and international photographers to visit Hakka villages and townships, interpreting "Romantic Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Route 3"
First invitation to 22 domestic and international photographers to visit Hakka villages and townships, interpreting "Romantic Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Route 3"
To showcase the rich cultural charms along the Romantic Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Route 3, the Hakka Affairs Council invited 22 renowned domestic and international photographers to follow the Romantic Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Route 3 into Hakka villages and townships, capturing rich Hakka cultural images from the historical trails walked by Hakka ancestors during their pioneering, their farming wisdom, intangible cultural assets such as performing arts and crafts, to the everyday life of modern Hakka communities.
Curator Chuan Hui-hua stated that the invited domestic mid-generation photographers Chiang Ssu-hsien, Ho Ching-tai, Lin Kuo-chang, Ko Hsiao-tung, Yang Yung-chih, Huang Wen-yung, Huang Tzu-ming, Yeh Tao-hsuan, Kao Cheng-chuan, Chang Chung-liang, as well as heavyweight Hakka photographers Yeh Tsai and Liang Kuo-lung, used delicate perspectives across 28 Hakka villages and townships in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli to give the latest interpretation of Hakka culture!
The international photographers participating in this project come from 6 countries and 2 special administrative regions, including Hervé Bernard and Martial Verdier from France, Oh Jae-hyuk from South Korea, Toshiyuki Kumagai from Japan, Teoh Yong Kim and Hu Hang-sheng from Malaysia, Agatha Bunanta from Indonesia, Wei Fu from Thailand, Tsang Ka-lok from Hong Kong, China, and Kwok Heung-san from Macao, China. The international photographers delved into Hakka villages with an international perspective, using images to record the genuine Hakka villages.
The photographers explored Hakka settlements multiple times, focusing not only on the modern Hakka landscape but also on Hakka stories beneath Huoyan Mountain, the century-old pond in Jiaopu Village, Yuanli Township, Miaoli County, and the century-old legend of the Zhao'an Hakka family in Shigang... Among them, Hervé Bernard is a renowned photographer and Cannes short film director, while Martial Verdier is known for the Caro-style classical photography technique. These wonderful works will be presented from the end of December in Taipei and Hsinchu as large-scale outdoor photography exhibitions. Excellent works are anticipated, so please stay tuned.
▲First invitation to 22 domestic and international photographers to visit Hakka villages and townships, interpreting "Romantic Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Route 3"