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Juror’s Statement, Photography Category

A Delightful Encounter with Social Issue Related Creations CHUNG Ling

A total of 570 artworks were submitted in the photography PAN Tung-Cheng was awarded Second Prize for his “Picking the
category of the Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City this Tobacco Leaves for the Last Time”. As Taiwan's tobacco industry dies
year, including nine that came from abroad—mainland China, Hong out, this subject is remarkably in step with current affairs. The artist
Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Spain, Poland, Mexico and the cleverly shot the photo through a ring-shaped tobacco stem with
Dominican Republic. In the future, we would like to encourage more a wide-angle lens to highlight the farmer in the center, which also
participation from overseas to raise this exhibition's global profile. increases its impact and appeal.

The juror committee included HSIEH Ming-Shun, CHIANG The First Prize winner, “Reduce & Reuse”, was created by HSU
Tsun-Hsiung, Lulu Shur-Tzy HOU, CHEN Li-Min and me. On May Mei-Chu. If my observations are correct, this extraordinary work is
21 during the preliminary selection stage, we agreed on 46 artworks completely the result of brilliant planning and careful arrangements,
for the final selection round, including a Dominican Republic relating and reflecting current pressing issues. Juror HSIEH Ming-
submission. During the final selection on June 20, we reviewed 45 Shun commented, “Composed from a humanistic perspective, the
works and voted to decide on the First Prize, Second Prize and Third artist points out the current situation of how plastic bags have been
Prize winners, five Award of Merit winners, and 37 shortlisted works. abused in Taiwan.”
Below is a brief introduction to the artworks receiving the top three
“Besides the concept of reuse and environmental protection,
prizes and Awards of Merit.
the structure and composition also fulfill qualifications for the
The content and styles of the award-winning art pieces this photography category”, said CHIANG Tsun-Hsiung, while fellow
year are quite diverse, including the more traditional pictorialism juror Lulu Shur-Tzy HOU also added her opinion that “the artist
and documentary styles, as presented in “Picking the Tobacco Leaves successfully expressed the ideas behind ‘Passing the Bags Around'—
for the Last Time” and “Tribal Scenery—Home Bound”; the CGI of hardworking farmers, the belief in protecting one's home, and
(computer generated imagery) employing “Laughing at So-Called environmental protection (plastic bag recycling) concepts”.
“Correctness”” and “Impossible to Defend Effectively”; collage-style
Juror CHEN Li-Min added, “Reflecting on how ‘plastic bags’ are
“Love Is Over” , “Reborn Opportunity” and “Alienated Scenery of
used in our daily lives underlines the fact that although plastic bags
Military Dependents' Village”; and the more social issue oriented
can be reused, their continuing production creates more pollution
work “Reduce & Reuse” which, reflecting our living environment, was
and the problem persists. From a third party's perspective, it perfectly
a great delight to encounter. Among all of these, “Reduce & Reuse”
corresponds to our current situation and reveals the complex
won the unanimous nod of the juror committee and was awarded
relationship regarding survival and the people on this island.”
First Prize in the photography category for its significant pioneering
qualities. Below are my introductions of the top three award winners. Based on comments from the jurors, I have concluded that
such artwork is able to not only bring current pressing issues to the
The Third Prize went to “Laughing at So-Called “Correctness””
fore but also expand the horizons for contemporary photography by
by LIU Tsai-Chieh. It's an excellent art piece ingeniously created
integrating arranged compositions and documentary qualities into
by piecing CGI images together. Its symbolic meaning is creative,
this medium.
particularly expressed via the “red lips” and “red dragonfly” on the
finger, setting the tone for this otherwise black-and-white work.

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