October 2020

Review: Henri Cartier-Bresson: China

“A career with five great photographs would be pretty good...” said Richard Avedon, “...[Henri Cartier-Bresson has] hundreds of them!”. This emphatic statement is not an exaggeration, as Cartier-Bresson is easily one of the greatest photographers of his generation, and one of the great artists of the twentieth century. It is quite a privilege to walk through the galleries of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and be in the presence of the great master’s work....

電影評論:《阿紫》

《阿紫》是一部以觀察和訪談為基礎的紀錄片,是以 verite 傳統原則為方式來製作。這部電影的主要角色是越南新娘阿紫和她的丈夫阿龍。電影對人物的刻畫是直接、誠實的,除了有時會分散注意力的音樂以外,幾乎沒有點綴。而這對夫婦所牽涉的,卻是非常重要的主題,觀眾欣賞此片時,不得不面對這些可能不是很舒服的議題。...

Reports of Forced Tibetan Labor Camps Should Be Concerning

A recent report by the Jamestown Foundation suggested that the Chinese government had begun introducing Xinjiang-style “militarized vocational training” to Tibet, with thousands of Tibetans having passed through such training programs. The report states that over 500,000 Tibetans have passed through such programs—a not insignificant number, seeing as the global Tibetan population is thought to be around 6.5 million...