Born in Taiwan in 1972, Chen Po-I has always been interested in photography, although he’s trained as an oceanographic engineer. Photography is his way to question certain topics in society. His work has been exposed many times in Taiwan and abroad and is mostly focussed on keeping alive the collective memory of his country’s history.
In the serie Outlook, Chen Po-I is interested in walls of abandoned buildings, sometimes broken and ready to be demolished or rebuild. Framed in a particular way, these openings-to-the–world highlight the antagonism of empty interiors, full of history but in miserable state and the outside world in full progression. “Offering a view through windows without glass, is not only showing landscape in progress, but it’s also about industrial expansion and urban renovation in Taiwan.”
FESTIVAL
Photo Phnom Penh 2013
November 30th – December 31st, 2013
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