Young photographers learn about themselves and their city
A student art exhibit focusing on urban life and homelessness opens in Taichung
By John Evans / Contributing Reporter
For many teenagers, a trip to the night market might entail snapshots of tasty snacks and smiling selfies.
But for Patti Chen (陳姵璇) and Angel Guo (郭恩加) it provided a chance to document through photography a part of urban life that is normally overlooked. The two 16-year-olds befriended a middle-aged man kneeling on the street, asking for money.
“He wasn’t just a beggar,” Chen said. “He was a person.”
A photograph of a busy urban intersection displayed at the student art exhibition.