“The View of Formosa’s Landscape” Opening Reception June 11

Taiwan’s many wonders. – Photos by Terry Miller

Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles presents “The View of Formosa’s Landscape from Photographers,” a group exhibition from June 1st through Aug. 31st, 2015. The opening reception will host at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 11 and following a screening of “Zoom Hunting” at 7 p.m.
This exhibition features the work of fifteen photographers from both Taiwan and abroad, documenting Taiwan’s natural and human landscape from a personal angle. Works displayed include photographs by the 19th-century Scottish photographer John Thomson, picturing the dwellings of the Plains Aborigines in the valley of the Laonong River; scenes of swimmers in the Tamsui River shot by the venerable Taiwanese photographer Lee Ming-Tiao in the years shortly after the Retrocession; and gorgeous, vertiginous vistas of Taroko Gorge and Jade Mountain (southeast Asia’s tallest peak) captured by various noted photographers, as well as mist-clouded alpine forests, streams and waterfalls, photos of rare, iconic wild animals in their natural environs, and stunning aerial photographs of Taiwan’s Central Mountains.

Taiwan’s many wonders. – Photos by Terry Miller

Audience will be brought back to 19th through the different photographs of Taiwan.
Jointly organized by the National Taiwan Museum, the Society of Photographic Museum and Culture of Taiwan and the Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, this exhibition received support from the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan). The exhibit is held at 1137 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles. Call (213) 403-0168 for more questions.

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