The inaugural Taiwan International Photography Festival (TIPF) is a month-long event featuring thematic exhibitions, a photography summit, and public events. This biennial festival invites major art institutions and professionals from Taiwan and around the world to participate. TIPF fosters cross-cultural dialogue and promotes the democratization of art, enabling more people to gain a deeper understanding of both photography and Taiwan.
The inaugural TIPF, themed “Democratic Camera,” invites everyone to explore the landscape where photography, art, and democracy intersect. It encourages reflection on how photography can serve as a medium for communication, memory, preservation, and imagination.
Founded in 2016, Lightbox Photo Library is a non-profit organization based in Taiwan that is free and open to everyone. We utilize the library as a method to preserve, research and promote photographic art and publications from Taiwan.
Lightbox collaborates with the community to co-create a more open and equitable environment for photography, encouraging everyone to take part in the conversation in order to develop a complex view and nuanced understanding of photography, art and reality.