Youth photo exhibition – Seeing beyond Maolin’s purple butterfly

The North Kaohsiung Center of Taiwan Fund for Children and Families began working in Maolin last year and this year implemented a specially designed program aimed at empowering the local youth. Based around traditional arts and crafts and photography, the program syllabus can hopefully provide the youth with a better understanding of their homeland and spread the unique characteristics of Maolin.

At the exhibition, in addition to showing young people’s cross-stitch and leatherwork handicrafts, the youngsters’ photographic work also caught the eye of many tourists. While taking the pictures – most of which were taken in the local vicinity of Maolin – the youngsters realized that the places they used to take for granted are in fact incredibly beautiful, especially through the lens.

The aim of holding this exhibition was not only to convey the cultural atmosphere of Maolin but also, more importantly, to let young people enjoy the recognition from visitors during the process of explaining their work. It was clear from their expressions that the youngsters were incredibly touched to see people enjoying their photos.

Youth photo exhibition – Seeing beyond Maolin’s purple butterfly

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(以下是中文對照)

青少年攝影展，看見紫斑蝶以外的茂林

北高雄家扶中心於去年開始投入茂林的社區工作，今年將計畫設定為培力當地青少年，希望藉由傳統工藝和攝影等課程內容，青少年能夠更了解自己的家鄉，另一方面也讓更多人看見茂林部落的特色。

在成果展中，除了展示青少年的十字繡與皮雕作品，攝影作品更是吸引許多遊客駐足欣賞。這些照片大多拍攝於茂林當地，由青少年掌鏡，而在紀錄部落的同時，他們也意外的發現，原來每天經過的地方，透過鏡頭是這麼的美麗。

舉辦攝影展，不只為了傳遞茂林的文化氣息，更重要的是，青少年能夠從講解作品的過程中獲得參觀者的肯定，看著自己的照片以這樣的形式被大家喜愛，從他們的神情中可以知道，這是一件非常喜悅感動的事情。