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01 Made in Taiwan

Location: Taipei, New Taipei 台北、新北
Period: 2016 → ongoing
Format: 120 / 6×7, colour
Camera: Mamiya RZ67 / Kodak Portra 160
Frames: 43

Intro

Between 2016 and 2017, I explored the outskirts of Taipei, capturing the essence of industrial landscapes and industrial evolution.

The project aims to document the changes in these areas due to heavy competition and economic pressure from mainland China, as well as the impact on Taiwan’s economy.

Factory gate painted with a smiling sun, flanked by murals of a lightbulb and sprouting plants, near Taipei, Taiwan

Car under a grey cover parked on fallen leaves beside a narrow road through dense forest, near Taipei, Taiwan

Red factory gate with peeling paint beside a wall lettered “大世界油墨塗料股份有限公司”, ducted buildings behind, near Taipei, Taiwan

Empty concrete yard between two tiled factory buildings, traffic cones at a loading bay, near Taipei, Taiwan

Elevated highway ramps on concrete pillars crossing a wide mown lawn under an overcast sky, near Taipei, Taiwan

Corrugated metal workshop with a rusty yellow tank on a curving hillside road under power lines, near Taipei, Taiwan

Three tall cement silos of a concrete plant behind stacked concrete blocks and an empty lot, wooded hills, near Taipei, Taiwan

Outdoor badminton court with a green surface beside a white-tiled building with barred windows, near Taipei, Taiwan

Scrapped cars stacked on racks behind a green corrugated fence, cars parked in front, wooded hills behind, near Taipei, Taiwan

Building wrapped in scaffolding behind a white site fence painted with the green characters “豐譽營造”, near Taipei, Taiwan

Narrow alley between a white rendered building and weathered concrete ruins behind a corrugated fence, near Taipei, Taiwan

Grey metal gate in a red-tiled factory front, broken windows and plants growing on the floors above, near Taipei, Taiwan

White multi-storey factory behind a red sliding gate, yellow hatched markings on the road in front, near Taipei, Taiwan

White-tiled factory behind a folding gate, the gatepost marked “中山路30號”, an empty billboard frame on the roof, near Taipei, Taiwan

Statue of a saddled horse by a wooden fence at the edge of an empty lot, palm trees behind, near Taipei, Taiwan

Row of stainless steel water tanks behind concrete barriers at an empty lot below wooded hills, near Taipei, Taiwan

Three closed roller shutters behind a folding steel gate at a faded yellow warehouse with green awnings, near Taipei, Taiwan

Silver factory gate with diagonal bars and circles between brick pillars topped with globe lamps, near Taipei, Taiwan

Concrete slabs of a cleared construction site fenced with red hoarding, high-rise apartment towers beyond, near Taipei, Taiwan

Corrugated metal workshop with a rusty roller shutter, air conditioners and stacked wooden pallets, near Taipei, Taiwan

Red corrugated metal shed with a wall fan on a street corner, weathered factory buildings behind, near Taipei, Taiwan

Rusty orange shipping container behind a slender tree in dappled sunlight, palms and blue sky above, near Taipei, Taiwan

Small white prefab building with red trim and the letters “MA” beside a utility pole with many wires, near Taipei, Taiwan

Steel staircase and railings beneath the curving undersides of elevated highway ramps, near Taipei, Taiwan

Curving elevated highway ramps on tall concrete pillars above a grassy riverside park, hills on the horizon, near Taipei, Taiwan

Covered car outside a corrugated workshop with a blue “Transmission Rebuild Co., Ltd” sign, tangled power lines, near Taipei, Taiwan

Old blue utility truck parked under a large tree by the roadside, stacked firewood and boards nearby, near Taipei, Taiwan

Concrete ramp with white railings under a rusting steel structure, a scooter parked beneath it, near Taipei, Taiwan

Teal roller shutter of a corrugated warehouse, stacks of rusty roofing sheets beside it, cloudy sky, near Taipei, Taiwan

Narrow lane between weathered corrugated factory buildings leading to a blue truck in a warehouse entrance, near Taipei, Taiwan

Corner of white and pale teal corrugated warehouses with a teal roller shutter and weeds along the wall, near Taipei, Taiwan

Large white ventilation ducts and scrubber towers on a factory roof at a road junction with crosswalks, near Taipei, Taiwan

Cooling tower and white plastic tanks in front of a teal roller shutter, transformers on a utility pole, near Taipei, Taiwan

Corrugated workshop with a roller shutter painted with a no-parking request, a blue oil drum by the door, near Taipei, Taiwan

Closed sliding metal gate between concrete posts in front of a two-storey yellow factory building, near Taipei, Taiwan

Closed roller shutter in a low concrete structure on an empty lot, a raised building with palms beside it, near Taipei, Taiwan

White gate painted with two large green Chinese characters, white industrial buildings behind, near Taipei, Taiwan

Blue roller shutter in a pale corrugated factory facade between a street lamp and a clipped hedge, near Taipei, Taiwan

Tiled office building with an entrance canopy reading “中華工程公司試驗所”, overgrown shrubs and an empty car park, near Taipei, Taiwan

Long corrugated warehouse with three blue roller shutters and wall fans facing an empty road, near Taipei, Taiwan

Storage tank with a yellow ladder and pipework in front of a green corrugated factory behind a hedge, near Taipei, Taiwan

Blue oil drum on the pavement before a corrugated wall with a barred window and a door numbered 118, near Taipei, Taiwan