Photographer Chang Chao-tang, reviewing the photos from the rise of the new wave of master photographers in the 80s, wrote: "Through their use of crude directness, degradation, and black-and-white imagery, the photographer captures the spontaneity of the world around us.
攝影家張照堂在評論葉清芳這批 80 年代崛起的攝影新銳時，如此寫道：「他們以粗糲直率或發霉變質的黑白光影，捕捉現實邊緣中突發、不設防的異狀，在一種狐疑的觀伺下，透露著孤單、年少的苦悶與愁緒。」