In the past hundred years the art of pho-tography has progressed from the portraiture and set-piece landscapes of the early days, through periods of experimentation with photo-montage, holograms and multimedia, to the digital tide of the present day. Once characterized by a simple, approachable style, the art has gradually metamorphosed into the bizarre abstractions of the post-industrial era.
百年來的攝影藝術，已從最早的紀實人像、定格風景，走向了拼貼、雷射立體、多媒材，終而被世紀末的數位浪潮淹沒；溫暖素樸的人文風格，也逐漸幻化為後工業時代詭異抽象的圖塊。