Generally speaking, photographers from the mainland tended towards coarse, unadorned documentary-style photography, while Taiwanese photographers offered more refined, humanistic portrayals. The works of international photographers were often highly conceptual, and demonstrated a bolder exercise of freedom in the handling of the camera and in image manipulation.
大抵說來，大陸攝影偏向粗獷質樸的紀實，台灣多了些細膩的人文氛圍鋪陳，而國際攝影家的作品則往往帶有強烈的觀念性，在運鏡和處理上也更大膽自由。