As photographer Chien Yung-pin says, "From its birth, photography has been characterized by its links to the masses. It can meet the needs of any age, serving as a kind of visual symbolic 'freezing' of cultures in the midst of transformation.
誠如攝影家簡永彬所說：「攝影術帶有其與生俱來的平民、大眾化性格，它能滿足各時代，都會文化在轉型期中，一種視覺符號的『定著』。