Chin-Wei Chang is an independent researcher focusing on history of image, media studies, and Cold War visual culture. His work explores the practices of looking and visuality of visual event, offering analyses and reviews of photography, cinema, and other visual culture object.
獨立研究者，研究興趣包括影像史、媒介研究、冷戰視覺文化等。關注影像和視聽事件的觀看實踐與視覺性問題。碩士論文《部署觀看：農復會巡映影片的視覺性與映演機制（1951-1963）》曾獲國立臺灣文學館臺灣文學傑出博碩士論文獎。
Talk
2025 Steidl & Frank: Photobooks as Democratic Art Objects｜Fubon Cultural & Educational Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan (closed-door)
2024 Separation Perfected: Satoshi Kon and Perfect Blue｜Kin-Forum, Kinmen, Taiwan
2023 Heteroglossic Carnival: Typhoon Club and its Unfinalizable Dialogue｜NTU Movie Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Desire, Discourse, Delusion: Stereoscope and Tangible History｜TNUA Lecture, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Whose Photobooks, Actually? Interpretation and Invention of Histories｜Bandung Photo Month, Bandung, Indonesia
Curatorial & Research
2025 Gerhard Steidl and Robert Frank — Photobooks as Democratic Art Objects｜Taiwan International Photography Festival, Taipei, Taiwan (Exhibition Research)
2024 Photobooks of Taiwan — The Ongoing Democratic Conversation｜Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore (Exhibition Research)
2023 About Mother(hood): Memory, Reflexivity and Imagination｜Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Whose Photobooks? Histories, Perspectives and Experiences from Taiwan｜Bandung Photo Month, Red Raws Center, Indonesia
2022 Interweaving Sights: Historical Formation of Taiwanese Photobooks｜Lightbox Photo Library, Taipei, Taiwan
Award
2025 國立臺灣文學館臺灣文學傑出博碩士論文獎 碩士論文獎（部署觀看：農復會巡映影片的視覺性與映演機制（1951-1963））
Education
MA, Institute of Visual Studies. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
BA, Journalism and Communication. Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan