2026荷蘭世界新聞攝影展特展《 Ties That Bind / 繫》

時間｜2026.10.10-11.8 / 10am-6pm / 週一休館

地點｜Studio 94/仰德大道二段94號

今年，很特別。我們不以年度得獎作品為主，而是以回顧的型態找出了一個我們覺得對此刻的台灣極為重要的主題，那就是「家、友誼與社群」。

關於《繫》

七十年來，「荷蘭世界新聞攝影基金會」以攝影作為媒介，讓許多遙遠的人事物，進入了我們的視線。從1955年至今，它所累積的不只是至關重要的新聞故事，更是一部由無數人的際遇寫成的世界史。正因如此，我們今年決定舉辦這個以「繫」為名的特展，因為我們想暫時離開新聞的時間軸，退後幾步，把視野拉大，從過往得獎的照片中找出跨越了時代、文化與國家，反覆出現在人類生命中的切身議題。

「家」，最初我們依賴的地方，最初接住我們的地方，也是最初讓我們學會愛與被愛的地方，這些好像是我們對家本有的期待；而友誼，則是我們離開原生家庭後，主動選擇、主動渴望擁有的關係；至於社群，則是當陌生人願意理解彼此、照看彼此，最終營造歸屬的地方；一個「我」開始成為「我們」的地方。而這三件事，對今天的台灣而言，甚或全世界而言，尤其迫切。

2026年，台灣65歲以上人口佔總人口將近百分之二十一，同時出生人數降至歷史新低；單人戶首度突破四成大關，成為占比最高的家戶型態。對！「家」正在改變。而隨著人口老化、獨居增加，友誼有沒有可能成為一個人更重要的情感依歸？沒有血緣的友誼關係，對我們的人生究竟能有多深遠的影響？而在「家」與「友誼」之外，那個正朝著我們，用力呼叫揮手的，或許正是「社群」呢！

在這個天天手機中傳來大量訊息的時代裡，

你是更安心了？還是更恐懼？

你是更踏實了？還是更空虛？

你是更被愛了？還是找不到愛？

你是更想回家了？還是更不知道家是什麼了？

你有真心知心的朋友嗎？

你有心靈上感到歸屬而讓你可以放鬆的地方嗎？

On “Ties That Bind”

For seventy years, the World Press Photo Foundation has used photography as a medium to bring distant people, places, and events into our field of vision. What has been gathered since 1955, is not only a record of news stories, but also a history of the world written through the countless lives of people.

It is precisely for this reason that we have chosen, to present a special exhibition entitled “Ties That Bind” this year. We wanted, for a moment, to step away from the timeline of news—to take a few steps back, widen our perspective, and look through the winning photographs of the past to find the intimate human concerns that have persisted across time, cultures, and countries.

Family is where we first depend on others, where we are first held and cared for, and where we first learn what it means to love and be loved. These seem to be among our deepest expectations of family. Friendship, by contrast, is a relationship we actively choose and long for after leaving our family of origin. And community is perhaps where belonging begins: where strangers become willing to understand and care for one another, where an “I” begins to become a “we.” These three things—family, friendship, and community—have become especially urgent concerns for Taiwan today, and perhaps for the world as a whole.

In 2026, people aged 65 and over account for nearly 21% of Taiwan’s population, while the number of births has fallen to a historic low. For the first time, single-person households have surpassed 40% of all households, becoming the largest household type. Yes, the meaning of family is changing. As our population ages and more people live alone, might friendship become an increasingly important source of emotional belonging? How profoundly can friendships without blood ties shape the course of our lives? Beyond family and friendship, perhaps the thing reaching toward us, calling out and waving with all its might, is community.

In an age when our phones carry an endless stream of messages every day:

Are you more at ease—or more afraid?

Do you feel more grounded—or more empty?

Do you feel more loved—or are you finding it harder to find love?

Do you long to go home—or are you becoming less certain what home even means?

Do you have a friend who truly knows you?

Do you have a place where you feel you belong,

a place where your heart can finally relax?

These are the questions that “Ties That Bind” wishes to ask every person who walks through this exhibition.