Photo exhibition highlights talent of migrant Filipino workers

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/27
By: Mark Lester Reyes

Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) The talent of overseas Filipino workers was highlighted Sunday at a free

photography exhibition in Taipei depicting the lives of migrant workers.

The "Turning Point: Taiwan" exhibition, being held Oct. 24-30 at Taipei's Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, is showing roughly 300 photos that chronicle the journeys of migrant workers, featuring images of their hometowns and their working environments.

One of the highlights of the exhibition includes some 30 works by Joan Pabona, a prize-winning Filipina photographer and former domestic helper.

Born in the Philippine province of La Union, Pabona went to Singapore in 2008 and then to Hong Kong in 2013 to work as a domestic helper.    [FULL  STORY]