The Far Side of The Moon
The Far Side of the Moon by Karen Lo Hui-Yu is a deeply personal photobook that brings together works spanning thirty years of photographic practice, forming an intimate meditation on womanhood, motherhood, memory, and selfhood. Carefully edited over six months, the publication unfolds as both a long-term visual diary and a reflective portrait of emotional life shaped through time.
Drawing from personal experiences and scenes from family life, Lo approaches photography with tenderness and introspection. The images move fluidly between domestic moments, fragments of everyday existence, and emotionally charged spaces that feel suspended between presence and memory. Rather than presenting motherhood through fixed narratives or idealised roles, the work embraces its complexities, contradictions, and quieter emotional undercurrents.
The title, The Far Side of the Moon, becomes a powerful metaphor throughout the book — referring to the hidden or less visible aspects of life that continue to exist even when left unspoken or unseen. Like the moon’s shadowed surface, the photographs gently reveal emotional states often overlooked: solitude, vulnerability, uncertainty, care, exhaustion, and resilience.
What makes this publication especially significant is the way it gathers together three decades of lived experience and artistic reflection into a single cohesive body of work. The passing of time becomes embedded within the sequencing itself, allowing readers to witness subtle shifts in identity, relationships, motherhood, and emotional perspective across different stages of life.
For readers interested in contemporary Taiwanese photography, feminist perspectives, autobiographical image making, and photobooks rooted in emotional observation, The Far Side of the Moon is a quietly profound work that rewards close and patient reading.
《The Far Side of the Moon》是台灣攝影師羅晖予（Karen Lo Hui-Yu）歷時三十年創作的重要結集，也是一本關於女性身份、母職、家庭與自我關係的深刻攝影書。作品橫跨三十年的影像與生命經驗，讓時間本身成為閱讀的一部分。
書名「月亮的背面」象徵那些雖不總被看見，卻始終存在於生命中的情緒與經驗。透過家庭日常、生活片段與時間留下的痕跡，羅晖予以極為細膩而安靜的方式，凝視女性身份與母職中複雜而真實的一面。
這不只是一本關於家庭的攝影書，更像是一場長時間的自我凝視與情感書寫。對於關注台灣攝影、女性視角與帶有生命厚度的影像作品的讀者而言，《The Far Side of the Moon》是一部極具份量且值得細讀的作品。
Language: English & Chinese
Format: Hardcover | 132Pages
Dimensions: 270 x 210mm | 605g
Publication Year: May 2026 | Limited Edition of 300
ISBN: 978-626-98875-4-5
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