Publisher
Category
Information
- Hand made binding
- 46 pages
- 105 x 150 mm
- Edition of 600
- Landskrona Foto ISBN 9789198800937
- Breadfield ISBN 9789198821055
- Witty Books ISBN 9791280177490
- Taiwanese Mandarin, English
- Nov 2025
Mazu, the sea goddess who arrived in Taiwan from China three centuries ago, is seen today not only as the protector of the island’s fishermen and sailors, but as the guardian deity of Taiwan as a whole. Over a period of geopolitical instability in the region, heightened by U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in 2022, Wei-Lun made this series of postcards to ask for Mazu’s protection.
The photographs printed on the postcards document Wei-Lun’s personal journey and his investigation into the impact of Pelosi’s visit on himself and other Taiwanese people around him. In line with the Taoist tradition of burning offerings to gods, Wei-Lun attached stamps made of gold joss paper to the postcards and set them alight, thus delivering them to Mazu.
As Mazu is an important religious figure in both China and Taiwan, Chinese state media has been using this shared connection as an opportunity for propaganda since the late 1990s, emphasising common cultural roots in order to promote the idea of unity between China and the Taiwanese people.
“Mazu,” is the winner of Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2024 and Belsfast Photo Festival Photo-Book Prize 2025.
Lin Wei-Lun is a photographer and visual artist from Taipei, Taiwan. Gravitating towards research-led and long-term projects, Lin’s work spans various social issues in Taiwan, from Taiwan Strait geopolitics and Indigenous rights to climate justice.
Graphic design: Louis Montes
Texts: Lin Wei-Lun
Typeface: Min Sans
Printing: Mark Production
Publisher
Category
Information
- Hand made binding
- 46 pages
- 105 x 150 mm
- Edition of 600
- Landskrona Foto ISBN 9789198800937
- Breadfield ISBN 9789198821055
- Witty Books ISBN 9791280177490
- Taiwanese Mandarin, English
- Nov 2025
