Hachi Liao is the New Face of Sosauce. A Taiwanese industrial designer that continually showcases artful, impressive, and unique photography on Sosauce, we can’t help but broadcast Hachi’s content all over the web.
For Hachi, photography marks the spotlight of her travels, leaving her footprints and snapshots throughout Asia. She currently calls Taiwan home, but has also experienced life in Hong Kong, Hokkaido, Beijing, and Tokyo. Her passion for stories and a growing desire to escape led Hachi to express herself through photography and traveling.
With photography, Hachi is able to recreate and share stories.
“I think most people love to listen to a story. But I love telling a story. We can decide what color, angle, material or composition we want people to feel. Furthermore, photography can let me become someone different, anyone I want to be that isn’t possible in real life,” explains Hachi.
Hachi also thinks memorization is key in the role photography plays in our lives. According to Hachi, “life is constructed by every single scene” and photography encourages her to “cherish them and communicate with them.” For example, though she is shy when it comes to opening up with friends in real life, taking photographs and writing articles helps her communicate from the heart.
Aside from storytelling through photography, Hachi also enjoys traveling of course! As mentioned before, escapism is part of the draw to her travels. Leaving behind familiar places and people could be rewarding, Hachi thought. Plus, after 12 years of “compulsory” education, Hachi grew to hate regular life. So during her college years she decided one thing: to travel alone once a month.
“I think travel in an unfamiliar place can bring me a lot of interesting things, and can also force me to become stronger and independent,” says Hachi.
Her first solo trip was to the eastern portion of Taiwan. Hachi brought along minimal items including a map, a cell phone, one camera, and 1200 Taiwan dollars ($40 in American money). Shortly after renting a scooter though, she officially went broke! But for Hachi, that did not matter. Her experience in Taiwan helped her realize that “travel is the best way to breathe.”
Since her time exploring western Asia, Hachi says Tokyo has been the most memorable destination. For personal, historical, and eye-opening reasons, Tokyo resonates with her the most. In Tokyo Hachi discovered the roots of her home. As a Taiwan resident, Hachi witnessed how the colonization of Taiwan by Japan still influences Taiwanese life today – from the culture and country life, to design. Being a creative person, observing the artistic side of a culture enhanced Hachi’s travel experiences.
Hachi describes how design gives people an outlook on daily life in Tokyo: “From package design, visual design, industrial design and famous architecture. . . we can learn of their aesthetic and social views.”
Driven by cultural inquiry and artistry, Hachi shot lots of photos in Tokyo and Taiwan “to memorize and try to read their language to know why and how behind their thoughts.” This amazed Hachi, inspiring her to keep on traveling, photographing and learning.
“When we travel to a new place, all we have to do is not only feel or eat; we can have a chance to learn and absorb their [a country's] strong point, and try to use it back in our own life,” Hachi claims.
With an endless string of incredible stories and photos to share, Sosauce is proud to have a talented photographer like Hachi be part of the Travel Geek community.
To view Hachi’s photo collections, visit her Sosauce album page.
*Each week we’ll be presenting a New Face of Sosauce – an editorial biography on a Sosaucer and their travels. Isn’t it time we feature you?
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