1839 Contemporary Gallery is the only gallery in Taiwan that has focused on photography art for more than 15 years. It was established in April 2009 and is headquartered in Taipei City. It is named after "from the invention of photography in 1839 to the present". Over the past fifteen years, the gallery has successfully invited many internationally renowned photography artists from the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, Japan, South Korea, China and other places to exhibit in Taiwan.