《疫前・以前》是本關於移動與穿梭、睡眠與夢境、孩童永恆的天真爛漫，與那些或模糊或清晰被捕捉到的寫真瞬間；還有在旅途中一些真假難辨的景況跟回憶，所寫下近九千字的詩句與故事。文字有時是用母語，有時，則是因為旅人的適性，而以英語書寫。我希望讀者能原汁原味地感受當下的狀態，因此並沒有刻意於書中做雙語的翻譯。這些影像有些是在很久以前拍的，也有的是新冠正要封關之前；總體而言，是在covid-19爆發前自己十來年帶著筆電時不時於台灣內外奔走的數位遊牧生活的紀錄；同時，亦是側看病毒結尾後其對於人們遷移的影響，我個人所作出的反芻註記。封面底以擴散消逝般的字學表現去暗示內頁中銀色圓點，其代表的好似是病毒，在人類文明歷史的長流裡忽隱忽現的遊走。光澤閃爍的黑銀雙色套印影像則是對旅人時空的刻記與攝影銀鹽顯像的懷舊致敬。致看過我一眼的每一位。
本書入圍2024年京都國際寫真節作品徵集。
“Before, 19” is a photo book about trainspotting, sleeps and dreams, the eternal innocence of children hood, and memories captured in blurry or clear instants, as well as some situations and recollections written on the road that were difficult to distinguish where I’d situated in. The writings were mostly in the native language as I am a Mandarin speaker, yet sometimes, it was written in English because of the adaptation of enduring traveler. It’s almost 9 thousands words spread into ten parts, some of them are like micro fictions and some are poetic; I tend to remain its original form in the book, to tell the mood of what happened in that currents. Some of these images were taken in the beginning of Millennium, and some were taken just right before the COVID-19 lockdown began. To sum up, they are a record of my life as a digital nomad in and out Taiwan for more than a decade before the pandemic; as well as, a ruminative footnote I personally made, by looking at its impact on people’s migration from the pre-Covid-19 era. The typography of the title and name are melted and spread out on the cover to indicate the contents; the flickering of hazy dots represent the virus in our lives, that has appeared on and vanished off in the sweep of human history unconsciously. The shimmering image of silver/black duotone prints are an inscription of time and space, as well as a tribute dedicated to the nostalgia of photography. To everyone who has laid eyes on me.
It’s a shortlisted of ‘Portfolio Review’ at 2024 Kyotographie International Photography Festival.
21×14.8×0.5cm
版數6本
96 pages
2023
