amosphere
face to faces
《shu-lin》
zine / 2017
曾經在一個工業區裡的偏鄉小學,當了一年的替代役。
學校圍牆外就是大大小小的工廠,空氣裡不時混雜著刺鼻的氣息,空酒瓶與垃圾堆棄路邊,加上大部份孩子的家庭都相對弱勢,隔代教養、外配子女、單親家庭等狀況,不斷的在腦中盤旋。
然而實際與孩子們相處之後,才發現他們的世界是不受外界影響的,自由自在,理直氣壯,沒有遮掩。即使殘缺,拙劣,無禮,卻在多年之後依舊時時提醒著我,面對生活與世界的方式。
這本書除了是一個紀念,更希望藉由影像與穿插的文字,碰觸到生活在這片土地上的某些角落裡,人的現狀。
書中的彩色攝影,是原始照片沖洗出來之後,利用破壞影像的方式處理,它不單純為了呈現時間經過的質感,或是某種記憶的樣貌,更希望捕捉一種不加修飾,未經雕琢的,童年的模樣。
*夾鏈袋裡的則是一小張實際被處理過的照片,參雜著一些污濁的痕跡。共有六款,隨機附贈。
・年份:2017
・尺寸:125 x175 mm
・頁數:68頁
・數量:200冊
・收錄於「Voice of Photography攝影之聲」第24期:攝影書作為方法II 專題
Photography captures the appearance of certain event or people in time, but the emotion or feeling of that moment can never be reproduced. Such as childhood memory, the harder you try to remember, the easier you will forget.
This book is about my past experience working in an remote elementary school in Taiwan. The school is located in an industrial district, and it's surrounded by factories and various pollution. People who lives there are mostly disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in our society. They face different difficulties such as unemployment, lower income, grand-parenting, and so on. However, children in the school don’t seem sad or insecure.
Spending time with those children for a year is an unique experience to me. I became more aware to different social issues and cared more about our surroundings since then. After 8 years has passed, I can hardly recall those children’s appearance, but I still miss their optimistic attitude and true character.
By altering the color or causing partial damage to the the photographs, I try to collide the restless enviornemt and social condition with children’s true nature. Also I want to preserve/ recreate childhood memory that could have been lost in time.
・ year:2017
・ size:125 x 175 mm
・ page:68 pages
・ limited edition:200