One / America
Before leaving NYC, I took a road trip alone for three months, across 38 states, hoping to get a sense of rural America. I avoid the interstate but country roads to see the small towns that were largely unfamiliar and anonymous to me.
Inner / City
I was living with a person with bipolar disorder for a year when I first moved to NYC. I felt alone, isolated and helpless even at home. Consciously and perhaps unconsciously, I went outside to seek peace, solace and equivalence inside.
SOJOURN
Broadly speaking, “One/America” and “Inner/City” belong to two different genres: road trip photography and cityscape photography. During the editorial process, I sought out common ground between the two series that would conceptually unify them.
Compared to citizens living in the U.S., I was a temporary foreign resident. This identity consciousness lingered throughout my journey and photographic practice, which influences how I see, what I feel and my relationship with the environment of America.
中途
大體而言，「One/America」與「Inner/City」分屬兩個不同的類型：公路旅行攝影和城市景觀攝影。在編輯影像的過程中，我試著找出兩組作品的共通點，作為統攝二者的概念。首先，相對於定居在美國的公民，我當時只是個暫居的異客。這個幽微的身份意識，始終或隱或顯的在創作過程中流動著，也是這個系列定名為「SOJOURN」最主要的內在因素。
對我個人來說，這系列作品同屬於某種情感文件。拍照時，我總試圖保持冷靜，希望以客觀的形式最大程度地撐開視框裡的空間。接著在後製的過程中，把內心所有莫名難言的情感傾注其間，使之能自由地流動。我嘗試在理性的基礎上展現情感的積極意義，縮小作品中情與理的間距，讓兩者在更理想的中途相會，情理交融。