文 / 海傑
張曉的作品是短促而集中的，他少有凝視，並迅速按下快門，在稍縱即逝的時間縫隙裏，他用閃光燈打亮了中心部分，暗角四面圍上，嫵媚、夢幻、怪異而豔俗的舞臺便已落成，他看著他們在這舞臺之上，上演日常現實裏的荒誕劇。在張曉按下快門的那時候，就意味著他與世界的關係已經確定：他必然要面對這輛荒涼快車裏超現實的離奇的炫彩部分，並和與之相對的偽裝的耀眼部分做出決裂。這是他感同身受的現實寫真。
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文 / 沈昭良
當我得知這本新攝影專業誌的名稱叫《Voices of Photography》，心裡就一直想著，攝影真要能發出點連動感知與思想的聲響，它會是什麼樣的視覺內容與書寫方式？應該透過什麼樣的載體與傳輸路徑？這股攝影之聲方可能精準地彈奏，時而澎湃高亢，時而恬淡動人。腦海裡更不時翻現，過去閱覽某些攝影集時的記憶與悸動。
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若說2011年是衝突動盪的年度應不為過。今年國際間發生了不少大事，包括「阿拉伯之春」掀起的連鎖起義、日本強震海嘯引發的緊急核安問題、蓋達基地組織首領賓拉登遭美國狙殺，乃至近期強人領袖格達費在利比亞內戰中被反抗軍處決及疑遭虐待等等事件，籠罩在各種環境衝突、政治衝突、社會衝突與報復主義中，全球度過了暴力的一年，卻未為暴力劃下句點。
Comments closed《Voices of Photography攝影之聲》是一份影像文化獨立刊物。自2011年創刊以來，每期介紹攝影創作，藉由與藝術家、出版人、策展人、藝術機構和相關工作者的對話思辨，以及持續推動影像閱讀、評論與攝影史的書寫，探索攝影的創作概念、文化、歷史與思潮。
《攝影之聲》長期關注亞洲的攝影發展歷程，重視亞際連結，並致力爬梳影像文獻，集結許多研究學者共同參與撰述，透過每期不同的主題視野，製作出豐富的專題與單元。同時，在引介新進創作者的「SHOUT特輯」系列，以多樣而不定型的表現，呈現年輕藝術家的作品與思索，成為一份份特別的當代視覺筆記；《攝影之聲》也投入整理藝術家的創作檔案與手稿，陸續推出藝術家專號，收錄許多第一手的藝術創作資料；近期並以「影言社」為名出版影像書寫評論，是台灣少數專注於攝影與視覺文化論述領域的獨立出版單位，曾多次獲頒台灣出版界最高榮譽「金鼎獎」獎項。
Voices of Photography is an independent publication dedicated to image culture. Since its inception in 2011, VOP has been exploring the creative concept, culture, history and philosophy behind photography by featuring photography works, interviews with artists, publishers, curators, art organizations and related professionals, and continually promoting imagery reading, critique, and the writing of photography history.
Paying close attention to the development of photography in Asia, VOP places special importance on inter-Asian connections. By combing through image literature and collating writings through collaborative effort with research scholars, VOP has presented rich and varied features and topics in every issue. At the same time, every issue of “SHOUT”, a series specially created to showcase the works and thoughts of emerging artists and presented in diverse formats, is a unique visual notebook of contemporary art. VOP is also working on putting together archives of creative works and manuscripts of artists, publishing them in special artist issues that feature never-seen-before works for the first time. Now engaging in the publication of written work and criticism through VOP BOOKS, VOP is one of the rare few independent publishers in Taiwan that focuses on photography and visual art, earning the Golden Tripod Awards, the highest honor in Taiwan’s publishing industry.
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