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。
當加害者與受害者的界線逐漸模糊、對於社會的冷漠無感甚而形成了另一種集體暴力，今日已難給予暴力明確的定義，但我們以攝影作為解讀暴力的註腳，藉此探索其中的樣貌。
在這期的《攝影之聲》中，塞爾維亞籍攝影家Boogie，在今年夏天踏進治安惡名昭彰的牙買加首都京斯敦，遊走黑暗之地捕捉氣氛詭譎的社會場景；長駐非洲的義大利攝影記者Martina Bacigalupo，揭露剛果婦女在面對生產照護不足的醫療之外，背後隱藏的性別與國家暴力問題；一般人避之不及的街頭鬥毆，芬蘭攝影師Harri Pälviranta卻在暗夜蒐集、檢視人類原始的拳頭本能；台灣攝影師雍志中以紀錄血脈賁張的放血派對，作為反抗集體價值暴力對個人身體的壓迫；旅日韓國攝影師梁丞佑則觀察新宿歌舞伎町衝突街頭中，生猛的次文化現象。此外，本期的Artist’s Showcase也特別介紹台灣攝影家陳伯義簡單卻富有禪意的石人系列，他以敏銳的觀察力與想像力，發掘了一個幽默的微觀世界。
《攝影之聲》在九月創刊之後，受到許多的鼓勵與支持，對於能與大家一起在攝影出版中開創出一條新的道路，並為我們所喜愛的藝術文化共同努力，實在令人非常興奮 ! 在台灣維持一本另類的小眾刊物並不容易，真的真的很感謝大家的陪伴。
當然，我們絕不滿足於現況，除了將持續介紹國內外獨特的作品與觀念，並提供第一手的訪談報導，包括版面設計、紙張與單元規劃也將持續地改進。這一期我們不但增加了頁數，以刊載更多的照片與專訪內容，另外也增加了部份雙語篇幅，使世界的其它地方得以了解當期介紹的作品概念，並更加注意台灣攝影的聲線，這也是我們一直努力追尋的目標。
It is not an exaggeration to say that 2011 has been a year of chaos. Many major events happened around the world, including the Tunisian Revolution that resulted in a series of revolutions in the Arab world, the nuclear security problem caused by the Japan earthquake and tsunami in March, the founder and leader of the Al-Qaeda being shot and killed by US Navy and CIA operatives, and the recent news that Muammar Gaddafi was suspected to be abused and killed by the rebels in the civil war in Libya. The world has seen a violent year, shrouded in vengeance and all kinds of environmental, political and social conflicts, but has yet to put an end to the violence.
When the line between the victim and the murderer is gradually being blurred, and the lack of feelings and compassion to the society has become another kind of collective violence, it is hard to give “violence” a clear definition. However, we have used photography as a tool in trying to explore and interpret the different faces of violence.
In this issue of VOP, Serbian photographer Boogie set foot this summer on Kingston, the notorious capital of Jamaica, and captured the dark and unseen sights of the underworld; the Italian photographer Martina Bacigalupo, who is based in Africa, reveals the gender and national violence problem behind the lack of healthcare that Congo women face during pregnancy; Finnish photographer Harri Pälviranta collects sights of the instinctual physical violence present in the street fights that others usually avoid; Taiwanese photographer Yung Chih-Chung rebels against the violence in the mainstream oppression of the bodies of individuals through documenting the intoxicating “bloodletting party”; Japan-based Korean photographer Yang Seungwoo serves the aggressive sub-culture of the street conflicts in the Kabuki-cho in Shinjuku, Japan. Also, this issue of the Artist’s Showcase makes a special introduction of the Taiwanese photographer’s simple and Zen “Stone Age” series, which shows a humorous and profound micro-world that the artist founded using his acute observations and imagination.
本期目錄 Contents
Features
Kingston, Jamaica
Boogie
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
Wanawake – Being a Woman in Congo
Martina Bacigalupo
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
Battered
Harri Pälviranta
訪談｜陳依秋 Interview by Chen Yi-Chiu
My Bloody Valentine
雍志中 Yung Chih-Chung
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
歌舞伎町 Kabuki-Cho
梁丞佑 Yang Seungwoo
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
● 獨立攝影書庫 Indie Photobooks Library
《ODO YAKUZA TOYKO》
《Svart Metall》
《Orchard Vol.1》
《First, Jay Comes.》
文｜Larissa Leclair Text by Larissa Leclair
● 再寫攝影
暴力的攝影，攝影的暴力
文｜郭力昕 Text by Kuo Li-Hsin
● 雙月書記 Book Review
設計大師佩麗安的攝影穿越
文｜顧錚 Text by Gu Zheng
● 專欄 Column
攝影的黑社會書寫
文｜沈昭良 Text by Shen Chao-Liang
Artist’s Showcase
《石人、拾人、時人》Stone Age
陳伯義 Chen Po-I
Q
張蒼松 Chang Tsang-Sang
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
Mark Pearson
訪談｜李威儀 Interview by Lee Wei-I
Books
《雙數╱MIDVA》
文｜陳依秋 Text by Chen Yi-Chiu
《Subway》
文｜李威儀 Text by Lee Wei-I
《Still Crazy》
文｜李威儀 Text by Lee Wei-I
Exhibitions
無聲無形的陌生人
文｜高嘉良 Text by Craig Kao