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攝影之聲19
#照片 #雕塑
#photo #sculpture

在這期《攝影之聲》中，日本設計師田中義久與雕刻家飯田竜太所組成的雙人創作組合「Nerhol」，將照片層層堆疊雕琢刻鏤，改造平面攝影為多元視點的立體圖像，顛覆照片設下的時空制約；荷蘭藝術家Anouk Kruithof擷取81個美國機關組織的Instagram帳號所發布的官方照片，締構一系列複合媒材影像雕塑，在型態轉化之中探索當代圖像訊息的變異組建；韓國藝術家權五祥拍下大量的實物細節，將照片拼貼雕砌成各種人形塑像與物件結構，超越平面—立體形態之間的思索界線。

本期的Artist’s Showcase單元，我們特寫1992年出生的數位媒材原生世代——影像藝術家小林健太，藉由他自由裂解增生的數位塗抹（digital smudge）軌跡，在介入、破壞與影像噪音化的各種實驗中，將傳統攝影的物質與機械性建制重新格式化，跌進影像生成狀態的混元世界，突顯了視覺技術的思維後像。或許激浪派（Fluxus）的意識將再透過他的作品重返攝影的話題，並反映著這個世代的視線主張。

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Voices of Photography
Issue 19 : #照片 #雕塑 #photo #sculpture

在這期《攝影之聲》中，日本設計師田中義久與雕刻家飯田竜太所組成的雙人創作組合「Nerhol」，將照片層層堆疊雕琢刻鏤，改造平面攝影為多元視點的立體圖像，顛覆照片設下的時空制約；荷蘭藝術家Anouk Kruithof擷取81個美國機關組織的Instagram帳號所發布的官方照片，締構一系列複合媒材影像雕塑，在型態轉化之中探索當代圖像訊息的變異組建；韓國藝術家權五祥拍下大量的實物細節，將照片拼貼雕砌成各種人形塑像與物件結構，超越平面—立體形態之間的思索界線。

本期的Artist’s Showcase單元，我們特寫1992年出生的數位媒材原生世代——影像藝術家小林健太，藉由他自由裂解增生的數位塗抹（digital smudge）軌跡，在介入、破壞與影像噪音化的各種實驗中，將傳統攝影的物質與機械性建制重新格式化，跌進影像生成狀態的混元世界，突顯了視覺技術的思維後像。或許激浪派（Fluxus）的意識將再透過他的作品重返攝影的話題，並反映著這個世代的視線主張。

專欄單元中，張世倫對類比底片粒子與數位像素的影像物質性進行思辨，闡述影像的不完美特性對攝影本質的啟示；顧錚評析中國藝術家蔡東東近期發表的攝影裝置系列——《泉》，在達達主義興起並影響至今的一百周年之際，檢視當代現成物藝術的實踐語彙；此外，從這期開始，我們更邀請香港攝影學者黎健強執筆一個新的連載專欄——「影像香港」，他以近年親身參與籌劃的攝影展覽歷程做為序論，並將陸續疏理香港的攝影史脈與當代影像地景，做為我們串連東亞攝影發展的另一切點。

在英國近期「脫歐」抉擇的歷史之年，也是愛爾蘭「脫英」武裝革命——1916年「復活節起義」——的一百周年，這場獨立行動雖告失敗，卻因最終催生了愛爾蘭共和國而成為歷史關鍵，今年在倫敦與都柏林皆有相關的紀念活動。梁秋虹在英、愛現場深度剖析這些歷史影像檔案的視覺展演，解讀革命符號與受難者影像中，攝影政治學幽微操作的記憶與神話。

「Q」單元專訪德國資深出版人Gerhard Steidl，他於1972年創立的「Steidl」以出版印工精緻的作品集聞名，並成為國際藝術出版界的指標之一，Steidl在訪談中與我們分享他的工作經驗，以及對紙本印刷工藝的觀察見解。本期附帶的別冊《SHOUT》則特別揭載中國藝術家孫彥初的《虛構集》系列，他自古玩市場蒐集中國上世紀七O至八O年代的素人生活照，以塗鴉拼貼重構造相，在影像的虛實映照之間轉動拉扯。

編輯台報告埋著頭寫著寫著，《攝影之聲》正式來到第五個周年，而我們仍在深入影像銀河悠悠無邊的光年裡緩緩推進。謝謝親愛的讀者、參與《攝影之聲》的藝術家、所有撰稿人和工作伙伴。這是一段長途旅行，我們將繼續往下一站前進。

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In this volume of VOP, we see how “Nerhol” the creative duo made up of Japanese designer Yoshihisa Tanaka and sculptor Ryuta Iida put together layers of photographs with sculpturing and engraving, changing 2D photography to 3D images with multiple points of view, challenging the time-space limits of photographs. Also, we will also learn about how Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof selected official photographs from the Instagram accounts of 81 American organizations to create a series of photo-sculptures using multiple media, through which she explores the changes and construction processes of contemporary image information. In addition, we will see how Korean artist Osang Gwon with his vast number of photographs of objects taken in detail, combines these images into sculptures of various characters and structures, crossing the visual and thought boundaries of 2D and 3D.

We present a special in this issue’s Artist Showcase on Kenta Cobayashi, a visual artist of the digital media age born in 1992. Through his creative journey using free expression with the digital smudge in Photoshop, he re-formalizes the materiality and mechanism of traditional photography, immersing himself in a state of flux when images were born and highlights the technicalities behind visual creations. His work seems to have an affinity with Fluxus bringing this art movement back into the photographic conversation through his various experiments of intervention, destruction and noise in images. The work also reflects the trend of viewing in this time and age.

In this issue’s columns, Shih-Lun Chang touches on the issue of materiality between the grains of film photography and the resolution of digital photography, illustrating the inspiration that can be brought to the nature of photography by the imperfection of images; Zheng Gu critiques Fountain, the recent photography installation work by Chinese artist Dongdong Cai, which examines the practical language of ready-made art in the centennial anniversary of Dadaism’s emergence and influence. In addition, starting from this issue, we invite renowned Hong Kong photography academic Dr. Edwin K. Lai to pen a new column “Image Hong Kong”. He begins with sharing his journey of curating and participating in photography exhibitions in recent years, and will subsequently go on to bring us through the historical lineage of Hong Kong’s photography and its contemporary landscape, providing us with a new link point with East Asian photography.

This year where we witness “Brexit” also coincides with the 100-year anniversary of the “Easter Rising” of 1916 associated with Ireland’s military revolution in a bid to perform a “Brexit”. Although this bid for independence met with failure, it continued to hold key meaning in history for its eventual result in birthing the Republic of Ireland. This year, commemorative activities were held in both London and Dublin. Chiu-­Hung Liang brings us in-depth reports of the visual displays of historical archival images from the two locations, interpreting the revolutionary iconography involved and the intricate influences exerted by photography politics on the images of victims, their memories and legacies.

The “Q” segment features an interview with long-time publisher Gerhard Steidl who founded the publishing house “Steidl” in 1972, well-known for its high quality publications which marks it out as a landmark of the international artistic publication circle. Steidl shares his work experiences as well as observations and opinions about the craft of the print with us in this interview. Also, in this issue’s supplement SHOUT, we present a special excerpt of Chinese artist Yanchu Sun’s Ficciones, where he presents a series of photographs of the everyday life of ordinary people from antique markets in China between the 70s’ and 80s’, employing the means of drawing and collage to recreate images, playing on the relations between the real and the fictional.

With this editorial we write, VOP enters its fifth anniversary. As we continue our slow but sure journey forward in the universe of photography, we want to thank our dear readers, artists, writers and contributors as well as others who have worked with VOP, onward we move!

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Voices of Photography 攝影之聲
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Voices of Photography
Issue 19 : #照片 #雕塑 #photo #sculpture

在這期《攝影之聲》中，日本設計師田中義久與雕刻家飯田竜太所組成的雙人創作組合「Nerhol」，將照片層層堆疊雕琢刻鏤，改造平面攝影為多元視點的立體圖像，顛覆照片設下的時空制約；荷蘭藝術家Anouk Kruithof擷取81個美國機關組織的Instagram帳號所發布的官方照片，締構一系列複合媒材影像雕塑，在型態轉化之中探索當代圖像訊息的變異組建；韓國藝術家權五祥拍下大量的實物細節，將照片拼貼雕砌成各種人形塑像與物件結構，超越平面—立體形態之間的思索界線。

本期的Artist’s Showcase單元，我們特寫1992年出生的數位媒材原生世代——影像藝術家小林健太，藉由他自由裂解增生的數位塗抹（digital smudge）軌跡，在介入、破壞與影像噪音化的各種實驗中，將傳統攝影的物質與機械性建制重新格式化，跌進影像生成狀態的混元世界，突顯了視覺技術的思維後像。或許激浪派（Fluxus）的意識將再透過他的作品重返攝影的話題，並反映著這個世代的視線主張。

專欄單元中，張世倫對類比底片粒子與數位像素的影像物質性進行思辨，闡述影像的不完美特性對攝影本質的啟示；顧錚評析中國藝術家蔡東東近期發表的攝影裝置系列——《泉》，在達達主義興起並影響至今的一百周年之際，檢視當代現成物藝術的實踐語彙；此外，從這期開始，我們更邀請香港攝影學者黎健強執筆一個新的連載專欄——「影像香港」，他以近年親身參與籌劃的攝影展覽歷程做為序論，並將陸續疏理香港的攝影史脈與當代影像地景，做為我們串連東亞攝影發展的另一切點。

在英國近期「脫歐」抉擇的歷史之年，也是愛爾蘭「脫英」武裝革命——1916年「復活節起義」——的一百周年，這場獨立行動雖告失敗，卻因最終催生了愛爾蘭共和國而成為歷史關鍵，今年在倫敦與都柏林皆有相關的紀念活動。梁秋虹在英、愛現場深度剖析這些歷史影像檔案的視覺展演，解讀革命符號與受難者影像中，攝影政治學幽微操作的記憶與神話。

「Q」單元專訪德國資深出版人Gerhard Steidl，他於1972年創立的「Steidl」以出版印工精緻的作品集聞名，並成為國際藝術出版界的指標之一，Steidl在訪談中與我們分享他的工作經驗，以及對紙本印刷工藝的觀察見解。本期附帶的別冊《SHOUT》則特別揭載中國藝術家孫彥初的《虛構集》系列，他自古玩市場蒐集中國上世紀七O至八O年代的素人生活照，以塗鴉拼貼重構造相，在影像的虛實映照之間轉動拉扯。

編輯台報告埋著頭寫著寫著，《攝影之聲》正式來到第五個周年，而我們仍在深入影像銀河悠悠無邊的光年裡緩緩推進。謝謝親愛的讀者、參與《攝影之聲》的藝術家、所有撰稿人和工作伙伴。這是一段長途旅行，我們將繼續往下一站前進。

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In this volume of VOP, we see how “Nerhol” the creative duo made up of Japanese designer Yoshihisa Tanaka and sculptor Ryuta Iida put together layers of photographs with sculpturing and engraving, changing 2D photography to 3D images with multiple points of view, challenging the time-space limits of photographs. Also, we will also learn about how Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof selected official photographs from the Instagram accounts of 81 American organizations to create a series of photo-sculptures using multiple media, through which she explores the changes and construction processes of contemporary image information. In addition, we will see how Korean artist Osang Gwon with his vast number of photographs of objects taken in detail, combines these images into sculptures of various characters and structures, crossing the visual and thought boundaries of 2D and 3D.

We present a special in this issue’s Artist Showcase on Kenta Cobayashi, a visual artist of the digital media age born in 1992. Through his creative journey using free expression with the digital smudge in Photoshop, he re-formalizes the materiality and mechanism of traditional photography, immersing himself in a state of flux when images were born and highlights the technicalities behind visual creations. His work seems to have an affinity with Fluxus bringing this art movement back into the photographic conversation through his various experiments of intervention, destruction and noise in images. The work also reflects the trend of viewing in this time and age.

In this issue’s columns, Shih-Lun Chang touches on the issue of materiality between the grains of film photography and the resolution of digital photography, illustrating the inspiration that can be brought to the nature of photography by the imperfection of images; Zheng Gu critiques Fountain, the recent photography installation work by Chinese artist Dongdong Cai, which examines the practical language of ready-made art in the centennial anniversary of Dadaism’s emergence and influence. In addition, starting from this issue, we invite renowned Hong Kong photography academic Dr. Edwin K. Lai to pen a new column “Image Hong Kong”. He begins with sharing his journey of curating and participating in photography exhibitions in recent years, and will subsequently go on to bring us through the historical lineage of Hong Kong’s photography and its contemporary landscape, providing us with a new link point with East Asian photography.

This year where we witness “Brexit” also coincides with the 100-year anniversary of the “Easter Rising” of 1916 associated with Ireland’s military revolution in a bid to perform a “Brexit”. Although this bid for independence met with failure, it continued to hold key meaning in history for its eventual result in birthing the Republic of Ireland. This year, commemorative activities were held in both London and Dublin. Chiu-­Hung Liang brings us in-depth reports of the visual displays of historical archival images from the two locations, interpreting the revolutionary iconography involved and the intricate influences exerted by photography politics on the images of victims, their memories and legacies.

The “Q” segment features an interview with long-time publisher Gerhard Steidl who founded the publishing house “Steidl” in 1972, well-known for its high quality publications which marks it out as a landmark of the international artistic publication circle. Steidl shares his work experiences as well as observations and opinions about the craft of the print with us in this interview. Also, in this issue’s supplement SHOUT, we present a special excerpt of Chinese artist Yanchu Sun’s Ficciones, where he presents a series of photographs of the everyday life of ordinary people from antique markets in China between the 70s’ and 80s’, employing the means of drawing and collage to recreate images, playing on the relations between the real and the fictional.

With this editorial we write, VOP enters its fifth anniversary. As we continue our slow but sure journey forward in the universe of photography, we want to thank our dear readers, artists, writers and contributors as well as others who have worked with VOP, onward we move!

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Voices of Photography 攝影之聲
www.vopmagazine.com

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Voices of Photography 攝影之聲​
Issue 30：美援視覺性──農復會影像專題​
U.S. Aid Visuality: The JCRR Issue​
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本期我們重返影響台灣戰後發展至關重要的美援年代，尋索過往在台灣影像歷史視野中遺落、但卻十分關鍵的美援時期台灣視覺歷程──「農復會」的影像檔案。​
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成立於1948年、以推行「三七五減租」和「耕者有其田」等土地改革與農業政策聞名的農復會（中國農村復興聯合委員會，JCRR），被認為是奠定二十世紀「台灣經驗」基礎的重要推手。然而很少人留意，這一農經專業的美援機構，在1950至60年代拍攝了大量的照片、幻燈、電影，並生產各種圖像、圖表、圖冊與海報，在冷戰年代與美援宣傳機制緊密連結，深深參與了戰後「台灣（視覺）經驗」的構成，影響著我們的視覺文化發展。​
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冷戰與美援如何形塑台灣的影像與視覺感知？本期專題透過採集考察眾多第一手的農復會早期攝影檔案、底片、圖像、影片與文獻資料，揭載鮮為人知的美援年代視覺工作，追尋這一段逐漸隱沒的戰後台灣攝影與美援視覺性的重要經歷。​
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其中，李威儀考掘農復會的歷史線索與視覺文本，探查美援的攝影檔案製程、「農復會攝影組」的成員蹤跡，以及文化冷戰期間從圖像、攝影到電影中的美援視覺路徑；蔡明諺分析1951年由農復會、美國經合分署與美國新聞處共同創辦的《豐年》半月刊，從語言、歌謠與漫畫等多元的視覺表現中，重新閱讀這份戰後最具代表性的台灣農村刊物潛在的意識形態構成與政治角力；楊子樵回看多部早期農教與政策宣傳影片，析論農復會在戰後台灣發展中的言說機制與感官部署，並從陳耀圻參與農復會出資拍攝的紀錄片計畫所採取的影音策略，一探冷戰時期「前衛」紀錄影像的可能形式；黃同弘訪查農復會在1950年代為進行土地與森林調查所展開的航空攝影，解析早期台灣航攝史的源起與美援關聯，揭開多張難得一見的戰後台灣地景航照檔案。​
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此外，我們也尋訪生於日治時期、曾任農復會與《豐年》攝影師的楊基炘（1923-2005）的攝影檔案，首度開啟他封存逾半世紀、收藏農復會攝影底片與文件的軍用彈藥箱和相紙盒，呈現楊基炘於農復會工作期間的重要文獻，並收錄他拍攝於美援年代、從未公開的攝影遺作與文字，重新探看他稱為「時代膠囊」的視覺檔案，展現楊基炘攝影生涯更為多樣的面向，同時反思「美援攝影」複雜的歷史情愁。​
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本期專欄中，李立鈞延續科學攝影的探討，從十九世紀末天文攝影的觀測技術，思考可見與不可見在認識論上的交互辨證；謝佩君關注影像的遠端傳輸技術史，檢視當代數位視覺政權中的權力、知識與美學機制。「攝影書製作現場」系列則由以珂羅版印刷著稱的日本「便利堂」印刷職人帶領，分享古典印刷傳承的工藝秘技。​
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在本期呈現的大量影像檔案中，讀者將會發現關於美援攝影的經歷與台灣歷史中的各種視覺經驗，還有許多故事值得我們深入訪查。感謝讀者這十年來與《攝影之聲》同行，希望下個十年裡，我們繼續一起探索影像的世界。​
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● 本期揭載未曾曝光的美援攝影工作底片、檔案與文件！​
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In this issue of VOP, we revisit the era of U.S. aid, a period that was of utmost importance to Taiwan’s post-war social and economic development, and explore Taiwan’s much forgotten but crucial visual journey during this era ── the visual archives of the JCRR.​
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Established in 1948, the Chinese-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, or the JCRR, is widely known for the implementation of various land reform and agricultural policies, such as the “375 rent reduction” and “Land-to-the-tiller” programs. Hence, the Commission is considered an important cornerstone to laying the foundations of the “Taiwan Experience” in the 20th century. That said, very few are aware that this U.S. aid organization specializing in agricultural economics was also closely associated with the American propaganda mechanism during the Cold War, and had in its possession countless photos, slides and movies, and produced various images, charts, pamphlets and posters. All these contributed to the formation of the post-war “Taiwan (Visual) Experience”, deeply influencing the development of our visual culture.​
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How exactly did the Cold War and U.S. aid shape Taiwan’s image and visual perception? This issue’s special feature uncovers the little-known visual activities from the U.S. aid era by investigating the collection of JCRR’s first-hand photo files, negatives, images, films and documents, and traces this important journey of post-war Taiwan photography and U.S. aid visuality that has gradually faded from people’s minds.​
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Among them, Lee Wei-I examines the historical clues and visual texts of the JCRR, and explores the production of the U.S. aid photographic archives, following the traces of the members of the “JCRR Photography Unit” and the trails of U.S. aid visuals during the Cold War from images and photography to films. Tsai Ming-Yen analyzes the diverse visual manifestations, such as languages, ballads and comics, contained in the semimonthly publication Harvest, which was co-founded by the JCRR, the U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration, and the U.S. Information Service in 1951, presenting a new take on the ideological and political struggles that were hidden beneath the pages of this agricultural publication that could also be said to be the most representative publication of the post-war era. Yang Zi-Qiao looks back at the early agricultural education and propaganda films, and analyzes the discourse and sensory deployment utilized by the JCRR in the development of a post-war Taiwan and the possibilities of the “avant garde” documentary films from the Cold War period through the audio-visual strategies gleaned from director Chen Yao-Chi’s documentary project that was funded by the JCRR. At the same time, Houng Tung-Hung checks out the aerial photography taken by the JCRR in the 1950s for land and forest surveys, and uncovers the origins of Taiwan’s aerial photography with U.S. aid, giving readers a rare glimpse at post-War Taiwan’s aerial landscape photographic archives.​
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In addition, we will explore the photographic archives of Yang Chih-Hsin (1923-2005), a former photographer who was born during the Japanese colonial period and worked for the JCRR and Harvest, unearthing negatives and documents kept away in the ammunition and photo-paper box that had stayed sealed for more than half a century. This feature presents important files of Yang during his time with JCRR, and photographs taken and written texts produced during the U.S. aid era but were never made public. We go through the visual archives enclosed in what he called a “time capsule”, shedding light on the diversity of his photography career, while reflecting on the complex historial sentiments towards “U.S. aid photography” at the same time.​
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Lee Li-Chun continues the discussion on scientific photography in his column, exploring the interactive dialectics between the seen and the unseen through the observation technology of astrophotography in the late nineteenth century. Hsieh Pei-Chun focuses on the history of the technology behind remote transmission of visuals and examines the power, knowledge and aesthetics that underlies contemporary digital visual regime. Finally, this issue’s “Photobook Making Case Study” is led by the printing experts at Japan’s Benrido, a workshop that is renowned for its mastery of the collotype printing technique.​
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Through the large collection of photographic archives presented in this issue, readers will see that there remain many stories on the photography process in the U.S. aid era and various types of visual experiences in Taiwan’s history that are waiting to be unearthed. We thank our readers for staying with VOP for the past decade and we look forward to another ten years of exploring the world of images with you.​
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