︎潜望 Periscope
2020年代的前几年里，新型冠状病毒肺炎反反复复。2020年6月，疫情趋势初步稳定下来。当时，我 立刻动身前往了重庆、青海、苏州等地。景色于我呈现出陌生感与疏离感，但其中可以感受到人们的生活都处于一种“有常”的状态，如同河水不舍昼夜地向前流淌。2022年春夏期间，我则生活在上海，经历了长达近三个月的封闭生活。我亲眼见证在短短几天时间内城市的车流恢复往常模样，而长时间封闭残留的身体、心理影响在宏大叙事中被一笔带过。当生活归于所谓的常态，绝望的嘶吼变得寂静无声，对未知的焦虑与恐惧依然使人提心吊胆。我感觉到：这一宁静生活的表面下似乎有某种“暗流”涌动.
《潜望》便是对于这股暗流的观察。 这套照片记录了城市解禁后，我重新游走于中国土地，透过镜头观察到的不同地区的人的生存状况，并且对人以怎样的姿态面对每一个当下进行反思。在这组照片中我试图从人造景观、自然环境、宗教、艺术等角度探讨后疫情时代中人与城市以及人与人之间的关系，叩问生命的价值与意义。通过将具有异质性的图像元素整合在一起，营造出一种稍许诡异的氛围，试图以此解开某种隐秘的伤口。
我承认，图像并非客观的记录与还原。相机是我的眼睛，这是我看到的世界。
The first few years of the 2020s were characterised by repeated outbreaks of COVID-19. In June 2020, COVID in China showed a stable trend for the first time. At that time, I immediately set off for Chongqing, Qinghai and Suzhou, 3 compelitely different cities in China，after the first lockdown. With virus variants and increasingly stringent quarantine measures，however，during the spring and summer of 2022, I lived in Shanghai for almost three months in isolation. Nobody is allowed to leave their own house then for several months.Same things happens in different cities in the following days.Though witnessing the return of the city's traffic to its normal state in just a few days, I found that the physical and psychological effects of the long-time lockdown were passed over . As life returns to its so-called normalcy, the hiss of despair becomes silent and the anxiety and fear of the unknown remains a source of trepidation. I sense that there is a certain "undercurrent" beneath the surface of this quiet life.
Periscope is thus an observation of this undercurrent. This set of photographs is a record of various sceneries and people I met during my wanderings around China in COVID years through my lens, and at the same time a reflection on how people face their present lifes. Through this series of photographs, I tried to explore the relationship between people and cities in the post-epidemic era from the perspectives of man-made landscapes, natural environments, religion and art, equiring the value and meaning of life. By integrating the heterogeneous elements of the images together, I created a slightly eerie atmosphere and try to unravel some hidden wounds.
I have to admit that images are not objective records and reductions. The camera is my eye, and this is what I see and where I live.
