1991年張乾琦開始專業報導攝影生涯，作品呈現一貫的人道關懷與對社會不公不義的批判。相機成為進入他者私密生活的護照，見證時時變動不安的歷史時刻，體現「一台相機，一個鏡頭，一個人對抗著一個世界」這種將攝影作為生活方式的態度。2013年第一個孩子的出生改變他看待世界的角度，以及重新思考人與人之間的關係，製作於2014年的〈在路上〉不同於過去站在相機後方的那雙眼，張乾琦將相機轉向自己與自己的私生活，這部長達二十五年的自傳式作品紀錄他穿梭於全球各地移動的身影，他總是在路上、在時差中過渡，機場、車站等暫留之非地方（non-place）深刻地成為他的真實。這部作品也開始讓鏡頭裡的人物有他們自己的聲音，說自己的故事，包括機場廣播、電視新聞報導、孩子的笑聲，以及收錄十五首由當地的母親哼唱的搖籃曲，與平面攝影交織組構成動態影像。
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In 1991, Chien-Chi CHANG started his career in professional photography and journalism. His works consistently convey the warmth of humanity as well as the critiques to social injustice. Camera has become the passport to the private lives of others, witnessing the ever-changing moments of history. It is the embodiment of “one camera, one shot, one man against a world,” a lifestyle of photography. His first-born child in 2013 changed his angle of viewing the world, making him rethink the relationship among individuals. On The Road (2014), different from the eyes behind the camera as it was, turns the camera to Chang himself and his personal life. This autobiographical work documents his figures around the world for the past 25 years. He’s always on the road, having jet lags, and the non-places such as airport and train stations become his reality. The artpiece allows the figures in camera have their own voices to tell stories, including broadcast of the airport, news on TV, laughter of kids, and the 15 lullabies sung by local mothers, which fuse with photographs and thus become moving images. |
