「生活中的人在找路，影像中的人在找路，札記中的人在找路。大家都在找路。一邊走一邊迷失，一邊找到。」
—— 張照堂
苦悶的荒謬的蒼白的無聊的火大的歲月的張照堂，仍在路上。
從一九五○年代末開始攝影以來，張照堂以豐沛的創作能量、風格獨具的眼光與文化的典範傳承，在台灣攝影史上留下深深足印。他的作品標示了台灣攝影發展歷程中現代性的重要轉捩，他所主編策劃的著作和展覽，對於台灣攝影質素與精神樣貌有著深遠的啟發與影響。
將屆從心之年的張照堂，始終沒有放棄擁有好多眼睛的想法，以他一貫酷酷的姿勢，盡其所能地把歲月的謎留在攝影上。而這期專號，是對張照堂的猜謎、對張照堂的致敬。
在這份專號裡，除了回看張照堂跨時代的經典與近期創作，並收錄由藝評家阮慶岳、顧錚與郭力昕執筆的評介專文，以及張照堂與攝影家蕭永盛、學者王雅倫和本刊主編李威儀的長篇對談 ; 同時並以鉛字版復刻上世紀六○年代張照堂發表的劇本文字，和藝術家黃華成當年寫張照堂的嗆辣短文 ; 更首度完整曝光張照堂的札記本，蒐集他自七○年代起書寫的歲月私語與塗鴉。
本期《SHOUT》則紙上重現張照堂一九七○年的十六釐米自拍實驗影片《剎那間的容顏》。快速翻動書頁時，將可在左下頁再見那張擠眉弄眼、搖頭晃腦的不安面容。
這裡要特別感謝張照堂先生提供他的作品、札記、書本和歲月時光。在與他對話以及閱讀、編輯其手札裡的日常偈語與牢騷叨唸之時，往往著迷於他無有邊際的想像力與黑色幽默。我們知道，即使不用照片，他也有能力讓你在眼前浮出一幕幕與世界若即若離的憧憧幻景。
製作專號之際，台北市立美術館同時舉辦了張照堂第一次的大型回顧展出——「歲月照堂 : 1959-2013 影像展」。以致無論伏於編輯台上，或遊走於美術館展間，皆與歲月盤繞，捲入了時光的渦流。然而在渦流裡，卻又撞見那個苦悶的荒謬的蒼白的無聊的火大的歲月的張照堂在悄悄照相……。
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Everyone is looking for a direction — people in journals, people in images, people in real life. Everyone is constantly seeking a direction, getting lost in their journey in life and then finding a path along the way. — Chang Chao-Tang
The suppressed-and-pale-and-bored-and-infuriated Chang Chao-Tang is still moving along this path of seeking, being lost and finding new direction again.
Since embarking onto his artistic pursuits in photography in the late 1950s, Chang has greatly contributed and influenced the Taiwanese photography scene with his boundless creativity, unique perspectives and his inheritance of cultural paradigms. His work marks a significant turning point in the development of Taiwan’s modern photography and the publications and exhibitions that he edited and curated have influenced and inspired Taiwan’s photography scene, both in substance and ideology.
Chang, who is approaching his seventies, has never given up on his dream of having many pairs of eyes; he tries to capture the mysteries of time’s passage though his photography in every conceivable way. In this issue, we respond to the questions he poses, and pay tribute to his photography.
In this special issue, besides looking back at Chang Chao-Tang's works that have spanned over five decades, VOP has invited critics Roan Ching-Yueh, Gu Zheng and Kuo Li-Hsin to comment on Chang's work and contributions. We also engaged in an extensive dialogue with photographer Hsiao Yong-Seng, Professor Wang Ya-Lun, VOP editor-in-chief Lee Wei-I and Chang Chao-Tang himself. In addition we have recreated his play scripts and an essay on Chang by artist Huang Hua-Chen published during the 1960s, as well as Chang's complete set of hand written manuscripts, reflecting his thoughts and feelings in the 1970s.
In this issue of SHOUT, we recreate on paper Chang’s 16mm experimental film, Face in Motion, the agitated face fidgeting on the bottom left as the pages flip past .
We would like to thank Mr. Chang for providing us with his works, journals, books and time. His boundless imagination and black humor often captivate us through conversations and when we read and sorted out his journals. We truly believe that he has the ability to enchant the audience with images that transcend reality even without using photographs as a medium.
As this special issue is being conceptualized and written, Chang's first major retrospective exhibition — Time : The Images of Chang Chao-Tang, 1959-2013 — is being held at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum; it is all too easy to lose oneself in Time, in Chang's images, where we seem to catch a glimpse of the suppressed-and-pale-and-bored-and-infuriated Chang Chao-Tang capturing snippets of Time.
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《Voices of Photography 攝影之聲》是一份攝影藝術獨立刊物，2011年9月在台灣創刊。每期介紹當代攝影作品與攝影藝術家，藉由訪問藝術家、藝廊、策展人、出版人與相關藝術工作者，以及提供攝影專欄、攝影書評與攝影展覽資訊的介紹，探索攝影藝術的創作概念、文化與思潮。並獲文化部2013年第37屆金鼎獎雜誌類最佳主編獎。
Voices of Photography is an independent publication dedicated to contemporary photography. Launched in September 2011 in Taiwan, VOP features contemporary photographers and artists, as well as interviews with artists, gallerists, curators, and publishers and other related professionals worldwide, to share and explore the creativity and philosophy of photography.
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