INSTANT FILM 即影即有照片 1984-1996

Before I started learning photography in Tokyo in 1982, I had already been infatuated by “instant photography.”  I took mostly self-portrait with my first instant camera Polaroid SX-70 — whenever I couldn’t find a subject, or I was bored.  Taking self-portrait became my habit.

Later on, I took self-portraits with different cameras and still with instant films, such as Hasselblad and Senna.  I was doing so because I could immediately see what I had captured without waiting for the complicated process of printing.  Moreover, the rough and imperfect texture of instant photos had a unique taste.

I had thought why I kept self-portraiting between 1982 (when I was 19) and 2012 (when I was 50 created Future and the Past): it is a process of self-awareness.  Through self-exploration, you see yourself in the photos with different ages, expressions, movements, and backgrounds.

剛到東京的時候（1982年），還未正式開始學習攝影時已經迷上了「即影即有」攝影。我第一部即影即有相機是寶麗來SX-70。用這部相機拍得最多的主題竟然是自己！當找不到拍攝主題，我便自拍了，在百無聊頼的日子，我便自拍了，漸漸地變成了習慣，直到後來用不同的相機自拍，如哈蘇中片幅或仙娜大片幅我都會用即影即有菲林。用即影即有菲林可立刻就看到拍攝的影像，不需要等待冲冼菲林放大照片的繁複工序。而且即影即有菲林的粗燥和不完美的質感，令照片帶有非常獨特的味道。由1982年（19歲）開始直至2012年（50歲，未來與過去），我自拍了31年。我一直思考自拍的這個行為，我認為自拍是自我認識、自我研究的過程。最後的結果就是照片上所見不同年齡、表情、動作、背景下的自己，其實就是通過思考自我探索之下所看見的自己。