攝影書角 —「檔案之間：家庭檔案的記憶書寫」 Between Pages and Time: Memory in Family Archives

攝影書角 —「檔案之間：家庭檔案的記憶書寫」
Photobook Corner — Between Pages and Time: Memory in Family Archives

日期 Date｜22.06.2025 (SUN)
時間 Time｜15:30 - 17:30
地點 Location｜L4-01, 賽馬會創意藝術中心 JCCAC
講者 Facilitator｜唐景鋒 Kurt Tong
語言 Language｜粵語 Cantonese
費用 Fee｜$60

攝影書角 —「檔案之間：家庭檔案的記憶書寫」

這次由攝影師唐景鋒主持的「攝影書角」精選了八本以「家庭檔案」為核心的攝影選書。這些攝影檔案不僅是影像的集合，更是記憶、反思，甚至是打破既有框架的空間。這些作品共同探討個人歷史在創傷、缺席與追憶的脈絡當中，如何與更廣泛的社會及歷史敘事交織。

攝影書提供了一種獨特的媒介來進行這種探索。其具體的形式——緩慢翻頁、細緻編排、影像與文字的層疊——映照出記憶本身非線性且破碎的特質。藝術家們透過家庭檔案梳理個人創傷：失落、遷徙及世代間的斷裂。有些作品以靜謐詩意的方式展示，而另一些則以更具對抗性的方法挑戰歷史遺忘與沉默。

本次展出的攝影書將家庭照片與尋獲的素材、文獻或新創影像結合，模糊了紀實與虛構的界限。此手法拓展了敘事的可能性，重新想像檔案的意義——尤其當官方歷史排除或抹去某些聲音時。無論是探討戰爭、流離、殖民遺產，還是隱藏的家庭真相，這些作品拒絕將檔案視為靜態或純粹的懷舊。同時，也有部分作品呈現更沉靜的過去，專注於最純粹、最親密的追憶，將碎片編織成意義，將過去組合成可觸摸、可反覆回味的存在。

在欣賞這八本攝影書時，我們邀請讀者思考藝術家所運用的多元表達與情感策略，以及攝影書格式如何塑造我們對記憶的體驗。將一個家庭的歷史握在手中意味著甚麼？藝術家如何在個人與政治之間取得平衡？攝影書又如何幫助我們面對不僅被記憶的事物，也包括那些被遺忘的？

講者簡介：唐景鋒

唐景鋒，1977年出生於香港，2006年於倫敦傳意學院獲得紀實攝影碩士學位。他的個人創作多以探索自身華人身份為核心。

《女皇、主席與我》是一部多層次敘事的攝影書，透過其家族三代的經歷，講述香港百年變遷與華人離散的故事。此作品曾於四大洲展出，並於 2019 年由英國 Dewi Lewis 出版社出版。《顏姐》是他獻給保姆的情書，她是世上僅餘少數的「自梳女」之一。此作品獲得多個國際獎項，並曾於上海喜馬拉雅美術館、芬蘭攝影博物館及法國亞爾國際攝影節等展出。同名攝影集於 2019 年由假雜誌出版，並獲《時代》、《國家報》、《Esquire》等媒體評為年度最佳攝影書之一。2022年，他獲得瑞士艾莉斯獎（Prix Elysée），並推出攝影小說《親愛的富蘭克林》，以書信形式講述一段二戰期間在中國發生的悲劇愛情故事。此書由法國 EXB 出版社與瑞士洛桑攝影博物館聯合出版，獲紐約現代藝術博物館（MoMA）選為年度最佳攝影書之一，並於2024年新加坡國際攝影節獲頒「最佳出版書籍」獎。2024 年，他出版新書《Krampus》，以阿爾卑斯地區的聖誕怪物為主題，與奧地利 Fotohof 合作出版，並於因斯布魯克舉辦結合展覽與音樂會的多感官藝術體驗。

Photobook Corner — Between Pages and Time: Memory in Family Archives

For this Photobook Corner curated by photographer Kurt Tong, we present a selection of eight photobooks that center on the family archive—not merely as a collection of images, but as a powerful site of memory, reflection, and sometimes disruption. These works are united by their exploration of how personal histories intersect with larger social and historical narratives, particularly in the contexts of trauma, absence, and remembrance.

Photobooks offer a unique medium for this exploration. Their tangible form—the slow turning of pages, the deliberate sequencing, and the layering of images and text—mirrors the nonlinear, often fragmented nature of memory itself. Through the family archive, these artists confront personal trauma: experiences of loss, migration, and rupture that reverberate across generations. Some works take a quiet, poetic approach, while others adopt a more confrontational stance, challenging historical amnesia and inherited silences.

Several photobooks in this collection blend family photographs with found materials, ephemera, or newly created imagery, blurring the boundaries between documentary and fiction. This approach expands the possibilities of storytelling and reimagines what an archive can be—especially when official histories exclude or erase certain voices. Whether addressing war, displacement, colonial legacies, or hidden familial truths, these works resist viewing the archive as static or purely nostalgic. At the same time, some books offer a more meditative experience, focusing on remembrance in its simplest and most intimate form. They honor the act of holding on—of arranging fragments into meaning, and of assembling the past into something tangible that invites ongoing reflection.

As you engage with these eight photobooks, we invite you to consider the diverse formal and emotional strategies the artists employ, and how the photobook format shapes our experience of memory. What does it mean to hold a family’s history in your hands? How do these artists navigate the balance between the personal and the political? And how might the photobook help us confront not only what is remembered, but also what has been forgotten?

About the Speaker: Kurt Tong

Born in Hong Kong in 1977, Kurt gained his Masters in Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication in 2006. His personal projects explore his Chinese roots and understanding his motherland.

The Queen, The Chairman and I is a multi-layered narrative book dealing with the story of Hong Kong of the last 100 years and the Asian Diaspora through the lives of his own family. The project has been exhibited across four continents and was published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in 2019. Combing for Ice and Jade, a love letter to the artist’s nanny, one of the few remaining self-combed women in the world, has won numerous awards and has been shown at the Himalayas Museum in Shanghai, Finnish Museum of Photography and Rencontres d’Arles, amongst others. A monograph was published by Jiazazhi Press in 2019 and was named one of best Photobooks of 2019 by Time, El País, Esquire amongst others. In 2022, he was awarded the prestige Prix Elysee and released Dear Franklin, an epistolary novel about a tragic love story during WWII in China. Co-published by Atelier EXB and Photo Elysee, it was named one of the best photo books of 2022 by MOMA New York and awarded the “Best Published book” at the Singapore International Photography Festival in 2024. In 2024, he published "Krampus", a book about the Alpine Christmas monster with Fotohof and launched the accompanying multi-sensory exhibition alongside a concert in Innsbruck, Austria.

＊以上活動收益將全數捐贈予香港攝影文化協會，以支持我們的恒常營運和推廣攝影文化的使命。協會根據《稅務條例》第八十八條，為免稅慈善機構
Proceeds from the above events will be donated to the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association (HKPCA) as charity proceeds. HKPCA is a tax-exempt charity under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance

＊香港攝影文化協會為藝發局資助團體
Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association is financially supported by the HKADC.

＊香港藝術發展局支持藝術表達自由，本計劃內容並不反映本局意見。
The Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expre