▍《在》／《Being》
2025 年底，摯友小八面臨一同生活十五年的貓咪辛巴罹癌，走向離世的過程。他在社群中寫下安寧照護的觀察與心境，我則以鏡頭為他們記錄這段最後的旅程。作為存在，小八與辛巴相互支撐，成為彼此的意義。這段拍攝的過程，我重新感受到攝影的另一種可能——攝影不只作為創造與紀錄的藝術，也能成為陪伴，與他者共在。
安寧照護的日子隨未知而跌宕，焦慮、恐懼、安慰與悲傷不斷交錯，我在小八專注照護的身後仔細凝視，鏡頭的「在」成為照護者的隱形後盾，攝影不再只是擷取，它延續了辛巴的「在」，成為陪伴的一種形體——被攝者們與攝者，於這場有限之中，成為對彼此存在溫柔的回應。
At the end of 2025, my close friend Hachi faced the final journey of Simba, the cat who had lived by her side for fifteen years, after being diagnosed with cancer. While Hachi shared her reflections and emotions about palliative care on social media, I picked up my camera to document their last days together.
As beings, Hachi and Simba held each other up — they were each other’s meaning. Through this process of photographing, I rediscovered another possibility of photography itself：beyond creation and documentation, it can also be a gesture of companionship — a way of being together with the other.
The days of palliative care rose and fell with uncertainty, woven through with anxiety, fear, comfort, and sorrow. Standing behind Hachi’s focused care, I observed intently. The camera’s “Being” became an invisible support to the caregiver. Photography was no longer just about capturing; it carried forward Simba’s existence and became a form of companionship. Within these finite moments, both the photographed and the photographer offered a gentle response to each other’s being.
安寧照護的日子隨未知而跌宕，焦慮、恐懼、安慰與悲傷不斷交錯，我在小八專注照護的身後仔細凝視，鏡頭的「在」成為照護者的隱形後盾，攝影不再只是擷取，它延續了辛巴的「在」，成為陪伴的一種形體——被攝者們與攝者，於這場有限之中，成為對彼此存在溫柔的回應。
At the end of 2025, my close friend Hachi faced the final journey of Simba, the cat who had lived by her side for fifteen years, after being diagnosed with cancer. While Hachi shared her reflections and emotions about palliative care on social media, I picked up my camera to document their last days together.
As beings, Hachi and Simba held each other up — they were each other’s meaning. Through this process of photographing, I rediscovered another possibility of photography itself：beyond creation and documentation, it can also be a gesture of companionship — a way of being together with the other.
The days of palliative care rose and fell with uncertainty, woven through with anxiety, fear, comfort, and sorrow. Standing behind Hachi’s focused care, I observed intently. The camera’s “Being” became an invisible support to the caregiver. Photography was no longer just about capturing; it carried forward Simba’s existence and became a form of companionship. Within these finite moments, both the photographed and the photographer offered a gentle response to each other’s being.
