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自2018年創辦以來，「Photo GO 攝影上桌」已成為台灣年輕攝影創作者的重要平台，成功舉辦六屆，展現出攝影與文化的深刻連結。以 45 歲以下年輕攝影師為核心，該活動透過公開徵件，挖掘最具創意與實驗精神的作品，並以獨特的「辦桌」形式展示，為台灣藝術界帶來耳目一新的視覺體驗與文化碰撞。這種形式突破了傳統攝影展的框架，將圓桌作為藝術家的創作場域，使影像透過多媒材與立體裝置進行多元化的呈現，讓攝影作品跳脫牆面展示的侷限。同時，觀眾從被動的旁觀者轉化為主動的參與者，成為影像敘事的一部分，進而透過攝影家、策展人與觀眾之間的互動，激發創作者更多靈感，建構出充滿張力的藝術對話。這一特色不僅成為活動的核心價值，更奠定了其在台灣藝術生態中的獨特地位。

城市中存在許多失落的場所，或大或小，臨時或永久地自都市空間網絡脫離；其存在有時隱匿，有時曖昧，有時被廢棄，有時則根本無法定義。在大眾想像的完美都市裡，它們如同阻礙血液流動的栓塞，是妨害進步的病灶，是等待開發的畸零地，更是象徵城市正死去的屍骸。其實這些失落場所只是城市代謝現象的縮影，時常源於某種日常狀態的崩落。

拍攝這些場所，並非為了批判城市的死，而是把殘缺與崩落當作城市既有的、生的一部分來接受─它們雖然失落，但仍是有光的場所。就在那閃爍即逝的光中，透過個人的觀照與攝影，我想去揭露看似失落、但實際存有的場所精神(Genius Loci)。

There are numerous Lost Places that exist within the city, large and small, that have detached—temporarily or permanently—from the urban network. Their presence fluctuates- hidden, ambiguous, abandoned, or indefinable. In the idealized vision of a city, they are treated as embolisms to urban flow, lesions hindering progress, fragmental lands waiting for development, or even the remains of a dying city. In fact, these places are merely the epitome of urban metabolism, usually born from the collapse of everyday life.

To photograph these places is not to condemn the death of the city, but to accept both imperfection and decay as inherent parts of the city’s life. Though they are lost, they are still places of light. In that fleeting, shimmering light, I use photography as a form of personal witness to reveal Genius Loci— the spirit of the place that appears lost, yet truly exists.

莊牧恩，出身台中的攝影創作者。曾長期進行探索與拍攝城市失落場所的個人計畫「小屍斑」。其作品意圖如實描繪出城市空間中彼此纏繞的日常性與神聖性，從而揭露那隱而未現的場所精神。
「若城市是一座教堂，攝影便是我獻上的讚美詩。」

Juang Mu-En is a Taichung-based photographer, who has been dedicated to the personal project "Parvulus Livor Mortis", which exploring and documenting the lost places in the city. His works seek to faithfully depict the intricate entanglement of the mundane and the sacred within urban spaces, thereby unveiling the hidden Genius Loci.
The city is a church, and photography is the hymn I offer.”