No.01封面Cover她坐在絲絨長椅的扶手上,手扶著青瓷瓶口,兩枝牡丹橫過鎖骨,直視鏡頭。光被小心地倒進去,她知道自己值得被好好放著。Seated on the arm of a velvet chaise, one hand on the lip of a celadon vase, two peony stems crossing her collarbone, eyes on the lens.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.02鏡前Before the Mirror背對鏡頭,臉只在鍍金鏡裡出現。舉起的手捏著髮髻後那支銀簪,鏡中的手也捏著同一支簪。她看的是自己。Back to the camera, her face appears only in the gilt mirror; the raised hand pinches the single silver hairpin, and so does its reflection.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.03牡丹貼頰Peony at the Cheek頭肩特寫。一朵淡色牡丹貼在下顎,五指扶著花莖,視線落向畫外的黃銅檯燈。花與身體必須真的碰到。Head-and-shoulders close-up: a pale peony rests against her jaw, fingers on the stem, gaze toward the brass lamp off frame.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.04注水Pouring橫幅全身。她側身微彎,用黃銅水壺往青瓷瓶注水,紅鞋落在深色地板上,人物只佔畫面右側三分之一,其餘留給鏡、燈與牆。Full-length landscape: in profile she pours water from a brass ewer into the vase, red heels on the dark floor, the room's mirror and lamp holding the left two-thirds.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.05玻璃與掌Glass and Palm隔著起霧的玻璃拍。掌心把一朵濕牡丹壓平在玻璃上,五指張開;臉貼近另一側較清的玻璃,眼瞼半垂、唇微啟、頭略向肩傾。Shot through fogged glass: her palm flattens a wet peony against the pane, fingers spread; her face leans close to a clearer patch, eyelids soft, lips parted.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.06落瓣Falling Petals她側坐在白大理石長凳上,膝上滿是牡丹花瓣,一手抓起一把讓它們落下,幾片在動態模糊裡;另一手撐在身後,回頭看向鏡頭。Seated in profile on a white marble bench, lap full of petals, she lifts a handful and lets them fall, a few blurred in motion, glancing back over her shoulder.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.07蓮葉與白布Lotus Leaf and Linen微俯角的美妝特寫。她躺在鋪了白麻布的長凳上,髮絲鋪開,肩與手臂裸露,兩片濕蓮葉與一褶白紗完全覆蓋胸口,水珠停在葉面與皮膚上。Beauty close-up from slightly above: lying on white linen, hair fanned out, shoulders bare, two wet lotus leaves and a fold of organza covering her chest, droplets on leaf and skin.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.08穿過白紗Through the Organza全身。她從垂掛的白紗條之間走向鏡頭,一手撥開紗、一手輕提裙襬,視線落在腳前濕潤的石徑上。Full-length: she walks toward the camera between hanging strips of white organza, one arm parting the fabric, the other lifting the hem, eyes on the wet stone path.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.09長桌盡頭End of the Long Table黑白橫幅。她坐在長桌盡頭,手肘撐桌、十指交握在唇前,只有眼睛與上臉受光;格柵的光橫過桌面,桌下沉入黑。她直視鏡頭。Black-and-white landscape: at the end of a long table, elbows down, fingers interlaced before her mouth so only the eyes are lit; lattice light bars cross the table, the rest falls to black.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.10倚格柵Against the Lattice半身。肩膀側靠雕花木格柵,身體轉向鏡頭三十度,一手在身後抓著屏風邊緣,另一手搭在前臂;格影落在領口與襯衫。她不躲。Half-length: shoulder against a carved lattice screen, body turned thirty degrees, one hand gripping the screen edge behind her; lattice shadows fall across collar and shirt.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.11掩耳Covering the Ear近景。左手掌貼著左耳,五指張開跨過太陽穴與下顎;閉眼、閉唇、頭微低。單一硬側光只照臉、手背與裸露的右肩,其餘全黑。Close portrait: her left palm covers her left ear, fingers spread across temple and jaw; eyes closed, head slightly bowed. One hard side light touches only face, hand and bare shoulder.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.12門光回望Looking Back at the Door全身。她走向長廊盡頭那扇亮門,回頭越過左肩看向鏡頭。白襯衫與臉的邊緣是唯一受光的面,兩條前臂沉入黑。Full-length: she walks toward the bright doorway at the end of the corridor and looks back over her left shoulder; the white shirt and the edge of her face are the only lit planes.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.13空瓶旁Beside the Empty Vase紅屋清空、蓋上防塵布、起了霧。她坐在地上抱膝,臉靠在膝上,一臂環住空青瓷瓶的瓶頸,看進空瓶口。房間變大了。The red room emptied, furniture under dust sheets, haze in the air: she sits on the floor hugging her knees, one arm around the neck of the empty celadon vase, looking into its mouth.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.14看水Watching the Water低角近景。她跪著,一手平貼地板,俯身看地上一小片映著霧窗的水;唇微啟。慢速快門讓邊緣柔化,眼睛仍清楚。Low close half-body: kneeling, one hand flat on the floor, she leans over a small pool of water reflecting the fogged window, lips parted; edges soften, the eyes stay resolved.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.15抹開霧Wiping the Fog橫幅,從窗外往裡拍。她站在窗前,掌心在結露的玻璃上抹開一道清痕,部分的臉透過清痕清楚可見,其餘被霧氣軟化。Landscape, from outside the fogged window: she stands at the pane, her palm wiping a single clear streak through the condensation; part of her face sharp through the streak, the rest softened.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.16防塵布Dust Sheet側面半身。披肩回到雙肩,她雙手抓著防塵布的邊,把它從蓋著的椅子上掀起,白布在她與窗之間揚起如簾;她低頭看著布褶。Half-length in profile: cape over both shoulders, both hands gripping the edge of a dust sheet, lifting it off the covered chair so the cotton billows between her and the window.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.17巨瓶The Giant Vase空攝影棚,灰色無縫背景。一只兩公尺長的青瓷瓶側倒在地,她全身站在瓶口旁,一手扶瓶緣、一手攏起裙擺,看進瓶內;一盞硬光拉出兩道長投影。Empty studio, grey seamless: a two-metre celadon vase lies on its side; full-length she stands at its mouth, one hand on the rim, the other gathering her skirt, looking in; one hard light, two long shadows.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.18吊花與鐵床Hanging Peonies, Iron Bed橫幅。黑地板中央一張素鐵床,數百朵淡色紙牡丹用細鐵絲吊在半空、高低不一,鐵絲看得見。她坐在床沿,上身轉向鏡頭,伸手碰其中一朵。Landscape: a plain iron bed alone on the black studio floor, hundreds of pale paper peonies hanging above on visible wires; she sits on the edge, torso turned to the camera, reaching for one bloom.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗
No.19一道光One Beam of Light近景。臉從黑裡浮出,一道硬光橫過眼睛與銀簪頭飾,下半臉留在陰影;幾片淡色花瓣在她面前凝在半空,一隻手在畫面右下張開。Close portrait: her face emerges from black, a single hard beam crossing the eyes and the silver-hairpin headpiece, the lower face in shadow; a few pale petals hang frozen in the air before her.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗No.20一支銀簪A Single Silver Hairpin七分身。她坐在灰無縫中央一張素木椅上,雙膝併攏微向左,指尖舉起一支銀簪到眼前細看。整本書從一支簪開始,也在一支簪結束。Three-quarter length: on a plain wooden chair at the centre of the grey seamless, knees together, she holds a single silver hairpin up to her eyes between thumb and forefinger. The book began with this pin and ends with it.在 Flickr 檢視 ↗