Beautiful
Pain

“I’m just a fantasy and amusement in boring voyage.”这是电影「Bitter Moon」中女人对男人说的一句话。电影里两性关系之间的伤害令人心痛，而这也引发了我对“伤害”的思考。

相较于身体上的直接暴力，冷暴力通常被很多人忽视。我从身边入手，调研收集到三位曾有过此类经历的女性的故事，将他们的经历通过画面直观的展现在镜头前。我们都知道物理性的暴力伴随着疼痛。但在两性关系中，除了直接的暴力，还存在一种常被大家忽视的伤害——冷暴力。它们是隐形的，但却给人以无法修复的伤害。相爱时的浪漫美好，与遭受冷暴力时的痛苦无奈，形成强烈的反差。

此项目将视角聚焦到三位女性素人的故事中，用摄影的方式诉说着她们所遭遇的冷暴力。希望这场对两性关系的探讨可以引发观众的冷暴力的思考。

注：为保护个人隐私，画面中出镜均为专业模特，非故事主角。

March 2022
       We all know that physical violence is accompanied by pain. But in addition to direct violence in gender relationships, there is also a kind of harm that is often ignored—emotional abuse. It is invisible but can cause irreparable damage. The romance and beauty of being in love are in stark contrast to the pain and helplessness of suffering emotional abuse. This project focuses on the stories of three ordinary women and describes the emotional abuse they encounter through photography. It is hoped that this exploration of gender relations will provoke the audience to think about emotional abuse.


“I’m just a fantasy and amusement in a boring voyage.” This is a quote from a woman to a man in the movie "Bitter Moon". The pain experienced by the two sexes in this movie is heartbreaking, and it also triggered me to ponder about "pain". Compared to direct physical violence, emotional abuse is usually ignored by many people. Studies have shown that long-term exposure to emotional abuse causes great psychological damage to people. Therefore, I focused my research on "emotional abuse". I also sent out an anonymous questionnaire on social networks, hoping to hear "stories" from people.

Preparation
After posting an invitation online, I received responses from three women. They were willing to share their stories, but declined to be photographed. With their stories as the background, I invited three models to participate in a series of photography sessions to interpret their stories from the perspective of a camera lens using my own understanding of emotional abuse.

Creative process
All three series used red as the visual cue. Red is romantic but also violent. In the selection of props, I used beautiful and romantic things from a relationship, such as roses, mobile phones, rings and so on, to create scenes. These photographs seem to tell a story that is sad, painful and indescribable, with an invisible pain.