It was a wonderful mistake.
I actually started this project by accident. One day I placed an order for Fujifilm Instax, but typed in the wrong amount, and received an enormous box of film. I couldn't arrange a return, so I came up with the 365 Days concept.
The photos were taken between 18th August 2010 and 17th August 2011. I felt as though this year made me different. I was studying in the UK; life was sometimes boring, sometimes busy, sometimes tough and sometimes fun, but the main challenge was to make everything ok. Recording a year wasn't easy; this kind of project allows you to view yourself and the things you do; I found I wasted too much time and procrastinated. I was studying in a small town, without too much contact time. I fell into a regular routine; back and forward between Tesco, the High Street, and the photographic lab. A very simple and quiet existence, there was no alcohol or parties, and not that much of a social life. Despite this, the year project was not a negative; showing the small moments between the big ones, I created a document which showed a year of growth and memory, rather than just a quick highlight reel. Looking back, it was really was a good year.
就在某一天還在研究所先修課不小心在網路上購買了許多的拍立得底片,正在想著要退掉的同時,又有種浪費的心態出現,或許我用這些底片剛剛好可以拍一年的照片,一天浪費一張應該還好(吧)。
這是這年我在英國念研究所,這是非常不一樣的一年,很像是全新學習的自己,就算無聊就算忙碌就算難過就算其實也是很有趣,我們都要想盡辦法為自己找到適合的位置,知道自己可以很好,老實說要記錄一年然後每天的生活真的不容易,當然你可以藉由一天一張照片很清楚知道很多時間都自己浪費掉了,什麼都沒有做,研究所是在英國東南方的一個小鎮上,除了去超市購買生活必需品和伙食再不然就在小鎮上的街閒晃,有空也去學校掃掃底片看看大學部的同學們都在做些什麼厲害的作品,非常簡單和安靜,沒有酒精也沒有趴踢,常常覺得自己關在房間內非常憂鬱,真的一點都沒有人際關係進展,當然藉由自己的照片,可以好好自己檢討檢視自己,知道哪裡不好哪裡不開心,不是沒來由的,老實說,一點也不覺得浪費掉這些底片,因為這一年被我記得清清楚楚的呢。