Between Dog and Wolf

If I were a tree, my roots would be in France, in the Perche region where I was born and now live part of the year, and my canopy in Taiwan, where I was reborn and spend the other part of my time. These two places shape my photographic vision, turning my work into a lifelong journey.

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Falling in love with Taiwan, its culture, history, nature and above all, its people, I came back several months every year since then, and soon turned my lens toward the human world. This led to my next project: "Between Dog and Wolf," an evocative photographic exploration of Taiwan's urban landscape captured during the transitional hours between dusk and early night. In French, this moment is called "entre chien et loup" ; a time when the familiar becomes uncertain, and reality merges with dreams. This liminal space transforms the streets into a cinematic and poetic world where shadow and light weave mysterious atmospheres. I hope viewers lose themselves in this space, constructing their own narratives beyond the frame.

Using low-light techniques, semi-long exposures, and the interplay of neon and shadow, this series captures fleeting human presences, ghostly, vivid, or solitary, against the backdrop of deserted alleys and enigmatic urban and periurban spaces. Inspired by « film noir » and the raw realism of street photography, my images depict a Taiwan that feels both modern and timeless. More than aesthetics, this work serves as a bridge between documentation and introspection, offering insights into Taiwanese society and the human condition at large.

Through this series, I seek to reveal the insular nature of the Taiwanese people, while reflecting on a deeper truth: that each human being is, in essence, an island. I aim to capture the solitude that resides within us, even in the heart of society. In a country shaped by historical divisions, where borders appear both steadfast and fragile, my images explore how individuals drift within themselves, suspended in a present oscillating between reverie and uncertainty, between the echoes of a turbulent past and the uncharted horizon of Taiwan's future.

 

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如果我是一棵樹，那我的根會扎在法國，扎在我出生的佩爾什地區，現在我每年也會回去那裡待一段時間；而我的樹冠則會在台灣，這個我重生的地方，一半的我在此度過。這兩個地方塑造了我的攝影視野，使我的作品成了終生的旅程。

 

我深深愛上了台灣，它的文化、歷史、大自然，最讓我著迷的，還是這裡的人們。從那時起，我每年都會回來住幾個月，很快地，我就把鏡頭轉向了人群。這啟發了我接下來的計畫：「狗狼時刻」，這是一個富有情感的攝影探索，捕捉了台灣城市景觀中，黃昏與夜晚初臨之間的過渡時刻。在法語中，這一時刻被稱為 "entre chien et loup"；它是一段熟悉的事物開始變得不確定，現實與夢想交織的時候。此時街道化作電影般的詩意世界，光影交織，營造出神秘的氛圍。我希望觀者能在這個空間中迷失自己，超越畫框的限制，建構出屬於自己的故事。

 

藉著低光技巧、半長時間曝光以及霓虹與陰影的交織，這個系列捕捉了荒涼的巷弄和神秘的城市與郊區空間中，人類轉瞬的身影，或如幽靈、或生動鮮明、或孤獨寂寞。受「黑色電影」（film noir）和街頭攝影的原始寫實風格的啟發，我的影像呈現出一個既現代又無時間感的台灣。這不僅是美學呈現，更是一座連接紀實與內省的橋樑，提供對台灣社會和人類處境的洞察。

 

透過這個系列，我希望揭示台灣人內向的特質，同時也思考一個更深層的真理：每個人，從本質上來說，都是一座孤島。我旨在捕捉存在於我們內心的孤獨，即使是在社會的心臟地帶。在一個歷史上分裂的國家中，邊界看似既堅定又脆弱，我的影像探索了個體如何在自身之中漂浮，懸浮在一個介於夢幻與不確定之間的當下，介於動盪過去的回聲和台灣未來未被探索的地平線之間。

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