《失焦记：关于照相馆与纸张上人》
The Story of Photo Studio

开本：130mm×185mm
重量：645g
时间：2024年
客户：上海人民美术出版社

Size: 130mm×185mm
Weight : 645g
Year: 2024
Client: Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House

摄影就像一场对时间的切片手术，在每个人浑然一体的生命里，用快门硬生生地切下一片又一片，也许当时的你对这一刀并没有什么感觉，生活继续不动声色地流淌着，而很久之后再回望，你才会感觉到切肤之痛。“过去”和“此时此地“之间突然有了刻度，有了距离，你会突然意识到自己生命流逝的速度感，老照片尤其如此。那些照片里的陌生人，像从过去悄悄潜伏回来的领路人，引领着我们走向更宽广的未曾体验过的空间，“他者”曾经历的时间和空间，这一个个曾经的生命存在，正如同一颗颗星辰对于浩渺的宇宙，即使再渺小，像那些照片中短暂沉默的刹那，借由陌生的爱意指向永恒，人生就像这样一场失焦又不停对焦的追寻。重要的是记忆，是感知，是曾经的相互凝视，把每一个瞬间都当作永恒的记忆。

Photography is like a surgical incision into time, slicing through the seamless flow of life with the click of a shutter. Perhaps the cuts feel inconsequential at first, yet as life continues to flow silently for years on, the pain becomes palpable. Suddenly, there’s a measure and distance between “the past” and “here and now,” revealing the swiftness of life’s passing, especially in old photos. The strangers in those photos seem like guides, quietly returning from the past to lead us into a broader, uncharted space—the time and places once experienced by “others.” These once-existing lives are like stars in the vast universe, small yet significant. Like those brief, silent moments captured in the photos, they point to eternity through unfamiliar love. Life is a journey of blurring and refocusing. It’s memories, perceptions, and mutual gazes that turn every moment into an eternal memory.

该书内容是著名摄影师马良收集的老照片，书籍的设计看似手账本，老照片错落地散落在封面上，具有较强的氛围代入感。翻开书籍，岁月的痕迹扑面而来。从序言开始，古朴的纸张上印刷单色文字。全书分为八个篇章，在设计处理上分别提取了老照片上照相馆的标志，用哑光金色印刷并与蓝色页面构成篇章。一张张老照片配以简短的文字诉说荏苒光阴，映入眼帘的是老照片里的照相馆以及纸上人。当我对素材逐一解读后，寻找到了构建全书叙述逻辑的方法：书中的图片和文字分别用两种克重和色彩的纸张印刷，薄与厚、软与硬、滑与糙、单色与四色，有序地交替。这些细腻的质感变化，增强了读者的共情意识，一本情绪饱满的书籍就是由无数个小细节构成的。读者翻阅的体验，就像翻看一本老照片夹。

The content of this book comprises old photographs collected by the renowned photographer Ma Liang. The book’s design resembles a journal, with old photographs scattered across the cover, creating a strong sense of immersion. Opening the book, the traces of time immediately greet the reader. The preface is printed in monochrome on rustic paper. The book is divided into eight chapters, each designed with the photo studio logos extracted from the old photos, printed in matte gold, and paired with blue pages to create the chapter sections. Each photograph is accompanied by brief text, narrating the passage of time, with photo studios and people on paper emerging in front of you. Decoding each piece of material, I found a way to construct the narrative logic of the entire book: the images and text are printed on two types of paper with different weights and colors, alternating between thin and thick, soft and hard, smooth and rough, monochrome and four-color printing. These subtle variations in texture enhance empathy, as the book’s emotional depth stems from countless details. Flipping through it feels like browsing an old photo album.

全书内文只选用了一款方正时光雕刻字体进行编排，残破的字体边缘与这本书的气质极为吻合。

The interior text employs a single, engraving font, whose frayed edges perfectly match the book’s character.