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​迷途 A Wanderland

2016-2020

These photos were taken during the period of my studying abroad in Toronto, Canada, in a four-year span  (2016 - 2020). Living in the city in North America as a foreigner from China, probably because of the unfamiliar surrounding environment, the different foreign culture, and the lack of a sense of belonging, I always feel incompatible with the land that I am living on. I seem to become a "wanderer" on this land, where loneliness was always with me.

 

I often stay at home alone, hide in the car, or sit in the coffee shop and observe the surrounding environment as well as all kinds of people. Even when I walk on the street, I can easily feel an inexplicable sense of alienation between me and the people around me. It seems that there was a glass between us. Thus, in this project, I used my camera to record my state of dissociation and expressed the view of Toronto in my eyes as a foreigner. Simultaneously, these photos seem to become a connection between me and this land. 

这些照片是我在加拿大多伦多留学时拍摄的,时长跨度有四年(2016-2020)。以一个来自中国的外来人 的身份生活在北美的城市,也许是因为陌生的周围环境,截然不同的异国文化以及归属感的缺失,让我 对脚下的这片土地常常感到格格不入。我好像成了这片土地上的“流浪者”,孤独成为了我每日的常态。

 

我经常一个人呆在家里,躲在车里,坐在咖啡店里,观察着周遭的环境与形形色色的人们。即使走在大街上, 我总能感受到我与周围的人存在着一种莫名的距离感,像隔着一层厚厚的玻璃。于是在这组作品中我用 相机去记录我游离的状态,用一个外来人的视角来表达我眼中的多伦多,并且同时摄影似乎也成为了连 接我与这片土地的媒介。

© Hailun Luo  罗海伦
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