"photography is always of the world: its boundaries establish the image as a fragment cropped from that continuous expanse which is the world’s own extension." - Stanley Cavell

Just as in literature, there inevitably existed a "hidden author" behind photographic works who had relinquished the objective sociological significance of photography and had become a purely subjective narrator, making statements to another "hidden reader." In this photographic project, I attempted to present a ghostly "hidden author" who had possessed and driven my photography. To achieve this, I had specially modified an infrared camera for some of the work. Inspired by Stanley Cavell's "The World Viewed" (1979), this project is an exploration of how the world is portrayed in two different mediums: photography and film.

“摄影永远属于这个世界：它的边界将图像确立为从连续的广阔中裁剪出来的碎片，这是世界自身的延伸。” - 斯坦利·卡维尔

像文学一样，摄影作品背后也必然存在一位“隐藏作者”，他/她将放弃摄影的客观社会学意义，而成为纯粹的主观叙述者，向另一位“隐藏读者”做出陈述。在这个摄影项目中，我将尝试呈现一位幽灵般的“隐藏作者”，附身并驱动我的拍摄，为此我专门改装了一台红外相机进行部分的创作。受到斯坦利·卡维尔《观看的世界》(1979)的启发，这个项目是对摄影和电影两个不同媒介所呈现世界的探索。

From June 2003 to February 2015, there were eight consecutive murder cases in the eastern Chinese city of Y. The killer deliberately chose "fashionable" young women (a claim later confirmed by the police to have no basis) as targets, with most of the crimes occurring at night. The modus operandi often involved stalking and direct entry into the victims' residences, followed by the disposal of the bodies in forests or on beaches. Despite citywide fingerprint checks, blood tests for DNA, and other methods employed by the Y city police, they had been unable to find the real culprit until August 2016 when suspect Z was arrested following a chance DNA match.

In court, Z stated that he had a basic education, was unmarried, and lived alone in the outskirts of the city. He had worked as a museum guard, a delivery person, and a security guard at an upscale club to support his young children. He also mentioned his sole source of joy in life - using a modified infrared camera to track and photograph young women he encountered at night. This infrared camera had become his "eyes," allowing him to see a world imperceptible to ordinary people. When women discovered and refused to be photographed, his anger escalated, and he used a small axe he carried with him to kill them. He confessed to all eight murder cases.

In 2018, Z was sentenced to death with a deprivation of political rights for life in the first-instance trial. On April 3, 2019, in accordance with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, Z was executed in Y city at the age of 44. Due to concerns about being imitated, this case did not receive extensive coverage from the Chinese media from start to finish.

从2003年6月至2015年2月，有8起杀人案陆续在中国东部的Y市出现。凶手特意选择“时尚”的年轻女子（后经警察证实此说法并没有依据）作为下手的目标，大多数作案时间在夜晚，采用尾随并直接进入女性的住所，杀人后将尸体抛弃在树林或海滩。Y市警方曾多次全城排查指纹、抽血验DNA等方法，但一直未能找到真凶。直到2016年8月，警方在一次偶然的DNA排查后找到了嫌犯Z，并将其逮捕。

Z在法庭上表示自己文化程度为初中，单身，独自租住在城市郊区。他曾从事博物馆的门卫、快递员和高级会所的保安等工作以维持养育年幼子女的生计。他还提到了生活中唯一的乐趣 - 使用经改装的红外摄像机跟踪和拍摄他在夜晚偶遇的年轻女性，这台红外相机已成为他的“眼睛”，使他能看到常人无法察觉的世界。当有女性发觉并拒绝被拍摄时，他则愈发愤怒，用随身携带的一把斧头将她们杀害。他对8起杀人案供认不讳。

2018年，法院一审判处Z死刑，剥夺政治权利终身。2019年4月3日，根据最高人民法院核准，Z在Y市被执行死刑，年仅44岁。由于担心被效仿，这个案件从头到尾并没有受到广泛的媒体报道。