表演場雙週刊第三期 - 封面故事：我是劇場人 The Art Venue Bi-Weekly Issue 003 - Cover Story: I belong to the theatre
「我是劇場人。」
“I belong to the theatre.”
張志偉 Cheung Chi Wai
志偉：「我是劇場人。」
作為港台最有名的年輕舞台攝影師之一，他一直在思考生活，亦在不同人生階段推出新的計劃。《表演場》場主Winona加入藝術界不久，便已經認識張志偉。多年來，場主在工作上不斷有跟志偉合作，亦見證著他一直都在探索新發展。場主今次特地去到現在忙於照顧孩子的志偉家中，為他進行訪問。
學習攝影
志偉是一個非常喜歡透過欣賞明信片來學習攝影的人。他說道，「明信片很能夠帶出藝團的風格，裡面亦記錄著很多歷史與故事。」除了收藏自己的作品之外，他亦收藏其他人的作品，而到外地的時候，也會搜購明信片，「我很喜歡收藏香港及海外藝團的明信片，特別是舞蹈或劇場演出的，因為透過明信片，我學習到不同的美學風格與構圖方式，對我的拍攝工作有非常大的幫助。」
攝影師與劇團
志偉非常著重攝影師與劇團建立長遠關係，「劇團有自己的風格，而攝影師也應該有自己的風格，要遷就劇團而改變拍攝風格，不會拍攝出好的照片。」他認為，舞台攝影師需要認識劇場，更直言，「要拍出好的舞台照片，需要了解導演的意圖及劇情發展，而演員在演出一些重要場景之前，也會有動機進入狀態，所以攝影師應該不會錯過拍攝好照片的機會。」
栽培團隊
現時志偉與十人的團隊一起合作，由於他在業界內人脈甚廣，所以很多人會找他負責拍攝。他會按團隊中每一位攝影師的特色，轉介工作給他們，為他們提供機會，再而自由發展，「我跟他們是用合作的模式工作，現在他們都有自己的客戶，如果有客戶指定要我去負責拍攝工作，他們便是我和客戶之間的經理人。」
我是劇場人
而對志偉而言，他覺得自己是一個劇場人，因為他希望能夠全面參與業界的發展，而事實上，在拍攝以外，他也做了很多事情。過去五年，他營運「小島靜舍」，在坪洲買下了一個小單位，為業界人士提供一個可以休息的地方，「我希望能為劇場界的朋友提供可以休息的空間，讓他們找到心靈深處的安靜，營運了五年，「小島靜舍」會停下來，一方面我想花更多時間照顧自己的孩子，另一方面，我正在構思新的模式，為了令更多人受惠。」
《表演場》將會跟張志偉合作，在《表演場雙週刊》開闢專欄，分享明信片中的劇場故事。同時，我們誠邀各位讀者捐出與表演藝術相關的明信片。志偉慷慨送出他的攝影集《Action Fingers》四本，首四位(以郵戳為準)捐出明信片的讀者，將會每人獲得一本。請將明信片聯同姓名、電郵地址，信封面註明「明信片徵集」寄送到下址：
香港觀塘鴻圖道75號KOHO 6樓騰訊眾創空間(香港) 表演場收
Cheung Chi Wai, “I belong to the theatre.”
Cheung Chi Wai began his stage photography and video documentation since 1993 and is one of the most celebrated young stage photographers in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Cheung continues to challenge himself by launching new projects and rethinking lifestyle.
He loves collecting performing arts postcard. From these postcards, he learns various aesthetic approaches and photographic composition techniques. At the same time, postcards tell stories of a performing group and its history.
Building a sustainable relationship between a photographer and a performing group is very important to Cheung, “A photographer should have their own style and works for a performing group that match with the style. If a photographer tries to change their own style to cope with different performing groups, they won’t get good pictures. An on-assignment photographer should develop a sustainable relationship with the group, so that they shoot according to their understanding of the performing group, the artistic director, and the actors.”
Cheung does not consider himself as a photographer but a theatre worker as he always involves in different aspects of the theatre sector. He started operating ‘Minim’, a space in Peng Chau, as a retreat sanctuary for artists five years ago. ‘Minim’ will put on hold later this year as Cheung would like to spend more with his newborn and to launch new projects to benefit to the art community.
<The Art Venue> will collaborate with Cheung to launch a new section about performing arts postcards in the <The Art Venue Bi-Weekly>. If you have any unwanted postcards related to the performing arts, we welcome your donation. The first four donors will be awarded a copy of Cheung’s first photo album <Action Fingers>. Please send the postcards with your name and email address to the following and mark “Postcards Donation” on the envelop:
Tencent WeStart (Hong Kong), 6/F, KOHO, 75 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Attn: The Art Venue)