后土纪行 LOESS

《后土纪行 LOESS》是摄影师塔可 Taca Sui 一次关于中原故土、历史遗迹与文明记忆的漫游。多年来，他不断往返于山西与河南，在河洛平原与晋南一带寻找那些沉淀于时间深处、无形无相却始终存在的东西。

从运城出发，途经壶口瀑布、隰县、浊漳河谷与太行山，再南行至晋城，最终走入迷雾笼罩的王屋洞天，塔可以独行者的姿态穿行于广袤的土地与层叠的丘墟之间。在这些看似沉寂的风景中，偶尔闪现的文明痕迹如同被时间掩埋的碎片，短暂而耀眼，却始终难以被完全理解或言说。

这一次，塔可暂时放下过去对于知识、理性与影像建构的执着，转而跟随直觉，让摄影成为一种观看与感受的方式。书中的两百张照片没有经过刻意编排，而是依循旅途展开，自然形成属于自身的节奏与逻辑。它们既是行走的记录，也是摄影师与土地、历史及自身内心之间的一场对话。

以陶渊明的拟古诗作结，《后土纪行 LOESS》将当下的独行与千年前的古人相连。在这片承载着漫长文明记忆的土地上，摄影不再只是捕捉瞬间的工具，而成为一次向时间深处探寻的旅程。那些无法被完整言说的事物，或许仍能通过观看，留下微弱却持久的回响。

后土纪行 LOESS is photographer Taca Sui's contemplative journey through the ancestral landscapes of China's Central Plains, tracing the traces of history, the remnants of civilisation, and the intangible memories embedded in the land. Over several years of travelling through Shanxi and Henan, Sui has developed a particular affinity for the Heluo Plain and southern Shanxi, places where layers of history seem to conceal something both profound and elusive.

Beginning in Yuncheng, the journey moves north past Hukou Waterfall to Xixian, wanders through villages along the Zhuozhang River Valley, crosses east into the Taihang Mountains, and turns south through Jincheng before arriving at Wangwu Dongtian, veiled in mist. Along the way, fleeting glimpses of ancient civilisation emerge from the vast, weathered landscape, only to recede into the silence of ruins and the weight of time. These moments resist explanation, raising a central question: if something cannot be adequately expressed in words, can it nevertheless be photographed?

After more than a decade of approaching photography through knowledge, reason, and deliberate construction, Sui takes a different path in LOESS. Setting aside his usual attachment to the permanence of images, he allows intuition to guide his wandering and looking. The resulting body of two hundred photographs follows the journey itself, unfolding without an imposed sequence. Each image becomes a fragment of an encounter with a landscape shaped by countless generations.

Closing with a poem by the ancient Chinese poet Tao Yuanming, the book draws a quiet connection between the solitary traveller of the present and those who wandered centuries before. Here, photography becomes more than the recording of visible places; it is an attempt to approach what history has buried, what time has obscured, and what remains beyond language. LOESS invites readers to wander alongside the photographer, attentive to the subtle traces through which the past continues to inhabit the present.

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Language: English & Chinese 
Format: Softcover
Dimension: 160 x 115mm | 215g
Publication Year: First Edition | October 2026
ISBN: 978-7-5474-5589-0
Edition of 800