Light Unhealed by Kim Eun Ju 金恩周

《未癒之光》是韓國攝影師金恩周歷時15年完成的攝影集，聚焦1980年光州事件的受害者與遺屬。她記錄了在監獄、醫院、省廳等地，家屬尋找失蹤親人、面對死亡名單、與亡者對話的場景。這些影像呈現了國家暴力留下的深層創傷。

金恩周持續拍攝那些被忽視甚至拆除的事件現場，透過鏡頭捕捉人們在廢墟中仍閃爍的微弱「光」。這道光象徵著未癒合的傷痛，也是一種記憶的延續，將光州的故事傳遞到更廣闊的世界。

1980年，「光州事件」在5月18日開始，持續十天，由全斗煥的軍方宣布戒嚴所引發。許多要求民主化的光州市民與學生成為戒嚴軍隊無差別鎮壓的犧牲者。然而，直到今天，南韓社會某些角落仍未完全承認這段真相，導致歷史被扭曲。韓國攝影師金恩周耗費15年時間，記錄了受國家暴力影響的人們，以及失去家人的故事，並出版了攝影集《未癒之光》（치유되지 않은 빛）。

一位母親牽著年幼的孩子，在光州監獄尋找永遠未歸的丈夫；一名男子在省廳聽到陣亡戰友的聲音時流下淚水；一位妻子在紅十字醫院前的傷亡名單上找到丈夫後癱瘓；一位母親在光州綜合醫院，對已逝的兒子訴說家人遺骸的故事，那裡曾是他遺體暫時安置的地方。

金恩周持續在光州事件的現場拍攝，這些地方有的被忽視，有的正逐漸被拆除。她追隨著這些人的生命故事與累積的創傷。那些在廢墟中站立的人身上微弱的「光」，即使經過45年仍未癒合。而這也是金恩珠所呈現的光——將他們的記憶傳遞到更廣闊的世界。

In 1980, the "Gwangju Uprising" occurred over a period of ten days starting from 18 May, triggered by the declaration of martial law led by Chun Doo-hwan's military. Many Gwangju citizens and students who demanded democratisation became victims of the indiscriminate military suppression by the martial law army. However, the truth is still not fully acknowledged in some quarters of South Korea, resulting in a distorted history. "Light Unhealed" (치유되지 않은 빛) is a photobook by the Korean photographer Kim Eun Ju, who spent 15 years recording the stories of people affected by state violence and those who lost family members.

A woman walked hand in hand with her young child, searching for her husband who never returned at Gwangju Prison; a man shedding tears as he hears voices of his fallen comrades at the Provincial Office; a wife who became paralysed upon finding her husband on the casualty list in front of the Red Cross hospital; a mother speaking to her now-deceased son about the remains of her family at the Gwangju Integrated Hospital where his body was temporarily placed.

Kim Eun-ju has been capturing photographs at the sites of the Gwangju Uprising that have been neglected, and some are being demolished, following the stories of these people's lives and the traumas accumulated within. The faint "light" illuminating the people standing amidst the ruins is a light that remains unhealed even after 45 years. And it is also the light that Kim Eun Ju portrays to convey their memories to a broader realm.