張詠捷說：「假使沒有相機，我可能不知道我要怎麼去理解這個世界」。
1985年少女時期，張詠捷便開始拍攝《海島的呼喚》系列，她特別著迷於人，尤其家鄉老人家、老漁夫身上溫厚善良的氣質，總是深深觸動著她。那時候她的美術老師跟她說：「孩子你們長大以後，離開澎湖就不要再回來，因為這裡是文化沙漠」。離家到台灣本島後，張詠捷長年在部落拍攝泰雅族紋面長老，也為布袋戲藝師李天祿的生活做紀錄。為什麼多年來一直在拍老人？張詠捷在泰雅部落找到了答案，因為他們都是阿公那一代的人，他們身上有一種美。
1996年，張詠捷決定返鄉，可是家鄉起了變化，她才驚覺以前專注拍人，很少關照環境和自然，原來它們也會消失。她為自己整理了一棟古厝，跟地方耆老學習農耕與閩南語的古典語彙，幫阿公做口述歷史。因為十分懷念童年食物的時光，她在各個島嶼尋找家鄉菜的食材與做法，以文字及攝影完成了《食物戀》這本書，希望不要讓澎湖珍貴的食物故事消失。
2017年，張詠捷走上修行之路，海洋、土壤所傳來的大自然生命信息，成為她最想理解的事物。本集《藝術很有事》記錄張詠捷從海島少女到成為修行之人的內在及外觀攝影視界。
CHANG Yung-Chieh: photographic vigils of an island village
“If we didn’t have cameras, then I might not have a way to understand the world.”– CHANG Yung-Chieh
1985: As a young girl CHANG Yung-Chieh started shooting “The Call of the Pescadores” series. People, especially older folks from her hometown, fascinated her. The warm and friendly nature of these old fishermen always touched her heart. Her art teacher told her, “Children, once you’ve all grown up, leave Penghu and never come back because this place is a cultural desert.”
She later moved to Taiwan island and spent many years photographing the tattooed faces of Atayal elders and recording the life of puppeteer LI Tian-lu. Why spend so many years photographing the elderly? CHANG Yun-Chieh found the answer during her time with the Atayal tribe: since they’re part of her grandfather’s generation, they all share a certain beauty.
1996: CHANG Yun-Chieh decides to return home but finds that her hometown has started to change. She’s surprised to find that she was so focused on photographing people that she rarely photographed the environment or nature, which had also started to disappear. She built a traditional home for herself, learned to plant the fields with her elders, and studied the ancient vocabulary of the Min-nan language to help her grandfather record his oral histories.
She started looking for local dishes and cooking techniques across various islands thanks to her nostalgia for the food of her childhood. She later published her photos and captions in “The Love of Food” a book she wrote in hopes that the stories of Penghu’s local delicacies will not disappear.
2017: CHANG Yun-Chieh decides to become a monk. The land and sea transmit messages about the vitality of Mother Nature and have become the objects she desires most to understand. This episode of Inside the Arts follows the intrinsic snapshots and the external photographs of her journey from a young girl on a small island to a devout monk.