Before martial law was lifted in 1987, cruel images from the Rape of Nanjing and the Chinese Cultural Revolution were often displayed in Taiwan's elementary and junior high schools, and images of punishments were impressed on Chen's consciousness from an early age.
「恐怖是攝影的本質之一，」陳界仁說，1987 年解嚴前，台灣中小學常展示南京大屠殺、大陸文革慘案等歷史照片，刑罰的意象很早就烙印在他心裡。