文/Jessa Chiang

诺兰的《星际穿越》造出一个穿越时空的梦，在虫洞的另一头也许有一个巨浪星球，也许还有一个冰川星球，那里也许还有一个被人性黑暗面吞噬的教授，有个空间站。冰川星球在冰岛取景，这个世界上唯一能拍出虫洞那头景象的国家。

冰岛马是世界上最干净的马，他们血统纯粹，几千年来从未和其他品种有过杂交，哪怕只出国比过一次赛，也不再被允许回国。他们聪明、温和又强壮，天生就比世界上任何地区的马多会一种步伐，是皇家卫队和赛马场上的赢家，冰岛人引以为傲。

摄影师Gigja Einars是土生土长的冰岛姑娘，她从小和马群一起长大，在她镜头下的冰岛马有时雄伟的结队奔跑，有时遗世独立，在独特冰川星球的山、水和风之间，洁净、温润又坚强的生存着。

 你是从什么时候开始拍摄冰岛马的？第一次拍摄冰岛马是什么样的体验？

我在冰岛的西部的一个农场出生、长大。马一直在我的生活中扮演着角色，从很小的时候我就开始骑马。虽然我常拍马，但是做摄影师这么年我也拍过很多其他类型的片子。小时候，我爸爸有一台老式交卷相机，我经常偷偷拿来，把里面的胶卷拍完，再一模一样的放回原来的地方。随风飘动的衣服，沙滩上的鲸须，奔跑的小马驹都会在我的镜头里。当爸爸拿胶卷去洗的时候，他才会知道我动过相机，但也拿我没办法。我拍的照片在他看起来都有点奇怪，当时搞艺术还比较业余。

冰岛确实是一个美丽又令人向往的地方，人们的生活和自然很近很近。跟马群一起生活长大，是我们很难想象的一种生活，可跟我们描述一下吗？

我在冰岛最喜欢做的事就是跟马散步，或者就在我爸爸农场不远的牧场跟马群安静的坐着。时常看着它们，慢慢懂了它们之间特别的群体沟通方式，这让我非常有兴趣。也是因为这一点，我时常能抓拍到一些黄金时刻，也让我的作品有那一种特别的情绪和感觉。

你有最喜欢或者最亲近的马吗？

我曾经有一匹马，他叫Hreimur。他有着栗色的鬃毛，“披肩长发”和一对发着光的眼睛。骑着他能跑到惊人的速度，就像赛车一样。我非常爱他！他性格有点骄傲又有点害羞。我每次都会安静的接近他，让他感受到我的尊重。几年前他去世了，我觉得任何马都不能替代他在我心里的位置。

最喜欢在什么样的状态下跟马相处？喜欢动态的它们还是静态的？

对我来说，走进自然里，躺在草地上，跟马一起，拍照，就会清干净我所有的思想，让我进入“禅”的境界。我希望人们通过我的作品，也可以感受到冰岛独有的马和自然的意味。

给冰岛马的三个形容词

友善、纯净、独特

你也偶尔会去纽约这样的城市拍摄，你更喜欢哪一种生活？

在纽约节奏很快，什么事都

可能发生；雷克雅未克小而安逸，两个地方我都喜欢，两个地方都有我爱的咖啡馆。

据统计，冰岛30万人口中，有60%以上学习艺术专业，说说冰岛人与艺术的相处方式吧。

10%的冰岛人在有生之年都会出一本书，画廊和博物馆充斥在每一个角落。冰岛人是非常有创造力的一群。但是，作为艺术家也很难活下去，大部分人还有其他的工作，他们在业余时间创作，生活水平非常差。现在，冰岛政府并没有给艺术家很多支持，除非是国际知名，否则艺术家的生活很艰难。

2015年快到了，有什么计划吗？

2015非常令人期待。我在纽约的画廊会有一个展览，同时也会在纽约拍摄一个很美的婚礼。在冰岛，会参加一个叫做“Equine Photography Tours”的工作坊活动，做一趟马的旅行拍摄指导，去帮人们捕捉这个国家和这个国家的马的独一无二，感受世界上最纯粹的养马净土。

最后，能跟说说你眼中的中国么？

崛起中的帝国，灿烂的古典文化，红色的龙，庞大的人口，茶叶，武术，独生子女政策，人权问题……我很希望能亲眼看一看中国，它的文化和人们的生活。

 

 

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INTERVIEW WITH GIGJA EINARS 

When you begin to shoot Icelandic horse? What about your first experience?

I was born and raised on a farm in the western part of Iceland. I have been working as a photographer for many years and I do all kinds of creative photography although with a strong emphasis on horses. I have been around horses all my life and started riding at an early age. It is hard for me to imagine life without horses.  When I was a child my father had an old film camera that I would secretly take and finish the film roll. I would shoot laundry moving in the wind, whalebones on the beach and the little foals running around. Then I would return the camera to where it was usually kept and my father would send the film to be developed without knowing that I had borrowed it.  When he picked up his photos he would sigh and look at me as an hopless case. The photos looked all a little strange to him. Well they were as some would say artistic in an amateur way.

Iceland is really a beautiful and desirable place, in which people’s life is so close to nature. Grew up with herd, is kind of life, we can hardly imagine. Can you describe a little?

Taking long walks and sitting with a horse herd roaming on large pastures close to my fathers farm is one of my favorite things to do. When watching the herd I realized how incredible network of communications horses have between themselves. Since then the behavior of horses has always interested me.  This knowledge and feeling helps me in my photography often to catch the golden moment but also add a mood and a certain feel to the photograph.

Do you have a favorite horse? Or a closest one?

I used to have a horse called Hreimur chestnut with beautiful long mane and eyes glowing with spirit.  Riding him was like riding a race car, he could reach amazing speed in his gaits and I loved him very much.  He was a very proud horse and a little shy, so I always had to approach him very quietly and show him respect, he died few years ago but I dont think that any horse will ever mean so much to me.

What kind of state do you like the best to get alone with horse? Dynamic or Static?

For me to go out into nature and just lay in the grass, alone with  horses and the camera clears my mind completely. I just go into a zen state of mind and I hope people can feel the uniqueness Icelandic nature and horses through my photography.

Pick 3 adjectives for Icelandic horse.

Friendly, pure, unique

I noticed that you go occasionally to bustling city like New York, compared with Reykjavík, which city do you prefer?

 I love both, the speed and all the happenings in NY  and the smallness and cozyness in Reykjavik, both have very good coffehouses that I love. 

According to a statistic, more than 60% Icelanders study art specialty. Could you tell me how people there live with art?

Icelanders are very creative people, 10% of Icelanders will publish a book in their lifetime, and art galleries and museums abound on every corner. But its hard to life just as an artist, many have a another job and work on their art in a freetime,sometimes people go by their calling and life very low profile life.  Right now the Icelandic government isnt doing a lot for artists, so yes its hard to live a good life as an artist, unless you get famous around the world.

2015 is coming, do have any plans next year?

2015 is going to be very exciting because I have a gallery show do have a show coming up in NY, and will also be photographing a beautiful wedding there.  Im also working on a very exciting project offering photography workshop in Iceland, specializing in equine Photography Tours in Iceland. The plan is to offer guided Photography tours, with spectacular scenery, not to forget one of the purest horsebreeds in the world and hopefully help people to capture many stunning and unique photographs of the horse and the country.

Last one, to talk about China in your eyes.

When I think about china, I see rising empire, beautiful ancient culture...red dragons and lots of people, I think about great teas and marital arts.  I also think about the one child policy and human rights.  I would love to see china with my own eyes and get to know the culture and life of the chinese people.