伊朗导演阿巴斯——因伊斯兰革命开始摄影，捕捉雪景的美好

上环Rossi & Rossi画廊正举办《From The Mountains》展览，展出包括已故伊朗导演阿巴斯（Abbas Kiarostami，1940－2016）的摄影作品《Snow》系列。这系列作品诞生于2002年，2013年曾在香港展出，不仅捕捉伊朗的冬日景观，宁静、治愈的画面也有一种令人逃离烦嚣的效果。

阿巴斯是伊朗新浪潮的重要推手之一，他善于以质朴的镜头关切伊朗人的生活面貌，1997年执导的《樱桃的滋味》更荣获康城影展金棕榈奖。只是，他的导演生涯并非一帆风顺。 1979年，伊朗发生伊斯兰革命，当地社会动荡不安，大受冲击的电影业甚至一度停产。无奈放下导演身份的阿巴斯，买来一部相机拍摄照片，那时正值冬天，他从城市逃离到乡间，开始拍摄雪地。

阿巴斯喜欢大自然，既拍摄树木、乌鸦，也拍摄雨和雪，当他开始操刀一个题材时，就会很专注地拍摄。他曾说，雪景的好处是它隐藏大自然中不太美好的一面，在一片茫茫白雪中，所有事物均变得纯朴而美好。他喜欢在刚停雪的时候拍摄，令雪地看起来很纯粹、平滑。他的电影探索人的本性，不过他的摄影却丝毫没有人的痕迹，有的只是树木在冬日下留下的影子，如此黑白景色恍如水墨画。

The Rossi & Rossi Gallery in Sheung Wan is exhibiting "From The Mountains," which includes the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's photographic artworks, titled Snow(2002). It captures Iran's wintry landscape, and these tranquil and therapeutic images somehow make people escape the hustle and bustle of city life.

Abbas is one of the greatest filmmakers of the Iranian New Wave. He is good at allegorical storytelling through his unadorned lens. In 1997, his film "Taste of Cherry" was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. However, his career was not always smooth sailing. Back in 1979, the film industry becomes stagnant after the Iranian Revolution. Abbas fled the city to the countryside in winter. He bought a camera and started taking pictures.

Abbas loves nature, photographing trees, crows, rain, and snow. He was attracted to snow by its uniquely untouched environment. He said, “the good thing about the snow is that it will hide the bad things of nature, and everything will look pristine and nice under the snow.” He likes to take pictures when the snow had just stopped, and the snow land looks flawless.

Abbas tried to explore people's true nature in his movie, yet his photography has no trace of human beings, only the shadows left by trees in the winter sun. The black and white landscape looks like an ink wash painting.

From The Mountains

Date: Now Till August 27.

Time: 11am-7m (Mon-Sat)

Site: Rossi & Rossi Gallery, G/F, 195 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan

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