双语 · 美文 | 澳洲摄影师花了10年时间，只为描绘出水的形状！

如果水有形状，那么到底是怎么样的呢？ [好文分享：www.11jj.com]

一位来自澳大利亚的著名摄影师Ray Collins，花了十多年的时间，用自己的镜头记录了成千上万种水的形状。

他就出生于澳大利亚的海边城市，热爱海洋到痴迷——而现在，他将“海浪摄影”作为毕生追求的职业，并且取得了优秀的成绩。

比如我们熟知的《国家地理杂志》、《Vogue》杂志、苹果公司和尼康公司等，都与这位摄影师有商业合作。

说不定，你的手机屏保的海浪图，就是出自Ray之手呢！

My Modern Met 网站的记者Jessica Stewart前几日采访到了这位优秀的海洋摄影家，深入了解了他的创作激情的来源。

而他的故事正印证了那么一句话：

只要坚持自己的梦想，便没有什么困难可以阻挡你！

一、那个出生在海边的少年

How did growing up in Australia form your relationship with the sea?

出生在澳大利亚的你，是怎么与海洋结下了不解之缘？

It"s really all I"ve ever known. We"ve always lived near the coastline—most Australians do—and as a child, you tend to explore your immediate surroundings. 

（海洋）就是我所能了解的一切。我们一直都居住在海岸线附近，就像很多澳大利亚人一样——作为一个孩子，你肯定想去探索周遭的环境。

For me, this was beaches, cliffs, and coves that dot the landscape of where I live.

对我来说，这里有海滩，悬崖，以及点缀着我生活的地方的小海湾。

The Ocean has been the one single constant in my life. At any stage of life, at any time, during any emotion—it is there for me.

海洋是我生命中唯一不变的永恒。不管是在我生命中的哪个阶段，哪个时间，怀抱着何种情绪——它都陪伴在我的身边。

二、从拍摄人像，到专注于浪花

You bought your first camera to document friends surfing. How did this evolve into just focusing on the waves?

你买了人生中第一台相机，用来记录朋友冲浪。后来是如何演变成只专注拍摄海浪的呢?

Looking back it was the entry point to waves. Even in my earliest work, the “human” element was only to give the wave scale and composure.

回想起来，那些便是我的海浪拍摄的起点。就算是在我早期的作品中，“人”的元素也只是为了衬托出海浪的规模与沉静。

The more I evolved in my work the more I concentrated on just how delicate and beautiful water can be. The shape it takes on, the textures, the “feeling” of it.

我越是在工作中不断进步，我就越是专注于水是多么的精致纤弱、美妙绝伦。它的形状，它的质地，它蕴藏的“感觉”。

三、那永恒的变幻，才是最美妙之处

What is it that inspires you about waves?

是什么激励着你不断探索海浪？

They are literal waves of energy that move through water and they never repeat themselves! 

他们其实是水中的能量波，而且从未曾重复过！

There"s no re-shoot, ever! No rewinding or second chances. All of this, along with its sheer beauty inspire me every day.

所以，，我们没有重新拍摄一次的机会，从没有！没有倒带、没有第二次机会。所有的这些，连同海浪纯粹的美丽，每天都激励着我。

四、海洋壮阔，也很脆弱

What do you hope that people take away from your photography?

你希望人们从你的照片中得到些什么？

Like all art, it is interpreted differently for different people, but overall my aim is to make the viewer “feel” something. It doesn"t necessarily have to be a nice feeling, just something.

就像所有的艺术形式一样，不同的人对它有着不一样的理解；但总的来说，我的目标是让观众“感觉”到一些东西。这些感受不一定非要是美好的，它仅仅是感受。

 It would be my worst nightmare for the ocean to become a floating garbage patch. It scares me to think that our grandchildren might not be able to appreciate the beauty we take for granted.

海洋变成漂浮的垃圾场，将是我最大的噩梦。一想到我们的孙辈可能无法欣赏我们认为理所当然的美，我就恐惧无比。

Although my images display a lot of power and force, the ocean is extremely delicate, and it"s transitioning through some of its greatest challenges of modern times—pollution.

虽然我的图片展示了大量力量和推动力，但海洋其实是极其脆弱的，它正在经历现代最严峻的挑战——污染。

I hope the viewer is inspired to put nature over convenience as far as plastic goes, so we can keep the ocean as pristine as it can be.

我希望观众能从塑料中得到启发，将大自然置于我们日常生活的便利之上，这样以来，我们才能维持海洋的原始状态。

本文来源：http://mymodernmet.com

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