甜美與殘酷並存的生命詩篇——Jesse Lenz《蝗蟲》
攝影師及作者Jesse Lenz的首本黑白攝影集《蝗蟲》，以黑白色調捕捉了思緒渲染過畫面的瞬間，以及對世界充滿好奇心的兒童（也是他的孩子）接觸到令人興奮的自然時，眼中所激盪出火花。
The debut monograph by photographer and publisher Jesse Lenz is titled The Locusts, a series of brooding images rendered in black and white that depict exacting moments of the natural world, playing out in front of his curious young children.
Lenz表示：「《蝗蟲》將自然的縮影盡收其中，植物、昆蟲、動物，以及孩童，我們都在尋找生命的慈悲，並試圖療癒自身在成長軌跡中所承受的傷痕。」透過影像，讀者們彷彿進入了俄亥俄州的鄉村地區，與Lenz的孩子一起在田野中奔跑，品嚐著陽光拂過草地的芬芳，探索著周圍大於或小於己身的一切；在溫暖的火光與柔軟的椅子上沈沈睡去；又或者死去的動物身上，親眼見證了死亡的到來。「後院成了迷宮，隨著季節交替，孩子們在此學會了生與死的循環。」
“The Locusts is a project about the microcosmic worlds of plants, insects, animals, and children, searching for grace and healing within the brokenness and imperfection of life,” Lenz explains. His images transport the reader to rural Ohio where his children run wild in the fields, playing and exploring in their surrounding environment, falling asleep in chairs or learning about the reality of death in the bodies of lifeless animals. “The backyard becomes a labyrinth of passages as the children experience the cycles of birth and death in the changing seasons,” he continues.
在攝影集中，動物、植物以及人類建構出一幅幅引人深思的景觀，自然的二分法也隨之展現在我們面前：一隻貓正在計算著如何能出其不意地抓住邊上的那隻老鼠、一隻奔向未知，遠離人群的雄鹿，又或者是一隻攀附在樹梢、凝視鏡頭的小熊貓……照片精準地捕捉到自然的精髓：生命如此甜美，同時也如此殘酷。
In the monograph, the little worlds of plants, animals, and humans combine to present a brooding landscape where the dichotomies of nature unfold before our eyes: a cat calculating its next move on an unsuspecting mouse, a deer en route somewhere unknown, or a tiny red panda gazing at the camera from a tree—each moment a display of the sweet and savage experiences of living things.
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Images: Jesse Lenz
Words: Stephanie Wade
Source: Ignant
