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This Is How to Sell Flowers in Kolkata
By David Rosenberg
While visiting Kolkata(加尔各答) a few years ago, Danish photographer Ken Hermann was drawn to the thousands of people selling flowers in the Malik Ghat Flower Market(玛丽克河岸花市)—particularly the clothing the men were wearing. The images stayed in his mind, and in 2014 he returned to the market to create portraits(相片) of the sellers for the series “Flower Man.”
Hermann worked with a local guide and translator since many of the sellers are from Bangladesh(孟加拉国) and only speak Bangla. Shooting in the market proved too diffi*** due to the congestion(拥挤), so Hermann took the sellers along the Hooghly River(胡格里河), where he set up one studio light during the midday sun. Typically, Hermann prefers softer light during the mornings and late afternoons, but he went after the harsh midday sun(正午烈日) for “Flower Man.”
“For this project I wanted to overexpose(使曝光过度) the background so all of them were shot when the sun is straight above,” he said. “Kolkata is hazy(朦胧的) because of the smog(雾霾) and I wanted this really bright style … it gave it a nice touch instead of a sunset type background.”
For the most part(=in general / mostly), Hermann spent about 20 minutes shooting each man—“you can shoot 700 images during that amount of time”—to ensure he had at least one where each man looked “strong and proud.” Hermann was also limited to about three hours of shooting daily to capture the bright sun, which was practical because “after two hours you’re completely covered in sweat because Kolkata is really warm.”
He didn’t shy away(避开) from including different elements into the background such as a passing ship, flying birds, or even other passersby.
Initially the series was intended to include both men and women but Hermann said he quickly realized that wouldn’t be possible since ***urally speaking, women weren’t interested in having their photographs taken. He has lost count(弄不清楚) about how many men he has photographed for the series but said that isn’t the goal of the series.
“I want to do all of the flowers that are sold in the market; I haven’t yet covered all of the flowers.”
Hermann recently won the Grand Prize(特***) in Photo District News’s (PDN) World in Focus competition for “Flower Men.”
丹麦摄影师Ken Hermann几年前游览加尔各答时，被玛丽克河岸花市上千人卖花的场景所吸引，尤其令他着迷的是这里的男人穿着的衣服。这幅场景一直在他的脑海里挥散不去，2014年他决定重新游览该花市给这些卖花男拍照。
Hermann与当地一名导游兼翻译一起来到了这里，由于这里许多卖花人来自孟加拉国只会说孟加拉语，因此翻译必不可少。拥挤的花市令拍摄工作难以进行，因此Hermann将这些卖花人带到了胡格里河，借着正午的阳光给他们拍摄照片。Hermann一般更偏爱早晨与傍晚的柔光，但他在拍这些卖花的男士时使用了正午的阳光。
他表示：“我想让这些照片的背景过度曝光，只留下这些站在正午阳光下的卖花人。加尔各答因雾霾而显得朦胧，而我想让这些照片更明亮……正午的阳光比初升的太阳更能让照片显现出这种感觉。”
Hermann拍摄每位卖花人花了20分钟，在这段时间里他能拍摄700张照片以确保照片中的人看上去强大而自豪。Hermann每天只能花三个小时拍照，因为在炎热的加尔各答太阳下站两个小时就会让人汗流浃背。
他没有避开背景中的不同元素，比如过往的船只、飞鸟以及其他过路人。
刚开始Hermann想拍摄卖花男士和女士，但他后来意识到这不可能，由于文化差异，这里的女士对拍照不感兴趣。他也记不清自己拍了多少个人，不过他表示人数不是最终目的。他想拍下花市中的所有花，至今为止他还没拍遍所有的花。
最近Hermann的卖花男士系列照片获得了2015年世界焦点摄影新闻特***。
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