Jia Zazhia blogzine on poetic PHOTOGRAPHY in & near China, plus other Beauties

Javier Izquierdo Jaume生于长于西班牙的美丽海岛马洛卡。13年前拿起相机拍摄，一发而不可收拾。他的作品常常带有很强的叙述性，每一个系列都像看一个故事，看似平淡，却在平静背后潜藏着巨大的喜怒哀乐。在看他的网站时，我被他的“Francisca Femenias离开人世”系列打动，于是专门做了一个访谈，让他谈谈他的摄影以及这个系列的初衷。

Javier Izquierdo Jaume was born and brought up in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He started to take photos 13 years ago. His works are always full of narrative. Every series is like a story, seemingly ordinary but with great passion. I was moved by his “Francisca Femenias, Death after life” series, a long series before one person’s death. Let’s see the works and the interview after the works.

你什么时候开始对摄影感兴趣，是如何开始的？
大概是20岁的时候，至今已经有13年了，那时我在写写画画之余找到一台照相机，于是开始照相，越照越多而一发不可收拾。另外我在滑冰的时候发现滑板的照片很受欢迎，这也是摄影吸引我的另一方面。

提到“大师”你第一个想到的名字是谁？请说说你心目中的他。
毫无疑问是James Nachtwey，虽然现在有很多优秀的摄影师而我只说一个有些不大公平。在我看来Nachtwey的摄影是完美的，抓拍到位，构图精确，每个方面都掌握得很好。我非常地崇拜他。

请谈谈你心目中的家乡吧？
我住在西班牙的马洛卡，这里很安静，着重发展旅游业，虽然看上去没什么可记录的，不过照片呈现出生活里许多有意思的东西。

我最喜欢你的“Francisca Femenias”系列，能说说这个系列是怎么来的吗？
“Francisca Femenias” 这个拍摄项目开始于三年之前，而我已拍了两年的片。她是我祖母的姐姐，93岁时去世。我拍摄的初衷是想记录下生命的最后阶段，虽然我并不知道什么时候以及会以怎样的方式结束，或者在她去世的时候我是否还能坚持拍摄。
我花了大量的时间给她拍照，拍她去了哪儿，做了些什么。她一直不明白为什么我要拍她，不过倒很欢迎我与她为伴。她属于自然老去，临终前并没受到病痛的折磨。我一直陪着她到生命的最后一刻。

最近在忙什么？
现在我在拍摄一个3岁男孩的生活，我想我会一直拍到他5岁的时候。

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When did you get interested in photography and how did it start?
I think when i was about 20 years old, 13 years now, in that time a was writing and painting and i just found a camera and i start taking pictures more and more until today. Also i was skating and on skateboarding photography it´s a big hit so i also was interested by that way.

Speaking of “master”, who will you instantly think of? Please talk about him / her in your own words.
I would say James Nachtwey for sure, but there is so many good photographers that saying just one it´s not fare. For me Nachtwey is perfection, the right moment and the right composition, it has everything. I admire him so much.

Could you talk about your hometown in your mind?
I live in Palma de Mallorca (spain) it´s a very calm pace, were is very focussed in tourism, there is not much going on here, but i still thinking that there is so much to show on pictures about this place and the living …

I like the “Francisca Femenias. Death after life” series most. How did it come out?
The project “Francisca Femenias” started about 3 years ago and i have been taking pictures for 2 years. She was the sister of my grandmother and she died at the age of 93. My idea of this project was to cover all the last episode of life and i never knew how or when was going to end, or even if i could take pictures when she passed away.
So i just spend a lot of time with her taking pictures at all the places and everything she was doing, she never understood why i was taknig her pitures but with the time she welcome me to her life so much cause all the company i was bringing to her, she died of been old with no special sickness and i was beside her to cover the very last moment of her life.

What’s your on-going project?
At the moment i´m covering the life of a boy who born 3 years ago and i want to do it until he will be 5 years old …

（ Interviewed by Yuan Di / Please link JIAZAZHI, if you want to use any part of this aritcle ）