此心安处是吾乡

2017-09-14 20:15洪俆
文化交流 2017年8期
关键词:多米尼克杭州

洪俆

认识多米尼克,是在杭州电视台经济频道一档节目《杨莅分享会》上。这位29岁的奥地利青年,用不太纯正的普通话与现场观众交流,分享的题目是他以前制作的短视频——《谢谢杭州》。

“对于我来说,毕业之后选择杭州,是在正确的时间来到了正确的地方。”在多米尼克的眼里,他踏足过的中国大都市,大都千城一面,惟独山水杭州有繁华而闹腾的一面,也有温润而安逸的一面。

“我来杭州三年了。在朋友眼里,我已经成了一个熟悉而亲切的‘新杭州人。”2015年,多米尼克用4个月时间航拍、制作了《谢谢杭州》传到网上,随即刷爆了许多人的微信朋友圈,在优酷上的点击量突破了10万。

摄影:让他爱上杭州

2017年5月13日,多米尼克的摄影作品展在杭州图书馆开展,众多嘉宾到场祝贺。这是多米尼克办的首个个展,精选了他在中国各地记录的精彩瞬间。展览当天,有近百位观众朋友用中文、英文、德文、法文、俄文留言:

“两年前看到过《谢谢杭州》,很棒!今天又再次看到新的摄影作品,很美!希望今后会发布更多、更好、更美的照片和视频。”

“感谢多米尼克从世界各地带回了描述自然和人文的照片,可以让忙于工作的都市人足不出户就欣赏到世界的美景。”……

为此,多米尼克很开心,他告诉我他在大学主修国际贸易,因而很早就知道中国。他特意读过《马可·波罗游记》,知道杭州有西湖,有像西湖水一般的丝绸,还有像西湖水色一般的龙井茶。

2011年,多米尼克作为国际交换生,先后赴香港、成都留学。期间,他到过北京、上海,到过青海、西藏……他说,2012年,他来到杭州的一家世界500强跨国公司实习。工作之余,他背着相机行走于杭州的大街小巷和西湖景点,定格美丽瞬间。他的家人和朋友被他拍摄的优美照片所吸引而多次来中国旅游观光,都说没有想到中国还有这么美的地方。在他们的印象中,中国只有北京、上海这样的大都市,高楼林立,车水马龙,没想到还有杭州这样古朴雅致、清心怡人的景胜。

2015年准备回国发展的多米尼克,想给杭州留一个小小的纪念,于是拍摄了名为《谢谢杭州》的纪录片。“这本该是我告别之前送给杭州的一份礼物,最后却成为我决意留在这座城市的理由。”那年春天,多米尼克在网上看到泰国风光短片《Koh Yao Noi》,这个全部由航拍器完成的视频,点燃了他的拍摄热情。一番研究之后,他花了1万多元,买了一部无人机DJI Phantom2和GoPro Hero4。“我的航拍技术是自学的,从拍摄技巧到后期剪辑,全靠各种教学视频。”

多米尼克拍摄了长达30多个小时的视频素材和成千上万张照片,在他的精心剪辑下,最后压缩成3分半钟的《谢谢杭州》。在他的镜头里,有空无一人的清晨河坊街,也有张狂魅惑的午夜酒吧;有大雪初霁的宝石山,也有锣鼓喧天的西溪龙舟赛;有庞大的城市万象,也有市井的细枝末节……“除了湖光山色和城市百态,最能打动我的还是友善的杭州人。”在《谢谢杭州》的最后,小区的保安、饺子店的老板娘、水果店的老板……这些生活在多米尼克身边的熟悉面孔,都定格在他的杭州记忆里。

《谢谢杭州》让多米尼克成了网红。正在建设的杭州嘉里中心负责人慕名找到多米尼克,请他跟踪拍摄这一工程建设纪实,为杭州的城市建设留下档案。多米尼克欣然接受,投入其中,工作受到了委托方的高度认可。半年多下来,他爱上了杭州,也有了留在杭州的理由和信心。

恋爱,让他喜欢杭州

“在杭州生活了几年,多米尼克不但喜欢西湖的亭台林泉,喜欢杭州的街头巷尾,而且也喜欢上了浙江的青葱大地,比如丽水青田、金华浦江等地都留有身影和足迹。”

多米尼克的恋人含微告诉我,多米尼克随身带有一个小本子,里面记录着他认为最能代表杭州的地方以及独特的看法。含微说,宝石山最令多米尼克难忘,那本子上写道:“这里,不仅是拍摄夜西湖的最佳视角,同时也是一个特别神奇的地方。山上总有奇人异事,比如我每次来都看到一群徒手攀岩的老大爷。”其实,宝石山还有一个特殊的纪念意义,就是多米尼克与含微的定情之地。

含微是杭州电视台的一名当家女主播,她用职业特有的语言对我解说:“宝石山是看太阳升起的地方,给人朝气,给人生机,给人美好的向往。”

含微在主持日常的新闻栏目之余,也经常游走大街小巷,寻找杭城的种种故事。《谢谢杭州》的走红让含微采访了多米尼克,两人有了面对面的访谈。含微说,她开始是抱着“备片”的心态联系这位“网红”,没想到访谈视频未曝光两人却成了朋友,而且“似乎”一见钟情。那次采访结束,含微还在写稿,就收到一条英文短信:“感谢你的采访,现在你对我的生活很了解,可我还不了解你呢!什么時候请你吃饭,我们聊聊天呀,以表谢意。”就这样,从此,在断桥、湖滨、柳浪闻莺、南山人家,都有他俩成双成对的身影。

顺其自然,佳偶天成。后来,含微跟随多米尼克去过他的家乡、多瑙河上游港口城市林茨。含微说:“我在英国留学的时候,曾经去过维也纳,但完全是一次浮光掠影的旅行,印象不深。”而此次去奥地利,她发现那个被山岗、湖泊和音乐环绕的国度太迷人了,多米尼克的像蓝色多瑙河的眼睛更为蓝色,一头卷发则随意而浪漫。

“除了维也纳、萨尔茨堡、哈尔施塔特等城镇,奥地利还有太多的旅游资源没有被开发,鲜有中国人涉足。而奥地利人对杭州的了解也少之又少,最多只知道杭州是上海的后花园而已,实在太可惜了。”

“我发现林茨城中每家每户的窗台上都花团锦簇,而且各有不同。在我看来,欧洲人的别样风情,就蕴藏于生活的细节里。”含微注意到的这些中西方生活中的文化差异,多米尼克却毫无察觉。在含微看来,偶尔跳出本国人的习惯性思维,往往也能形成一种特殊的文化视角。“就像多米尼克去拍梅家坞,有一个镜头虚化了背后整片茶田,却聚焦在角落里一个不起眼的石狮子上。”endprint

创业,让他留在杭州

2016年初,多米尼克的文化创意有限公司注册成立。“公司取名东游记,是受《马可·波罗游记》的影响。我是欧洲人,杭州在东方。我游学创业,要用手中的相机把中国故事、中国风景、中国经验传播到西方。这就是公司名称的本意。”

多米尼克对中国文化的了解已经蛮深,一次闲聊,他说起他很喜欢中国龙,也喜欢“中国书法,很美、很好看”,还竖起了大拇指。“按照中国人的习俗,我的生肖属龙。”他知道龙是中国古代神话传说中的神异动物,象征祥瑞,是中华民族的主要图腾。他说,中国很伟大,能够在中国发展自己的事业、实现自己的创业梦想,特别开心。当时在座的有中国美术学院书法篆刻系的盛郁龙博士,这位“龙博士”即兴挥毫,写下“龙”字和“福”字相赠。“我一定要好好珍藏。这是我收获的第一个‘中国龙书法作品,太好了,太幸福了。”多米尼克兴奋地拉着盛博士合影留念,同时一手揽着含微。

东游记公司主营是视觉创意领域,以拍摄照片、视频、纪录片为主。公司成立不久,多米尼克就承接了杭州圖书馆委托拍摄的《寻常杭州》任务。“《寻常杭州》讲述的是杭州人的生活,拍摄对象分别是前游泳世界冠军吴鹏、青藤茶馆老板沈宇清和在杭州的波兰画家白伟。”G20杭州峰会期间,那部纪录片同时在全球多个国家图书馆同步展播。如今,多米尼克的名字在国内的摄影圈内名气也越来越大,公司的业务也有了较大的发展。

多米尼克有一定的商业头脑,他说,目前公司除了承接各种政府合作及商业拍摄项目,还在试水一种全新的“旅游跟拍”模式。“现在人们习惯于用手机记录下生活点滴,吃饭、逛街,几乎所到之处都得拗出个造型拍个照。但是你去阿尔卑斯山、北欧森林,用自拍杆选取的角度有限,拍出来又不满意,如果能有专业摄影师提供全程跟拍服务,收费又很合理,何乐而不为呢?”多米尼克发现在中国,有这样的市场需求,可以说潜藏着无穷的新商机。

但更重要的是,多米尼克正在有意无意间着力成为中西方文化的向导。“彼得·海斯勒(何伟)写‘中国三部曲花了15年,边观察边调研,与当地人闲聊,并在旁观和介入之间自由转换。”多米尼克希望自己能更深地读懂中国,甚至看到一个中国人看不到的中国。“我以前去西北,和当地人一起生活。一家七口靠煤炉取暖,共睡一张通铺。这是我第一次切身感受到,在同一个国度里,人们生活水平的差异如此之大。”多米尼克也曾把他自己拍摄的黄山风景照拿出来与摄影朋友交流,许多人都惊讶那奇松、怪石、云海、温泉四绝居然被多米尼克拍摄得那么充满感情、充满意象,而且充满一个外国人的思考。

此心安处是吾乡。多米尼克在工作之余,经常受邀请向摄影发烧友传授自己的独家摄影秘诀——思想上的探索、认识上的追求、文化上的包容与认同。含微说,她和多米尼克最希望做的,是让更多的杭州人了解莫扎特的故乡,也让更多的奥地利朋友认识西子湖畔的杭州。

(本文照片由作者提供)

The people in Hangzhou learned about Dominik Derflinger from Austria in 2015. That year, the young man spent four months filming Hangzhou through a drone and made a 3.5-minute video titled . The video became viral in the city and across the nation. At Youku, a national video website, the video received more than 100,000 hits within days.

In 2011, he came to China as a student in a program for international exchanges. He studied in Hong Kong and Chengdu, the capital city of southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. He visited Beijing, Shanghai, Qinghai and Tibet. In 2012, he worked as an intern at a Fortune 500 business in Hangzhou. During his stay, he traveled through the city and took photos. These photos were so good that his family members and friends came to see Hangzhou many times. They hadnt known about Hangzhou previously. About China they heard of Beijing and Shanghai, Chinas megacities of skyscrapers and all the hustle and bustle. They marveled at the elegance and serenity of Hangzhou.

was intended to be a goodbye gift. Dominik Derflinger had planned to go back home after a three-year stay in the city. In the spring of 2015, he happened to watch a Thai commercial Koh Yao Noi, which featured the scenic beauty of Thailand in a birds-eye view. The Austrian was inspired. After some research, he bought a DJI drone and a professional camera. He taught himself aerial filming and editing by studying DIY videos available on internet. After making about 30-hour video footage and over 10,000 photos, he put them together and Hangzhou appeared in the 3.5-minute video.endprint

The video went viral and turned Dominik into an internet celebrity. He was approached by someone from Hangzhou Kerry Center, a high-end property in downtown Hangzhou, which was under construction by then. Dominik was commissioned to document the progress of the construction of Kerry Center in Hangzhou. His work is highly appreciated by the employer.

As more and more people came to him for business, Dominik in early 2016 registered a business in Hangzhou, which specializes in cultural undertakings. He calls his business “Journey to the East”, a name after the famous Chinese classical novel and a name reflecting the influences of Marco Polo who visited Hangzhou in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Dominik is a European and he wishes to catch Chinas natural beauty, human stories and business on his mobile phone camera so that these pictures can be distributed to westerners.

Dominik has traveled a lot across Zhejiang, a province of natural beauty, history and culture. He loves wandering through Hangzhou. He carries a notebook and jots down brief notes which he will later explore to find the unique charms of the city with a history of 8,000 years. Gem Hill by the West Lake in Hangzhou is his favorite spot to view the West Lake and Hangzhou at night. The hill attracts all kinds of people, including rock climbers. In the hill, he has run into the same group of rock climbers in their 50s and 60s many times.

His business is good. He is contracted by local government departments and businesses to take photos and make documentaries and videos. For example, shortly after his company came into being, he was commissioned by Hangzhou Library to make a documentary featuring the commonplace side of Hangzhou. The documentary respectively highlights three figures: Wu Peng, Shen Yuqing and Wieslaw Borkowski. Wu, now retired from competing sports, used to be a world-class swimmer and competed in Olympic Games. Shen runs Qingteng Teahouse, a teahouse chain in the city. Borkowski is a Polish artist who now lives in Hangzhou. The documentary was a success. During 2017 G20 Summit in Hangzhou, the documentary was screened in many national libraries across the world. As his reputation spreads as an outstanding photographer with a unique understanding of China, his business is thriving. At present, with sharp business acumen, he is exploring a niche market. As more and more Chinese travelers are visiting Europe, they take photos everywhere, but most of them are unable to take photos at the professional level. What if they hire a professional photographer to go with them at a reasonable price? Dominik is ready to explore the niche.

Dominik wants to know more about China. One of his role models is Peter Hessler, an American writer and journalist who has written four acclaimed nonfiction books about China thanks to his 15-year stay in the oriental country. Dominik wants to have a profound understanding of China and see a China even some Chinese have never seen before.

Dominik is an inspirational photographer. In addition to the photos he has taken about Hangzhou, he has traveled across China. His Chinese friends are amazed by his photographic take on China. For this reason, he often meets Chinese photographers and shares with them his tips of taking good photos: enquiries into ideas and concepts, cultural inclusiveness and identification.

Now Dominik Derflinger lives in Hangzhou and has a girlfriend who is a television program presenter. They have visited Linz, Dominiks hometown in Austria. His girlfriend Han Wei was deeply impressed by the citys beauty.endprint

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