Stjörnufákur - a part of a exhibition "Tölt - inspiration Islandpferd"
in the Icelandic embassy in Berlin, may 16th - july 2nd 2013.
http://tolt-inspiration.com/
The photo series "Stjörnufákur" is inspired by a poem by the Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum. The poet is a tragic story about an Icelandic horse that gets sold abroad to work in a coal mine in very tough conditions.
The poem can be read here http://johannes.is/2010/06/08/sigurður-a-magnusson/
photography: Rut Sigurðardóttir,www.rutsigurdardottir.com
model: Léonie @ IZAIO models, www.izaio.de
horse: Freyfaxi @ Faxaból, www.faxabol.de
horse assistant: Julia Steinbjörnsson
h&mu: Anna Czilinsky, www.annaczilinsky.com
assistant: Birta Fróðadóttir
clothes: Mundi , www.mundivondi.net
70x70cm c-prints mounted on alu-dibond, wooden frame.