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Rut Sigurdardottir

PHOTOGRAPHER & CINEMATOGRAPHER

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Stjörnufakur / Star Horse - TÖLT exhibition

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.

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