ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「It all started with a single sentence in a blog post about Iceland: “A farmer is looking for support at a weather station and sheep farm.” “It was 2012, and, after studying photography in the industrial German city of Dortmund, I was ready for a change,” Marzena Skubatz, a photographer based in Germany and Iceland, writes for @nytimestravel. “I’d long planned on visiting Iceland, and when I read about the secluded farm, everything came together. I replied to the post, landed the job, sold most of my things and booked my flight.” Marsibil Erlendsdottir, the farmer and weather station attendant who goes by the name Billa, met @marzenaskubatz at the airport, and they traveled together to the farm on an isolated fjord in eastern Iceland. “Welcome to the end of the world,” Billa said, laughing. The Icelandic Meteorological Office runs 71 manned weather stations around the country, 57 of which report the precipitation, snow depth and ground cover once per day. Billa oversees one of the 14 stations that also report on cloud cover, weather conditions and other meteorological phenomena. “I initially worked with Billa for 10 months,” Marzena writes. “Having grown up on a farm in Poland, I found much of the work familiar: caring for the sheep, helping to train the Border collies, repairing fences, gathering hay.” “Billa doesn’t enjoy the spotlight,” Marzena continues. “It took more than a year before she was comfortable enough for me to take her portrait. In the meantime, I began documenting her life and work, following the rhythm of her days — and of the weather reports.” Tap the link in our bio to see more from @marzenaskubatz’s time in Iceland.」1月31日 23時02分