2017考研英語閱讀精選：歐洲富商100萬歐元買土豆照片

考研英語來源：新東方網整理 2016-01-27　

Businessman buys photograph of a potato for 1mln Euro

有錢任性歐洲富商100萬歐元買張土豆照片

A celebrated photographer has sold a picture of an Irish potato for 1mln Euro (750,000 Pound).

一位知名攝影師將其拍攝的一張愛爾蘭馬鈴薯的照片賣出了高達100萬歐元(75萬英鎊)。

Kevin Abosch, 46, confirmed he had sold the photograph of an organic potato shot on a black background to an unnamed European businessman.

46歲的攝影師凱文證實，他已經將黑色背景的有機土豆照片賣給了一位不愿透露姓名的歐洲商人。

The photograph, which was taken in 2010, sits alongside shots of Steven Spielberg, Michael Palin, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and Malala Yousafzai in the sought-after photographer’s portfolio.

這張土豆照片拍攝于2010年，與斯蒂芬.斯皮爾伯格(美國導演)、邁克爾.佩林(英國男星)、雪莉.桑德伯格(臉書網首席運營官)和馬拉拉.尤沙夫賽(巴基斯坦維權少女)的肖像照共同組成了凱文廣受歡迎的照片組合。

Mr Abosch’s portraits are typically commissioned for at least 200,000 pound.

他拍攝的人像肖像照通常會以至少20萬英鎊的價格拍賣。

There are three versions of the potato print in existence - one belongs in his private collection, another was donated to an art museum in Serbia and the third was sold to the unnamed businessman.

凱文的馬鈴薯照片現存有三個版本——一個是他的私人收藏，另一個捐贈給了塞爾維亞藝術博物館，第三個被賣給了不知名的富商。

He told the Sunday Times:“It’s not the first time that someone has bought the art right off my wall.

凱文告訴《星期日泰晤士報》：“這已經不是第一次有人從我的展覽墻上直接買走照片了。”

“We had two glasses of wine and he said, ‘I really like that’. Two more glasses of wine and he said: ‘I really want that.’

他還說：“我們一起喝了兩杯葡萄酒，那名富商說‘我真的很想要那張照片’，再喝兩杯酒，富商又說‘我真的很想要那張照片’。”

“We set the price two weeks later. It is the most I have been paid for a piece of work that has been bought [rather than commissioned].”

“兩周以后我們就把價錢定好了，這也成為有史以來我直接賣出的最貴的作品(而不是按照委托價)。”

The Irish photographer’s trademark portraits on a black background have been highly sought after among the rich and famous - last week he was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

這位愛爾蘭攝影師以黑色作為背景拍攝的肖像照，在富人和名流之中受到了追捧——就在上個星期，他還被邀請到達沃斯世界經濟論壇。

Mr Abosch said he is not sure what happened to the potato in question - called Potato - as he photographed many for a special series

但他表示，自己在拍攝這張土豆照片時，并不知道這張照片將會給他帶來什么——所謂的土豆——他拍攝眾多的土豆照片只是為了自己的一個特殊系列。