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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
AIDS, srdcervúce obrázky Kristen Ashburn
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V tomto dojímavom rozprávaní dokumentárna fotografka Kristen Ashburn prináša nezabudnuteľné obrazy toho, aký má AIDS dopad na ľudí v Afrike.
Kristen Ashburn - Photographer
Kristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering. Full bio
Kristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering. Full bio
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When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe,
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Keď som prvýkrát pricestovala do krásnej Zimbabwe,
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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bolo veľmi náročné si uvedomiť, že 35% populácie
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is HIV positive.
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je HIV pozitívna.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Až keď som bola pozvaná do domácností ľudí,
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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začala som chápať daň, ktorú si epidémia vyberá na ľuďoch.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Napríklad, Herbert so svojou starou mamou.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Keď som ho prvýkrát stretla, sedel v jej lone.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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Bol sirota, obaja jeho rodičia zomreli na AIDS,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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a jeho stará mama sa o neho starala, až kým on sám nepodľahol AIDS.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Rád sedával v jej lone,
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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pretože ako vravel, bolo pre neho bolestivé ležať v posteli.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Keď išla urobiť čaj, posadila ho do môjho lona.
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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Nikdy som necítila tak vychudnuté a podvýživené dieťa.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Pred tým, než som odišla, som sa ho opýtala, či by som mu mohla niečo darovať.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Myslela som si, že si vypýta hračku alebo sladkosť,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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ale chcel papuče
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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pretože, ako povedal, mal studené nohy.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Toto je Joyce, ktorá má na tejto fotografii 21 rokov.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Slobodná matka, HIV pozitívna.
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I photographed her before and after
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Odfotografovala som ju pred a po
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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narodení jej krásnej dcérky Issy.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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Minulý týždeň som išla cez ulicu Lafayette na Manhattane,
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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keď mi zatelefonovala žena, ktorú som nepoznala.
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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Zavolala mi, aby mi oznámila, ze Joyce umrela
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at the age of 23.
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vo veku 23 rokov.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Joycina matka sa teraz stará o jej dcérku,
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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takisto ako aj o mnohé iné deti,
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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ktoré sa kvôli epidémii stali sirotami.
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So a few of the stories.
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A toto je len zopár príbehov.
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With every picture,
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Na každom obrázku
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there are individuals who have full lives
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sú jednotlivci, ktorí majú vlastné životy
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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a príbehy, ktoré si zaslúžia byť vypovedané.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Všetky tieto fotografie sú zo Zimbabwe.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, mohla by si nám v skratke
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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povedať tvoj príbeh o tom, ako si sa dostala do Afriky?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, Bože.
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CA: Just --
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CA: Iba --
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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KA: Vtedy som pracovala, robila som produkciu
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for a fashion photographer.
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pre módneho fotografa.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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A neustále som čítala New York Times,
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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šokovaná štatistikami, číslami.
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It was just frightening.
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Bolo to proste desivé.
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So I quit my job
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Takže som dala výpoveď
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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a rozhodla som sa, že práve to bola téma, s ktorou som sa chcela popasovať.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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Najskôr som vlastne išla do Botswany, kde som strávila mesiac --
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this is in December 2000 --
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Toto bolo v decembri 2000 --
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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potom som odišla do Zimbabwe na mesiac a pol
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and then went back again this March 2002
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a naspať som sa tam vrátila v marci 2002
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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na ďalší mesiac a pol.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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CA: To je úžasný príbeh, ďakujem.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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KB: Ďakujem, že som ho mohla ukázať ---
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kristen Ashburn - PhotographerKristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering.
Why you should listen
Kristen Ashburn's poignant photographs bring us into close contact with individuals in the midst of enormous hardship -- giving a human face to struggles that much of the world knows only as statistics and blurbs on the news. She has photographed the people of Iraq a year after the U.S. invasion, Jewish settlers in Gaza, suicide bombers, the penal system in Russia, victims of tuberculosis and the aftermath of the tsunami in Sri Lanka and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. One of her more recent works, BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family, looked at the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
Her unflinching photographs from the Middle East, Europe, and Africa have appeared in many publications including The New Yorker, TIME, Newsweek, and Life. She has won numerous awards, including the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism Award and two World Press Photo prizes.
Kristen Ashburn | Speaker | TED.com