ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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.

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.

More profile about the speaker
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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa

Kristen Ašburn, srceparajuće fotografije SIDE

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U ovom potresnom govoru, dokumentarni fotograf Kristen Ašburn (Kristen Ashburn) deli nezaboravne slike ljudskog uticaja na SIDU u Africi.
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When I first arrivedстигао in beautifulЛепа ZimbabweZimbabve,
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Kada sam prvi put stigla u prelepi Zimbabve,
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it was difficultтешко to understandРазумем that 35 percentпроценат of the populationпопулација
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bilo mi je teško razumeti da je 35 odsto populacije
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is HIVHIV-A positiveпозитивно.
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HIV pozitivno.
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It really wasn'tније untilсве док I was invitedпозвани to the homesдомови of people
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Sve dok me ljudi nisu zvali u svoje domove,
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that I startedпочела to understandРазумем the humanљудско tollпутарина of the epidemicепидемија.
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nisam razumela ljudske žrtve ove epidemije.
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For instanceпример, this is HerbertHerbert with his grandmotherбака.
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Na primer, ovo je Herbert sa svojom bakom.
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When I first metиспуњен him, he was sittingседење on his grandmother'sbake lapкруг.
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Kada sam ga prvi put videla, sedeo je u njenom krilu.
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He has been orphanedbez roditelja, as bothи једно и друго of his parentsродитељи diedумро of AIDSAIDS-A,
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On je siroče, jer su mu oba roditelja umrla od SIDE,
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and his grandmotherбака tookузела careнега of him untilсве док he too diedумро of AIDSAIDS-A.
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a njegova baka se brinula o njemu dok i on nije urmo od SIDE.
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He likedволи to sitседите on her lapкруг
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Voleo je da sedi u njenom krilu
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because he said that it was painfulболан for him to lieлажи in his ownвластити bedкревет.
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jer, kako je rekao, bilo mu je bolno ležati u svom krevetu.
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When she got up to make teaчај, she placedпостављени him in my ownвластити lapкруг
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Kada je ustala da napravi čaj, stavila ga je u moje krilo
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and I had never feltосетио a childдете that was that emaciatedomrљavljena.
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i ja nikada nisam osetila dete koje je toliko mršavo.
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Before I left, I actuallyзаправо askedпитао him if I could get him something.
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Pre nego što sam otišla, upitala sam ga da li mogu da mu donesem nešto.
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I thought he would askпитати for a toyиграчка, or candyбомбоне,
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Mislila sam da će tražiti igračku ili slatkiš,
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and he askedпитао me for slipperspapuče,
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a on mi je tražio papuče,
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because he said that his feetстопала were coldхладно.
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jer su mu noge bile hladne.
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This is JoyceJoyce who'sко је -- in this pictureслика -- 21.
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Ovo je Džojs koja - na ovoj fotografiji ima 21.
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SingleJedan motherмајка, HIVHIV-A positiveпозитивно.
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Samohrana majka, HIV pozitivna,
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I photographedфотографисани her before and after
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Fotografisala sam je pre i posle
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the birthрођење of her beautifulЛепа babyбеба girlдевојка, IssaIssa.
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rođenja njene prelepe devojčice, Ise.
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And I was last weekНедеља walkingХодање on LafayetteLafayette StreetUlica in ManhattanManhattan
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I prošle nedelje sam hodala Manhetnom kroz ulicu Lafajet
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and got a call from a womanжена who I didn't know,
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kada me je pozvala nepoznata žena,
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but she calledпозвани to tell me that JoyceJoyce had passedположио away
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koja me zvala da mi kaže da je Džojs umrla,
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at the ageстарост of 23.
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u 23. godini.
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Joyce'sJoyce je motherмајка is now takingузимајући careнега of her daughterћерка,
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Džojsina majka sada brine o njenoj devojčici,
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like so manyмноги other ZimbabweanZimbabvea childrenдеца
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poput mnoge dece iz Zimbabvea
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who'veко је been orphanedbez roditelja by the epidemicепидемија.
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koja su zbog epidemije ostala siročad.
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So a fewнеколико of the storiesприче.
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To su neke od priča.
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With everyсваки pictureслика,
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Ali sa svakom fotografijom,
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there are individualsпојединци who have fullпуна livesживи
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tu su i pojedinci koji imaju ispunjen život
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and storiesприче that deserveзаслужују to be told.
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i priče koje zaslužuju da se ispričaju.
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All these picturesслике are from ZimbabweZimbabve.
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Sve ove fotografije su iz Zimbabvea.
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ChrisKris AndersonAnderson: KirstenKirsten, will you just take one minuteминута,
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Kris Anderson: Kristen, hoćeš samo kratko da podeliš
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just to tell your ownвластити storyприча of how you got to AfricaAfrika?
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sa nama svoju priču o tvom odlasku u Afriku?
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KirstenKirsten AshburnEљburnu: MmmMmm, goshБоже.
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Kristen Ašburn; Hm, bože.
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CACA: Just --
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KA: Samo -
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KAKA: ActuallyU stvari, I was workingрад at the time, doing productionпроизводња
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KA: Ustvari, radila sam u to vreme, producirala
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for a fashionмода photographerфотограф.
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za jednog modnog fotografa.
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And I was constantlyстално readingчитање the NewNovi YorkYork TimesPuta,
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I stalno sam čitala "Njujork Tajms",
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and stunnedzapanjio by the statisticsстатистике, the numbersбројеви.
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i bila zapanjena statistikom, brojevima.
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It was just frighteningзастрашујуће.
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Bilo je zastrašujuće.
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So I quitодустати my jobпосао
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I tako sam dala otkaz
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and decidedодлучио that that's the subjectпредмет that I wanted to tackleтацкле.
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i odlučila da to bude tema sa kojom ću se uhvatiti u koštac.
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And I first actuallyзаправо wentотишао to BotswanaBocvana, where I spentпотрошено a monthмесец дана --
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I prvo sam zapravo otišla u Bocvanu gde sam provela mesec dana -
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this is in DecemberDecembra 2000 --
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to je bilo u decembru 2000. -
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then wentотишао to ZimbabweZimbabve for a monthмесец дана and a halfпола,
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onda sam otišla u Zimbabve na mesec ipo,
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and then wentотишао back again this MarchMarta 2002
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gde sam se vratila u martu ove godine, 2002.
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for anotherдруги monthмесец дана and a halfпола in ZimbabweZimbabve.
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na još mesec ipo.
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CACA: That's an amazingНевероватно storyприча, thank you.
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KA: To je sjajna priča, hvala ti.
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KBKB: ThanksHvala ti for lettingизнајмљивање me showсхов these.
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KA: Hvala na prilici da je pokažem.
Translated by Sandra Gojic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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.

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.

More profile about the speaker
Kristen Ashburn | Speaker | TED.com