Stephen Wilkes: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
ستيفين ويلكيز: مرور الوقت،ملتقط في صورة واحدة
By blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations. Full bio
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as the recording of a single moment
على أنه تسجيل للحظة واحدة
represents a tangible piece
than one moment in a photograph?
من لحظة واحدة في صورة؟
could actually collapse time,
of the day and the night
called "Day to Night"
"من النهار إلى الليل"
iconic locations,
ذات دلالة تذكارية،
our collective memory.
ذاكرتنا الجماعية.
and I never move.
أتحرك أبداً.
of humanity and light as time passes.
مع مرور الوقت.
from 15 to 30 hours
15 إلى 30 ساعة
of the day and night.
من النهار والليل.
into one single photograph,
في صورةٍ منفردة واحدة،
journey with time.
early morning rowers
الصباح الباكر
المتوهجة في الليل.
the romance of the City of Light.
رومانسية مدينة النور.
from 50 feet in the air,
من ارتفاع 50 قدماَ في الهواء،
in this photograph
of going to a place like Venice
مكان مثل البندقية
a specific event.
the historical Regata,
taking place since 1498.
منذ عام 1498.
look exactly as they did then.
كما كانت عليه في ذلك الوقت.
want you guys to understand is:
يا أصدقاء أن تفهموه هو:
throughout the day and the night.
of magical moments.
is the fear of just missing one of them.
الخوف من ضياع أحدها.
في عام 1996.
to create a panoramic photograph
صورة بانوارامية
film Romeo + Juliet.
للمخرج السينمائي باز لورمان.
it's a square.
أنها على شكل مربع.
a panoramic was to shoot a collage
كان تكوين قص ولصق الصور
embracing.
actually reflecting in it.
to my studio in New York,
في نيويورك،
"Wow, this is so cool!
"جميل، هذا رائع جداَ!
stayed with me for 13 years
has caught up to my dreams.
of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.
بمبدأ اليوم لليل،
it's like being with me
that to get views like this,
للحصول على إطلالة كهذه،
and I'm usually in a cherry picker
وعادة في الحاملة المرتفعة
12-18 hours, non-stop
12-18 ساعة ،بدون توقف
is I love to people-watch.
أحب مشاهدة الناس.
in the house to have.
creating these photographs.
and the location,
and night ends.
وأين ينتهي الليل.
compress it into single plane.
في مستوى واحد.
of this work is also,
up or down, even diagonally.
من الأعلى أو الأسفل، حتى قطرياَ.
going on in my mind.
وهو يدور في ذهني.
months to complete.
when I get up there
في الأعلى
going to be in the picture,
sunrise or sunset -- no control.
غروباَ عظيماَ--لا سيطرة.
and everything remained the same,
و بقي كل شيء على حاله،
over a month of editing
من شهر من التحرير
into the master plate.
اللوحة الرئيسية.
these two very discordant worlds.
هذين العالمين المتنافرين.
important influence in all my work
تأثير مهم في جميع أعمالي
of Albert Bierstadt,
بألبرت بيرشدات،
that I did on the National Parks.
في المتنزهات الوطنية.
I created of Yosemite.
of the 2016 January issue
30 hours in this picture.
من أجل تكوين هذه الصورة.
and the moonlight as it transitions,
of time throughout the landscape.
في جميع أجزاء المشهد.
the magical moments of humanity
اللحظات السحرية للإنسانية
of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.
to rise in the valley,
with excitement
exact same lighting
لوحة بيرشتاد
the things I love
and, especially, history.
و خصوصاَ التاريخ.
of Barack Obama.
waiting with the children,
when I create photographs like this.
عندما أقوم بأخذ صور من هذا القبيل.
up in the air
بارتفاع 50 قدما في الهواء
shifted our weight,
نحرك أوزاننا،
1,800 in this picture,
في مكاننا
things doing this work.
في القيام بهذا العمل.
are patience
like New York from above,
in cars anymore.
على الإطلاق.
the energy of New York,
to really capture that.
I would checkerboard time.
في هذه الصورة.
it's actually day.
فهو في الواقع النهار.
wrap our heads around.
begin to put a face on time.
metaphysical visual reality.
looking at a place,
مكان ما،
a little differently
مختلفة قليلاَ
with our camera,
not even look at Sacré-Coeur.
لكنيسة القلب المقدس.
in using it as a backdrop.
extraordinary example,
استثنائيةَ على الإطلاق،
what we think the human experience is
عن التجربة الإنسانية
is evolving into.
become more important
for me personally:
Park in Tanzania.
in the middle of the Seronera,
the peak migration
the most diverse range of animals.
متنوعة من الحيوانات.
during the peak migration,
were drawn to the water.
the same way it was behaving,
بنفس الطريقة التي يحدث بها،
to capture something unique.
لالتقاط شيء فريد من نوعه.
18 feet in the air.
بارتفاع 18 قدماَ في الهواء.
share a single resource called water.
مورداَ واحداَ يدعى الماء.
is supposed to have wars over
أن تخوض الإنسانية حروباَ من أجله
grunted at each other.
على بعضها من أجله.
that we humans don't.
لا نفهمه نحن البشر.
is really a new way of seeing,
هو حقا وسيلة جديدة للرؤية،
within a photograph.
along with photography,
a deeper meaning of time and memory,
أعمق عن الوقت والذاكرة،
of untold stories,
التي لا تعد ولا تحصى،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Wilkes - Narrative photographerBy blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations.
Why you should listen
Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, photographer Stephen Wilkes has built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America's most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work.
His photographs are included in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Dow Jones Collection, Griffin Museum of Photography, Jewish Museum of NY, Library of Congress, Snite Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Museum of the City of New York, 9/11 Memorial Museum and numerous private collections. His editorial work has appeared in, and on the covers of, leading publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, TIME, Fortune, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and many others.
In 1998, a one-day assignment to the south side of Ellis Island led to a 5-year photographic study of the island's long abandoned medical wards where immigrants were detained before they could enter America. Through his photographs and video, Wilkes helped secure $6 million toward the restoration of the south side of the island.
Day to Night, Wilkes' most defining project, began in 2009. These epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of full day. Blending these images into a single photograph takes months to complete. Day to Night has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning as well as dozens of other prominent media outlets and, with a grant from the National Geographic Society, was recently extended to include America's National Parks in celebration of their centennial anniversary. The series will be published by TASCHEN as a monograph in 2017.
Wilkes, who lives and maintains his studio in Westport, CT, is represented by Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York; Peter Fetterman Gallery, Los Angeles; Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe; and ARTITLEDContemporary, The Netherlands.
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