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James Nachtwey: Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB
James Nachtwey lucha contra la XDR-TB
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El reportero gráfico James Nachtwey ve a su deseo TED Prize hacerse realidad al tiempo que compartimos sus impactantes fotografías de la XDR-TB, una variante de la tuberculosis resistente a fármacos que está desencadenando una crisis médica a nivel mundial. Entérate de cómo puedes ayudar en http://www.xdrtb.org
James Nachtwey - Photojournalist
Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries. Full bio
Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries. Full bio
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I was a student in the '60s, a time of social upheaval and questioning,
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Yo era un estudiante en los años 60, una época de agitación social y cuestionamiento,
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and -- on a personal level -- an awakening sense of idealism.
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y a nivel personal, del despertar de un sentido de idealismo.
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The war in Vietnam was raging, the Civil Rights movement was under way
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La guerra en Vietnam rugía y el movimiento por los Derechos Civiles estaba en marcha
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and pictures had a powerful influence on me.
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y las imágenes tuvieron un fuerte impacto en mí.
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Our political and military leaders were telling us one thing
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Nuestros líderes políticos y militares nos decían una cosa
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and photographers were telling us another.
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y los fotógrafos nos decían otra.
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I believed the photographers and so did millions of other Americans.
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Yo le creí a los fotógrafos y también así lo hicieron millones de otros estadounidenses.
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Their images fuelled resistance to the war and to racism.
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Sus imágenes alimentaron el rechazo a la guerra y al racismo.
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They not only recorded history -- they helped change the course of history.
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Ellos no sólo captaron la historia, sino que ayudaron a cambiar el curso de la historia.
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Their pictures became part of our collective consciousness
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Sus imágenes se volvieron parte de nuestra consciencia colectiva
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and, as consciousness evolved into a shared sense of conscience,
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y, al evolucionar esta consciencia en un sentido común de conciencia,
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change became not only possible, but inevitable.
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el cambio se volvió no sólo posible, sino inevitable.
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It puts a human face on issues which, from afar,
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[la fotografía] Le pone un rostro humano a los problemas que de lejos
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can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.
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pueden parecer abstractos o ideológicos o monumentales en su impacto global.
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What happens at ground level, far from the halls of power,
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Lo que sucede en el campo, lejos de las esferas de poder,
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happens to ordinary citizens one by one.
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le sucede a ciudadanos comunes, uno por uno.
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And I understood that documentary photography
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Y entendí que la fotografía documental
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has the ability to interpret events from their point of view.
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tiene la capacidad de interpretar los hechos desde su punto de vista.
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It gives a voice to those who otherwise would not have a voice.
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Le da una voz a aquellos que de otra manera no tienen voz.
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My TED wish. There’s a vital story that needs to be told
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Mi deseo TED. Hay una historia de vital importancia que necesita ser contada
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and I wish for TED to help me gain access to it
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y deseo que TED me ayude a obtener acceso a ella
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and then to help me come up with innovative and exciting ways
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y que después me ayude a idear formas innovadoras e interesantes
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to use news photography in the digital era.
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para utilizar la fotografía periodística en la era digital.
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Thank you very much.
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Muchas gracias.
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[ 10.3.08 -- The story breaks. ]
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[ 3.Oct.09 – La historia comienza ]
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[ "I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony." ]
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[ "He sido testigo, y estas imágenes son mi testimonio" ]
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[ South Africa ]
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[ Sudáfrica ]
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[ This is happening now. ]
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[ Esto está sucediendo ahora ]
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[ Cambodia ]
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[ Camboya ]
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[ Swaziland ]
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[ Suazilandia ]
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[ One person dies every 20 seconds. ]
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[ Una persona muere cada 20 segundos ]
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[ Thailand ]
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[ Tailandia ]
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[ An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. ]
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[ Una enfermedad antigua está tomando una nueva forma mortal ]
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[ Siberia ]
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[ Siberia ]
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[ Lesotho ]
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[ Lesoto ]
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[ Tuberculosis: the next pandemic? ]
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[ Tuberculosis: ¿La próxima pandemia? ]
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[ India ]
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[ India ]
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[ TB is preventable and curable, ]
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[ La TB es prevenible y curable ]
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[ but it is mutating due to inadequate treatment. ]
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[ Pero está mutando debido al tratamiento inadecuado ]
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[ XDR-TB: ]
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[ XDR-TB ]
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[ extreme drug resistant tuberculosis. ]
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[ Tuberculosis con resistencia extrema a fármacos ]
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[ There is no reliable cure. ]
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[ No existe cura fiable ]
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[ Patients often die within weeks of diagnosis. ]
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[ Los pacientes a menudo mueren a las pocas semanas de diagnóstico ]
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[ 49 countries have reported XDR-TB. ]
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[ 49 países han reportado XDR-TB ]
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[ XDR-TB is a critical threat to global health. ]
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[ XDR-TB es una amenaza crítica a la salud mundial ]
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[ Extreme outbreak, suffering, affliction ]
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[ Brote extremo ]
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[ Extreme loss, pain, pandemic ]
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[ Sufrimiento extremo ]
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[ Extremely preventable. ]
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[ Extremadamente prevenible ]
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[ XDR-TB. ]
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[ XDR-TB ]
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[ We can stop this now. ]
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[ Podemos detener esto ahora ]
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[ Spread the story. Stop the disease. ]
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[ Difundamos la historia. Detengamos la enfermedad. ]
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[ Go to XDRTB.org now. ]
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[ Visite XDRTB.org ahora ]
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[ XDRTB.org: we are the treatment. ]
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[ XDRTB.org: Somos el tratamiento ]
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[ We are the treatment. ]
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[ Somos el tratamiento ]
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[ Made possible through the kind support of BD. ]
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[ Hecho posible a través del apoyo de BD ]
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Nachtwey - PhotojournalistPhotojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Why you should listen
For the past three decades, James Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts and critical social issues, working in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil and the United States.
Nachtwey has been a contract photographer with Time since 1984. However, when certain stories he wanted to cover -- such as Romanian orphanages and famine in Somalia -- garnered no interest from magazines, he self-financed trips there. He is known for getting up close to his subjects, or as he says, "in the same intimate space that the subjects inhabit," and he passes that sense of closeness on to the viewer.
In putting himself in the middle of conflict, his intention is to record the truth, to document the struggles of humanity, and with this, to wake people up and stir them to action.
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