Isadora Kosofsky: Intimate photos of a senior love triangle
ایزادورا کوسوفسکی: عکسهایی صمیمانه از یک مثلث عشقی سالخورده
Isadora Kosofsky embeds herself in the lives of others, documenting them in their most fragile moments. Full bio
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are three senior citizens
from the loneliness of aging.
در برابر تنهایی سالمندی.
home in Los Angeles,
خانه سالمندان در لوسآنجلس دیدم،
for three years.
the gate one night,
of their love triangle,
مثلث عشقی آنها را نمیدانستم،
that I had to find out who they were.
باید بفهمم آنها که هستند.
a day later, she said to me,
to coffee and doughnut shops,
به مقصد قهوه و دونات فروشیها،
of these outings was solace
از این بیرون رفتنها آرامش
با بیگانگیشان مبارزه میکردند
in public streets.
عمومی یکپارچه میکردند.
no one saw them.
هم هیچکس آنها را نمیدید.
we lose the desires held in our youth.
تمایلاتی که در جوانی داشتیم را از دست میدهیم.
when I met the trio,
خبری نوجوان با گروه سهنفره ملاقات کردم،
and desires for intimacy
as an immersive documentarian,
به بزرگترین دارایی من بدل شد،
the streets of Hollywood,
خیابانهای هالیوود قدم میزدیم،
actors and filmmakers,
بازیگران و فیلمسازان،
that each senior does.
دچار ناپیدایی میشدند.
sees these three human beings?
این سه انسان را نمیبیند؟
the only one who sees them?"
this work with the public,
به انتشار عمومی این کار کردم،
uncomfortable with this story.
اصلا با این داستان راحت نیستند.
doesn't assume conventional notions
عاری از باورهای سنتی
romance or partnership.
and shunned by their peers.
و همسالانشان از آنها اجتناب میکردند.
for me to belong everywhere.
norms about the elderly,
اجتماعی فرهنگی مربوط به سالمندان،
on fear of remoteness.
دورافتادگی پرتو افکندند.
to their respective retirement homes.
به خانه سالمندان خود بازمیگشت.
for their people.
yearning for their tribe,
هر یک از آنها به قبیله خود مشتاق است،
in her apartment, she said to me,
نشسته بودم و او به من گفت،
and a woman is private.
become the people I document
مستند میکنم سالها به عنوان
as an observer-occupant,
تا اساساً به آنها تبدیل شوم،
to then become hidden in plain sight.
و بعد ساده از دید پنهان شوم.
حدوداً ۱۷ سال داشتم،
of social development,
که در تفکیک تکامل اجتماعی،
look strikingly alike,
قابل توجهی به هم شبیه هستند،
of identity confusion.
aware of the divide in me.
از تقسیمبندی که در من است آگاه کرد.
and the actuality of our situation.
و واقعیت موقعیتمان.
people who knew about each other,
که از هم باخبر بودند،
to be at the base of the triangle,
در قاعده مثلث بودن چه حسی دارد،
and see three elderly figures,
و سه چهره سالخورده میدیدم،
that regardless of age,
the proverbial hole through other people.
حفرههای مثالی دیگری هستیم ناممکن میشد.
at Jeanie, Will and Adina's story
داستان جینی، ویل و آدینا،
that even at the end of life,
که حتی در پایان زندگی هم،
we have envisioned for ourselves.
خودمان دیدهایم نرسیم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isadora Kosofsky - Photojournalist, filmmakerIsadora Kosofsky embeds herself in the lives of others, documenting them in their most fragile moments.
Why you should listen
A documentary photographer who works from a place of empathy, Isadora Kosofsky is devoted to sitting with people in their most fragile moments. She began photographing at the age of 14, documenting women in hospice care in Los Angeles. A contributor to international press and a recipient of numerous honors, Kosofsky has created long-term bodies of work considered epics of visual storytelling in which an individual or group remains her focus for years.
Whether it is documenting a woman with dementia for a decade, shadowing youths while incarcerated and after their release for the last eight years, photographing developmentally disabled couples for four years or documenting children and adults affected by relational traumas, Kosofsky often explores the intersection of intimate lives and institutions, where she typically gains unprecedented access, focusing on nuance and the complexity of human bonds. Her forthcoming work documents a young woman's life after enduring early sexual violence.
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