George Steinmetz: Photos of Africa, taken from a flying lawn chair
جورج اشتاین متز: تصاویر گرفته شده از آفریقا توسط یک صندلی پرنده
Best known for his exploration photography, George Steinmetz has a restless curiosity for the unknown: remote deserts, obscure cultures and the mysteries of science and technology. Full bio
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intimidating being up here,
trying to tell Africans
can see things in a different way,
همه چیز را به شکلی متفاوت ببیند،
all over the African continent
برفراز کل قاره آفریقا
the spectacle of its diversity.
آن به این نتیجه رسیدم.
his way through the Ituri Forest of Zaire.
جنگل "ایتوری" در زایر(کنگو) سفر کرده.
of Stanford University,
را رها کرده بودم،
to Kisangani to Cairo
on 10 dollars a day.
in this Dinka cattle camp
در قسمت های جنوبی سودان
how to tie papyrus into a shelter,
در ساخت پناهگاه استفاده کنم،
how they had adapted their way of life
of their beloved cattle.
in ecological ethnography,
رشته ی مردم شناسی قومیتی بود،
ride on the roof of the trucks,
going across South Sudan.
on the back of an insect
tapestry of Africa.
if I could fly over that landscape
a professional photographer,
in the central Sahara,
of flying machine.
and slowest aircraft.
و کندترین طیاره جهان ام.
and a parachute-style wing,
و بالی به شکل چتر نجات می شود،
ساعت پرواز می کند.
I can fly for about two hours,
دو ساعت می توان پرواز کرد،
is it gives me an unobstructed view,
که نمایی باز در اختیار شما می گذارد،
of flying over Africa came true
درباره ی پرواز برفراز آفریقا
passing out in the middle of the Sahara.
در حال حرکت را در میانه صحرا دیدم.
is carrying salt out of the desert,
is carrying fodder
this kind of picture
with too much downdraft,
با گرد وغبار ایجاد می کند،
aircraft I was flying
remote parts of the African landscape
دست نیافتنی از مناظر آفریقا
really been possible before.
but I am not some kind of adventure dude.
اما من آدم ماجراجویی نیستم.
and I only fly to take pictures.
و فقط همین کار را انجام می دهم.
is between 200 and 500 feet,
three-dimensionally,
over the years in Africa,
در طول سال ها در آفریقا انجام دادم،
for exploration.
20 minutes of battery life
is what's on a little screen.
تصاویرکوچک نمایشگرهستند.
and find new things, find weird stuff,
تازه وعجیب را پیدا کنم،
on my left leg,
a mile above takeoff.
is actually your friend,
to figure out your problems.
که مشکلات فنی را پیدا کنید.
I figured this gave me more time
فهمیدم که ارتفاع زیاد وقت
I started taking pictures,
شروع به عکس گرفتن کردم،
by a Harmattan wind
right hand corner of this picture,
راست این تصویر است می وزید،
the entire crater with sand.
با شن پر شده بود جلب شد.
I found a different kind of volcano.
آتشفشان متفاوتی پیدا کردم.
exteriors stripped away,
آتشفشان ها از بین رفته بود
with its living skin stripped away.
زمین بدون پوسته آن هستم.
by an enormous freshwater aquifer.
عظیمی از آب شیرین پوشیده شده است.
sometimes you can see it leaking out.
جوشیدن آب از زمین را ببینید
through those palm groves,
out of your footsteps.
خودتان آب تازه بنوشید.
it's saltier than seawater
a different kind of desert spring.
بهره می بردند به وجد آمدم.
with spring water
با آب بهاری ترکیب کرده
it turned into a spectacle of color.
منظره ای رنگی بوجود می آورد.
for looking at agriculture.
کشاورزی هم فوق العاده است.
in southern Algeria,
how to garden in a mobile dune field
زمین های شنی ناپایدار و به کمک
have adapted to the African landscape.
با چشم اندازهای آفریقا لذت بردم.
the shallow lake water up
کوچک تکه تکه کرده اند،
with their long trunks,
how to thrive in an environment
بقا در محیطی که هیچ گونه
by the dense coastal fog
to understand what causes them.
آنها به نتیجه ای نرسیده اند.
crater lake in its summit at 3,700 meters.
روی دهانه قله ۳۷۰۰ متری خود دارد.
between Rwanda and Congo.
for the fabled mountain gorilla.
برای کوه افسانه ای گوریل است.
the big money-maker in Rwanda,
درآمد بزرگی هستند،
conservation has become a huge success.
با موفقیت قابل توجهی همراه بوده است.
rural population density in Africa,
روستایی در آفریقا را دارد،
of the country I went to.
که پا گذاشتم مشاهده کردم.
that competition for land
that led to the tensions
a few years ago,
how much things had changed.
with their cattle,
their spears for Kalashnikovs.
were even more spectacular
از چیزی که تصور می کردم
but things had changed there too.
their papyrus shelters
have learned how to thrive
of the Niger River.
and the water subsides,
in the fertile bottoms.
in the lower right corner,
for the major trade routes
شروع مسیرهای اصلی تجارت
their roofs and the village mosque.
خانه ها و مسجد دهکده را مستحکم کنند.
villages like this along the Niger River,
در طول رود نیجر پرواز کردم،
it had a different pattern.
و الگویی متفاوت داشتند.
a sculptural masterpiece,
and nothing can really compare
اما هیچ چیزی قابل قیاس با
and cultural adaptations to them
into the earliest waves
هم به نخستین موج های
mountains of Libya,
in 700 BC, as a learning center,
مرکزی آموزشی توسط یونانیها
۱۰۰ سال پس از میلاد توسط
in what's now Algeria
for old Roman soldiers,
برای سربازان رومی کهن سال ساخته شده
the breadbasket for the Roman Empire.
برای امپراتوری روم بوده است.
it was buried in sand,
بنا شدن در زیر خاک دفن شد
was wetter than it is today.
مرطوب تر از اقلیم امروزش بود.
came barreling out of the Sahara
از دل صحرا بیرون آمد
date palms in snow,
خرما را در برف ببینم،
throwing snowballs at each other.
برف به سمت یک دیگر لذت می بردند.
how are Africans going to adapt
آفریقایی ها چطور می خواهند
climate going forward?
سریع اقلیمی وفق بدهند؟
and diverse as Africa,
آفریقا به نظر می رسد،
that the only constant is change.
واژه "تغییر کردن" است.
در حال بهتر شدن هستند
are the ultimate improvisers,
وفق می دهند و به جلو حرکت می کنند..
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
George Steinmetz - Aerial photographerBest known for his exploration photography, George Steinmetz has a restless curiosity for the unknown: remote deserts, obscure cultures and the mysteries of science and technology.
Why you should listen
Since 1986, George Steinmetz has completed more than 40 major photo essays for National Geographic and 25 stories for GEO magazine in Germany, exploring the most remote stretches of Arabia's Empty Quarter to the unknown tree people of Irian Jaya. His expeditions to the Sahara and Gobi deserts have been featured in separate "National Geographic Explorer" programs. In 2006 he was awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to document the work of scientists in the Dry Valleys and volcanoes of Antarctica.
Steinmetz began his career in photography after hitchhiking through Africa for 28 months. He then spent fifteen years photographing all of the world’s extreme deserts while piloting a motorized paraglider. This experimental aircraft enables him to capture unique images of the world, inaccessible by traditional aircraft and most other modes of transportation. He has authored four books, and his current project is documenting the challenge of meeting humanity’s rapidly expanding demand for food.
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