Alec Soth and Stacey Baker: This is what enduring love looks like
Alec Soth + Stacey Baker: L'image d'un amour persistant
Stacey Baker assigns photography for the wide-ranging vision of the weekly New York Times Magazine. Full bioAlec Soth - Photographer
Alec Soth makes large-scale projects that are as much about dreams and heartache as they are about charting the landscape of Middle America. Full bio
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I got a call from a woman in Texas,
j'ai reçu un appel d'une femme du Texas,
in an art exhibition
dans une exposition,
me to take a portrait of her parents.
le portrait de ses parents.
and I thought this was some sort of
et je l'imaginais dans le pétrole,
Je pensais avoir gagné le gros lot.
to make this happen.
about photographing Stacey.
qui m'intéressait vraiment.
one of my best-known portraits.
les plus célèbres.
Stacey was working as an attorney
Stacey était procureur
to study photography in Maine,
étudier la photographie dans le Maine.
she ended up meeting
at the New York Times Magazine
du New York Times Magazine,
Alec and I have done
avec Alec, nous avons réalisé
pour des magazines.
to Alec about a fascination of mine.
d'une de mes passions.
dont les couples se rencontrent.
with how couples meet.
and his wife Rachel met,
lui et sa femme se sont rencontrés.
of a high school football game
à un match de foot au lycée.
in doing a photography project
s'il accepterait de réaliser un projet
but I was actually much more interested
Mais les motivations de Stacey
Stacey to have a boyfriend.
aucun petit ami.
I thought it'd be interesting
qu'il serait intéressant
go speed dating
à un speed-dating,
as the world's largest speed dating event.
le plus grand speed-dating du monde.
breaker questions to get the ball rolling,
des questions pour briser la glace.
of animal, what would you be?"
que seriez-vous ? »
after placing an ad for a Capricorn.
femme qu'il a rencontrée
à la recherche d'un capricorne.
at the end of the evening,
à la fin de la soirée.
at one of the concession stands.
prêt des stands.
to the date-a-thon together.
au DateAThon.
you notice about a woman?"
« Quelle est la première chose
with muscular calves.
aux mollets musclés.
triathlons, I run half-marathons.
et moi des demi-marathons.
if I was attracted to him, but I wasn't,
si j'étais attirée par lui. Mais non.
attracted to me either.
qu'il était attiré par moi non plus.
running late for a meeting.
en retard pour une réunion.
about a woman is her teeth,
en premier chez une femme,
réciproquement sur notre sourire.
to help prevent gum disease,
utiliser le fil dentaire
des gencives.
fréquence il l'utilise.
deux fois par jour.
that was flossing more
about auditing. (Laughter)
à discuter comptabilité. (Rires)
about a woman is her complexion.
le teint des femmes.
wear too much makeup,
portent trop de maquillage,
to accentuate the features that they have.
servir à accentuer les traits.
aucun maquillage.
that that was a good thing.
I was willing to be vulnerable.
que je sois prête à être vulnérable.
remember my most embarrassing moment.
que je ne puisse pas me rappeler
but at the end of the night,
Mais à la fin de la soirée,
a box of chocolates.
et m'a offert une boîte de chocolats.
was the MC of the event.
était l'acteur Chris McKenna.
"The Young and the Restless."
« Les feux de l'amour ».
eu un rencard avec lui.
give their phone numbers to him.
avaient donné leur numéro de téléphone.
je ne suis pas tombée amoureuse.
any of the men that I went on dates with,
aucune connexion particulière
a particular connection with me either.
hommes ait ressenti quoi que ce soit.
(Rires)
is the quality of vulnerability.
c'est la qualité de la vulnérabilité.
in which you can get a glimpse
I saw so many examples of that,
durant cette soirée DateAThon.
and talked to her about them,
et en parlant d'eux avec elle,
photographic love is from real love.
est différent de l'amour en vrai.
Comment est-ce que ça fonctionne ?
and to figure out how someone goes
à Sun City Summerlin,
to having a life together,
de retraités de Las Vegas.
et comprendre comment on passe
retirement community in Las Vegas.
à fonder une vie commune.
who runs the community's photography club.
le responsable du club de photographie.
in their makeshift photo studio.
avec les autres couples dans son studio.
Anastasia's husband died two years ago,
est décédé il y a deux ans,
an old wedding picture.
une photo de leur mariage.
when she was a 15-year-old waitress
Elle travaillait comme serveuse
the year in Las Vegas two years in a row,
de l'année à Las Vegas, pendant deux ans.
that he met his wife, Judy,
a rencontré Judy, sa femme,
quand il a rencontré Rachel.
to look at beautiful women,
admirer les jolies femmes,
his decision to marry Judy.
de son choix d'épouser Judy.
at a parish dance.
Joséphine au bal paroissial.
they weren't especially philosophical
sur leurs choix.
that really stuck with me.
chose qui m'a marqué :
you just go with it."
on le suit. »
lors d'un rendez-vous arrangé.
when she was still in high school.
attracted to each other
avoir été attirés par l'autre
married soon after.
peu de temps après.
le chef du club de photographie,
president, and his wife, Mary.
qui m'a le plus bouleversée.
second marriage.
pour tous les deux.
in Louisville, Kentucky called the Sahara.
à Louisville, dans le Kentucky, le Sahara.
and she was with friends.
Elle était avec des amies.
he owed the IRS 9,000 dollars in taxes,
il devait 9 000 dollars au fisc.
get out of debt,
à rembourser sa dette.
his paychecks over to Mary,
il a remis son salaire à Mary.
when they married, and Mary knew it.
que George était alcoolique.
he says he consumed
he threatened to kill Mary
il a menacé Mary de la tuer,
was called to the house.
la police en renfort.
vivre avec lui à nouveau.
in Alcoholics Anonymous
des Alcooliques Anonymes.
qu'il n'a plus touché un verre d'alcool.
after we left Sun City,
pas très fascinantes
were all that interesting.
de ces couples.
leur vie commune toutes ces années.
quality of endurance,
éblouissants dans leur endurance.
and the singles were out there
où les célibataires
were holding onto each other
were of Joe and Roseanne.
de Joe et Roseanne.
if they had an old wedding photograph.
de demander à chacun
pulled out of their wallets
de leur portefeuille
I thought to myself,
who has just fallen in love
qui vient de tomber amoureux,
holding onto this image for decades?
la même photo depuis des années ? »
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Stacey Baker - Photo editorStacey Baker assigns photography for the wide-ranging vision of the weekly New York Times Magazine.
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Alec Soth - Photographer
Alec Soth makes large-scale projects that are as much about dreams and heartache as they are about charting the landscape of Middle America.
Why you should listen
Alec Soth is a photographer born and based in Minnesota. He has published several books, including Sleeping by the Mississippi, Niagara and Broken Manual. The New York Times once wrote that Soth has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers." His editorial work routinely appears in The New York Times Magazine, he is a member of the Magnum photo agency, and his work was featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.
In 2008, Soth started his own experimental publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom, that explores the possibilities of combining images and text. After publishing seven issues of his own newspaper, Soth compiled this work into his latest monograph, Songbook.
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