ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness.

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Uldus Bakhtiozina is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Russia. Born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, into a Muslim-Christian family, Bakhtiozina studied and worked in London in graphic design and photography before settling on her unique style which mixes folklore, history, fashion and challenging stereotypes. Calling her style "Tatar Baroque," in part because she is half Tatar, Bakhtiozina has a passion for irregularity, and she says that her work documents dreams. Bakhtiozina creates everything inside her analogue photography and films, from outfits to stages, to fulfill the story behind each of her creations. None of her works have been digitally manipulated.

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Uldus Bakhtiozina: Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down

Uldus Bakhtiozina: Fotografias irônicas que viram estereótipos de ponta-cabeça

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A artista Uldus Bakhtiozina usa fotografias para inserir um pouco de graça nas normas da sociedade em seu país, a Rússia. Uma visão da cultura jovem russa e um lembrete curto e divertido para não levarmos a vida tão a sério.
- Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness. Full bio

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Good afternoon.
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Boa tarde.
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My name is Uldus.
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Meu nome é Uldus.
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I am a photo-based artist from Russia.
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Sou uma artista russa.
Minha arte se baseia em fotos.
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I started my way around six years ago
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Comecei minha carreira há seis anos
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with ironic self-portraits
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com autorretratos irônicos
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to lay open so many stereotypes
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para expor vários estereótipos
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about nationalities, genders,
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sobre nacionalidades, gêneros
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and social issues —
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e assuntos sociais...
00:33
["I am Russian. I sell drugs, guns, porno with kids!"]
["Vodka = water. I love vodka!"] (Laughter) —
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["Sou russa, vendo drogas,
armas e pornografia infantil!"]
["Vodka = água. Eu amo vodka!"]
(Risos)
00:36
using photography as my tool to send a message.
["Marry me, I need a visa."]
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...usando minha fotografia como ferramenta
para mandar uma mensagem.
["Case-se comigo, eu preciso do visto."]
00:41
Today, I am still performing in front of the camera
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Hoje eu ainda me apresento para a câmera
00:44
and trying to be brave like Wonder Woman.
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e tento ser valente
como a Mulher Maravilha.
00:48
I focus on balancing meaningful message,
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Eu foco o equilíbrio
de mensagem significativa,
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aesthetic, beauty, composition,
some irony, and artifacts.
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estética, beleza, composição
um pouco de ironia e artefatos.
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Today, I'm going to tell you about my project,
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Hoje eu vou contar-lhes sobre meu projeto,
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which is named Desperate Romantics.
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que se chama "Românticos Desesperados".
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They're my artifacts, or paintings
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São meus artefatos ou pinturas
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from pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood England
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da Irmandade Pré-Rafaelita na Inglaterra,
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mid-19th century.
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em meados do século 19.
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I took the painting
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Eu peguei a pintura
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and gifted new, contemporary meaning
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e apliquei um novo
significado contemporâneo,
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talking about issues which are surrounding me
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falando de assuntos que me rodeiam
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in Russia,
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na Rússia,
01:23
capturing people who are non-models
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fotografando pessoas que não são modelos,
01:26
but have an interesting story.
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mas têm uma história interessante.
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This boy is a professional dancer,
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Este menino é dançarino profissional,
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only 12 years old,
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só tem 12 anos,
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but at secondary school, he hides his dancing classes
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mas, no colégio, ele esconde
suas aulas de dança
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and is wearing the mask of brutality,
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e está usando a máscara da brutalidade,
01:39
trying to be united with the rest of his classmates
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tentando se unir com o resto
de seus colegas de classe,
01:44
like a storm trooper has no personality.
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como um storm trooper,
que não tem personalidade.
01:46
But this boy has goals and dreams
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Mas este menino tem objetivos e sonhos
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but hides it to be socially accepted,
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mas esconde-os para ser
aceito socialmente,
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because being different isn't easy,
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porque não é fácil ser diferente,
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especially in Russia.
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especialmente na Rússia.
01:57
Next portrait interpretation is metaphoric.
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A interpretação
do próximo retrato é metafórica.
02:01
And this is Nikita,
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E este é Nikita,
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a security guard from one of the bars
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segurança de um dos bares
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in St. Petersburg.
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em São Petersburgo.
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He likes to say, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry,"
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Ele gosta de dizer:
"Você não gostaria de me ver bravo",
02:12
quoting Hulk from the movie,
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citando Hulk, do filme,
02:14
but I've never seen him angry.
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mas eu nunca o vi bravo.
02:16
He hides his sensitivities and romantic side,
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Ele esconde seu lado sensível e romântico,
02:19
because in Russia, among guys,
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porque, na Rússia, entre homens,
02:21
that's not cool to be romantic,
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não é legal ser romântico,
02:23
but it's cool to be surrounded with women
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mas é legal estar rodeado de mulheres
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and look like an aggressive hulk.
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e parecer um hulk agressivo.
02:28
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
02:31
Sometimes, in my project,
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Ás vezes, no meu projeto,
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I would take the painting
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eu pego a pintura
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and give it new meaning
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e dou-lhe novo significado
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and new temptation about it.
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e uma nova tentação.
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Sometimes, I would compare facial features
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Às vezes, eu comparo
características faciais
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and playing with words:
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e brinco com as palavras:
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irony, Iron Man, ironing man.
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ironia, Homen de Ferro, homem com ferro.
02:51
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
02:54
Through the artifacts,
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Com os artefatos,
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I bring social issues
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eu trago para a conversa
02:58
which surround me in Russia into the conversation.
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assuntos sociais
que me rodeiam na Rússia.
03:01
Interesting fact about marriage in Russia,
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Uma curiosidade
sobre o casamento na Rússia:
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that most of the 18, 19-year-old girls
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a maioria das garotas de 18 ou 19 anos
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are already ready, and dream to get married.
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já estão prontas e sonham em se casar.
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We're taught from childhood,
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Aprendemos desde crianças
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successful marriage means successful life,
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que um casamento bem-sucedido significa
uma vida bem-sucedida,
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so most of the girls kind of fight
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então a maioria das garotas lutam
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to get a good husband.
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para ter um bom marido.
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And what about me?
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E eu?
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I'm 27 years old.
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Tenho 27 anos.
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For Russian society, I'm an old maid
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Na sociedade russa, eu sou uma solteirona
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and hopeless to ever get married.
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e sem esperança de me casar um dia.
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That's why you see me in a Mexican fighter mask,
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Por isso podem me ver
com uma máscara de lutador mexicano,
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in the wedding dress, all desperate in my garden.
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num vestido de noiva,
desesperada em meu jardim.
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But remember, irony is the key,
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Mas lembrem-se: o segredo é a ironia,
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and this is actually to motivate girls
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e isso é para motivar as garotas
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to fight for goals, for dreams,
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a lutarem por objetivos, por sonhos,
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and change stereotypes.
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e mudar estereótipos.
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Be brave. Be ironic — it helps.
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Sejam valentes, sejam irônicos.
Isso ajuda.
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Be funny and create some magic.
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Sejam engraçados e criem magia.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Gustavo Rocha
Reviewed by Ruy Lopes Pereira

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness.

Why you should listen

Uldus Bakhtiozina is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Russia. Born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, into a Muslim-Christian family, Bakhtiozina studied and worked in London in graphic design and photography before settling on her unique style which mixes folklore, history, fashion and challenging stereotypes. Calling her style "Tatar Baroque," in part because she is half Tatar, Bakhtiozina has a passion for irregularity, and she says that her work documents dreams. Bakhtiozina creates everything inside her analogue photography and films, from outfits to stages, to fulfill the story behind each of her creations. None of her works have been digitally manipulated.

More profile about the speaker
Uldus Bakhtiozina | Speaker | TED.com

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