Françoise Mouly: The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers
Françoise Mouly: Poveștile din spatele coperților iconice ale The New Yorker
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a somewhat staid institution
una oarecum constantă
from its ivory tower
din turnul ei de fildeș
the right thing for me to do
by how an image can --
de cum poate o imagine -
that we see every single day.
de imagini pe care le vedem în fiecare zi.
a social trend or a complex event
sau un eveniment complex
wouldn't be able to do --
nu sunt capabile să o facă --
and turn it into a cartoon.
și să o transforme într-un desen.
drawn by Rea Irvin in 1925 --
desenată de Rea Irvin în 1925 -
through his monocle,
prin monoclul său,
as the magazine had become known
devine cunocută
and long reports,
și rapoartele lungi,
had gotten lost along the way,
de-a lungul drumului,
was seen as a haughty dandy,
a fost văzut ca un dandy arogant,
pentru prima oară această imagine,
a unei reviste de umor
of the roaring twenties.
cu moda din anii '20.
that really captured the zeitgeist
cu adevărat spiritul timpului
not just how people dressed
cu se îmbrăcau oamenii
cum era trăiești în anii '30.
to be alive in the '30s.
to be in the subway,
are approved by the editor,
aprobate de către editor,
not telling you what to think.
cum să gândești.
have to complete the picture.
trebuie să completezi imaginea.
on the left by Anita Kunz,
din stânga de Anita Kunz,
that are in your head.
pe care le ai în minte.
just have to show people,
doar să arate oameni,
with what we were going through,
lucrurilor prin care treceam,
could capture this moment,
nu poate surprinde momentul,
doar o copertă neagră,
cartoonist Art Spiegelman,
caricaturist Art Spiegelman,
that I was going to propose that,
intenționez să propun asta,
going to do a black cover,
să faci o copertă neagră,
the silhouette of the Twin Towers,
Turnurilor Gemene
de a ilustra pierderea
that I learned in the process --
pe care l-am învățat în acest proces -
that say the most
care spun cel mai mult
that we published by Bob Staake
lui Bob Staake pe care am publicat-o
experience the emotions that we all feel
emoțiile pe care le simțim cu toții
could publish was this,
publica a fost aceasta,
on the week that everybody voted.
când toată lumea a votat.
somebody would feel this --
că cineva a simțit asta -
was announced.
au fost anunțate.
that was sent by Bob Staake again,
trimisă de Bob Staake din nou
what's going to come next,
cu adevărat ce va urma,
știut cum să mergem înainte,
know how to move forward,
after Donald Trump's election
după alegerea lui Donald Trump
come to life week after week,
prinzând viață săptămână după săptămână,
which one is my favorite,
care este favorita mea,
is how different every image is,
cât de diferită este fiecare imagine,
and the diversity
talentului și diversității
Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley.
Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley.
than a flabbergasted Donald Trump
decât un Donald Trump buimac
how to control the butterfly effect,
cum să controleze efectul fluturelui,
that was drawn by Rae Irvin in 1925
care a fost desenat de Rae Irvin în 1925
about this moment
de acest moment
is essential to our democracy.
este esențială în democrația noastră.
the sublime to the ridiculous
de la sublim la ridicol
indiană și acuarele
into the cultural dialogue.
într-un dialog cultural.
at the center of that culture,
în centrul acelei culturi,
where I think they should be.
în care cred că ar trebui să fie.
right now is a good cartoon.
nevoie acum e o caricatură bună.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Françoise Mouly - Art editorFrançoise Mouly is The New Yorker's longtime art editor.
Why you should listen
Françoise Mouly joined The New Yorker as art editor in April 1993. She has been responsible for more than 1,000 covers over her tenure at The New Yorker, many of which were chosen by The American Society of Magazine Editors as "best cover of the year."
Mouly is the publisher and editorial director of TOON Books, an imprint of comics and visual narratives for young readers. In 2017, Mouly began publishing RESIST!, a giveaway newspaper of comics and graphics, coedited with her daughter, writer Nadja Spiegelman.
Since 1980, Mouly has founded and co-edited (with collaborator and husband Art Spiegelman) the groundbreaking comics anthology RAW; the New York Times-bestselling Little Lit series; and the TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics. Born in Paris, Mouly studied architecture at the Beaux Arts before she moving to New York. Among her many awards, she has received France's highest honor, the Legion of Honneur and, in 2015, the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for her work in education.
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