Uldus Bakhtiozina: Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be
Uldus Bakhtiozina: Portrete care transformă oamenii în orice își doresc ei să fie
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
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
with my art photography,
cu arta mea fotografică,
the impact from the art
impactul artei
and calculate it.
și calcula impactul.
to explain to my mother my art
să-i explic mamei arta mea
is widely exposing the theme of escapism.
expun pe larg tema evadării.
așa cum ar putea fi,
I love things that are authentic
iubesc lucrurile autentice
to create my images.
să creez imagini.
to a better life,
unei vieți mai bune,
like that for my models?
în această situație,
how to survive in real life.
cum să supraviețuiesc în viața reală.
at the same time as a waitress.
ca chelneriță.
that I am taking a role in a film,
că joc un rol într-un film,
and brows to gingerette,
și sprâncenele roșcat,
lives for my models
of being someone else in reality.
de a fi altcineva în realitate.
become like silent movie actors.
asemena actorilor din filmele mute.
in being someone else entirely.
a new reality in its entirety,
every single thing in my work,
cu tehnologii analogice
manipulations to my photographs,
nicio fotografie,
to take place in reality,
pretty much everything.
in authenticity of making,
în autenticitatea a ceea ce fac,
travel photographs.
din călătoria altcuiva.
of being someone else a reality.
de a fi altcineva să devină reale.
of being seen as a warrior,
să fie văzută ca o războinică,
because of her health problems.
din cauza problemelor de sănătate.
la vârsta de 22 de ani.
working on together
am lucrat împreună luni de zile
she dreamed of becoming
in Milan by Vogue Magazine.
din Milano de revista Vogue.
saw her image from the land of escapism
imaginea din ținutul evadării
as a brave and fearless warrior.
ca războinică vitează și neînfricată.
to play a game
îi invit pe oameni să joace un joc
pentru oamenii mari.
of being important and powerful
de a fi importanți și puternici
my own personal experience.
that we can gauge,
pentru a măsura,
o viață fermecată,
and inspires us to dwell
și ne inspiră să ne oprim
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionaryTED 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.
Uldus Bakhtiozina | Speaker | TED.com