Stephen Wilkes: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
Стивен Уилкс: Течение времени, отражённое в одной фотографии
By blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations. Full bio
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as the recording of a single moment
как запечатление мгновения,
represents a tangible piece
по прошествии времени.
than one moment in a photograph?
более одного мгновения на фотографии?
could actually collapse time,
лучшие моменты дня и ночи
of the day and the night
called "Day to Night"
iconic locations,
культовых достопримечательностей —
our collective memory.
что я называю коллективной памятью.
и не меняю положения во время съёмки.
and I never move.
of humanity and light as time passes.
людей и света по мере течения времени.
from 15 to 30 hours
of the day and night.
into one single photograph,
в одну фотографию,
journey with time.
путешествие во времени.
early morning rowers
собор Нотр-Дам.
the romance of the City of Light.
настоящую романтику города Света.
from 50 feet in the air,
уличной фотографией с высоты 15 метров,
in this photograph
в течение того дня.
была пропитана историей.
of going to a place like Venice
в такие места, как Венеция,
a specific event.
the historical Regata,
Историческую регату —
taking place since 1498.
look exactly as they did then.
как было принято в то время.
want you guys to understand is:
обратить ваше внимание:
throughout the day and the night.
of magical moments.
волшебных мгновений.
is the fear of just missing one of them.
хотя бы даже одно из них.
возникла в 1996 году.
to create a panoramic photograph
создать панорамную фотографию
film Romeo + Juliet.
База Лурмана «Ромео+Джульетта».
it's a square.
я обнаружил, что она квадратная.
a panoramic was to shoot a collage
создать панорамное фото
снятых отдельно.
стояли Леонардо ДиКаприо и Клэр Дэйнс.
embracing.
actually reflecting in it.
этого конкретного кадра, я попросил:
для фотографии?»
to my studio in New York,
"Wow, this is so cool!
«Ничего себе! Как здорово!
на протяжении 13 лет,
stayed with me for 13 years
не догнали мои мечты.
has caught up to my dreams.
я сделал на пирсе в Санта-Монике.
of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.
которое даст представление о том,
it's like being with me
that to get views like this,
чтобы получить такую панораму, как эта,
and I'm usually in a cherry picker
12–18 часов съёмки в режиме нон-стоп
12-18 hours, non-stop
is I love to people-watch.
in the house to have.
creating these photographs.
как я создаю эти фотографии.
and the location,
and night ends.
и заканчивается ночь.
под действием силы тяжести.
compress it into single plane.
сжимаю её в одну плоскость.
of this work is also,
сверху вниз и даже по диагонали.
up or down, even diagonally.
пространственно-временной континуум
двухмерной фотографии.
going on in my mind.
в реальном времени.
ориентируясь на время, —
чтобы завершить процесс.
months to complete.
when I get up there
и начал снимать.
going to be in the picture,
кто будет на фото,
или закат — это вне контроля.
sunrise or sunset -- no control.
и всё осталось прежним,
and everything remained the same,
over a month of editing
что выбрал за месяц редактирования,
into the master plate.
в контрольную печатную форму.
these two very discordant worlds.
между этими двумя несовместимыми мирами.
important influence in all my work
огромное влияние на мою работу,
of Albert Bierstadt,
Альберта Бирштадта,
that I did on the National Parks.
фотосессию национальных парков.
«Йосемитская долина».
I created of Yosemite.
в парке Йосемите.
of the 2016 January issue
обложкой National Geographic
30 hours in this picture.
я снимал в течение 30 часов.
and the moonlight as it transitions,
и трансформации лунного света,
of time throughout the landscape.
движение времени по долине.
the magical moments of humanity
за волшебными мгновениями человечества
of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.
фотокопия картины Альберта Бирштадта.
to rise in the valley,
подниматься над долиной,
with excitement
exact same lighting
как на картине Бирштадта,
отражает всё, что нас окружает.
the things I love
and, especially, history.
и особенно наша история.
Барака Обамы в 2013 году.
of Barack Obama.
waiting with the children,
как его жена Мишель ждёт с детьми,
when I create photographs like this.
встаёт множество трудных задач.
up in the air
ножничном подъёмнике,
shifted our weight,
перемещались в подъёмнике,
этого изображения —
1,800 in this picture,
things doing this work.
выполняя эту работу.
are patience
like New York from above,
такой город, как Нью-Йорк,
in cars anymore.
the energy of New York,
энергию Нью-Йорка,
to really capture that.
которая поистине передаёт её.
на ваших глазах.
I would checkerboard time.
в шахматном порядке.
it's actually day.
wrap our heads around.
begin to put a face on time.
metaphysical visual reality.
метафизическую визуальную реальность.
looking at a place,
15 часов, наблюдая,
a little differently
with our camera,
«Селфи Святого Сердца».
не кинув и взгляда на Сакре-Кёр.
not even look at Sacré-Coeur.
in using it as a backdrop.
в качестве фона.
extraordinary example,
исключительный пример
между представлением о нашем опыте
what we think the human experience is
is evolving into.
become more important
for me personally:
Park in Tanzania.
Серенгети в Танзании.
in the middle of the Seronera,
в центральной части Серонеры,
the peak migration
во время пика миграции,
the most diverse range of animals.
представителей мира животных.
прямо во время пика миграции.
during the peak migration,
were drawn to the water.
the same way it was behaving,
to capture something unique.
сфотографировать нечто уникальное.
18 feet in the air.
недоступный для крокодилов.
share a single resource called water.
делили один ресурс под названием вода.
is supposed to have wars over
человечеству войнами за обладание
grunted at each other.
that we humans don't.
чем мы, люди:
называемым водой,
is really a new way of seeing,
действительно меняет мировоззрение:
пространственно-временной континуум
within a photograph.
along with photography,
вместе с искусством фотографии
a deeper meaning of time and memory,
более глубокий смысл времени и памяти,
of untold stories,
нерассказанных историй,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Wilkes - Narrative photographerBy blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations.
Why you should listen
Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, photographer Stephen Wilkes has built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America's most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work.
His photographs are included in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Dow Jones Collection, Griffin Museum of Photography, Jewish Museum of NY, Library of Congress, Snite Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Museum of the City of New York, 9/11 Memorial Museum and numerous private collections. His editorial work has appeared in, and on the covers of, leading publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, TIME, Fortune, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and many others.
In 1998, a one-day assignment to the south side of Ellis Island led to a 5-year photographic study of the island's long abandoned medical wards where immigrants were detained before they could enter America. Through his photographs and video, Wilkes helped secure $6 million toward the restoration of the south side of the island.
Day to Night, Wilkes' most defining project, began in 2009. These epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of full day. Blending these images into a single photograph takes months to complete. Day to Night has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning as well as dozens of other prominent media outlets and, with a grant from the National Geographic Society, was recently extended to include America's National Parks in celebration of their centennial anniversary. The series will be published by TASCHEN as a monograph in 2017.
Wilkes, who lives and maintains his studio in Westport, CT, is represented by Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York; Peter Fetterman Gallery, Los Angeles; Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe; and ARTITLEDContemporary, The Netherlands.
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