Stephen Wilkes: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
Стівен Вілкес: Плин часу, зафіксований на одному знімку
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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на яких оживають історії.
as the recording of a single moment
як збереження моменту,
represents a tangible piece
це частина наших спогадів,
than one moment in a photograph?
ніж один момент на фотографії?
could actually collapse time,
of the day and the night
called "Day to Night"
яка має назву "З дня в ніч".
iconic locations,
фотозйомки визначних місць,
our collective memory.
колективною пам'яттю.
and I never move.
і не змінюю положення під час зйомки.
of humanity and light as time passes.
і світла з плином часу.
from 15 to 30 hours
of the day and night.
into one single photograph,
в одну фотографію,
journey with time.
early morning rowers
які вранці пливуть
що сяє уночі.
the romance of the City of Light.
справжню романтику Міста світла.
from 50 feet in the air,
15-метрової висоти,
in this photograph
of going to a place like Venice
до такого міста, як Венеція,
a specific event.
the historical Regata,
історичну Регату -
taking place since 1498.
з 1498 року.
look exactly as they did then.
як було прийнято в той час.
want you guys to understand is:
я хочу звернути вашу увагу:
throughout the day and the night.
of magical moments.
чарівних миттєвостей.
is the fear of just missing one of them.
хоча б одну з них.
to create a panoramic photograph
створити панорамний знімок
film Romeo + Juliet.
База Лурмана "Ромео+Джульєта".
it's a square.
і зрозумів, що він квадратний.
a panoramic was to shoot a collage
було відзняти колаж
embracing.
Леонардо Ді Капріо і Клер Дейнс.
actually reflecting in it.
to my studio in New York,
до своєї студії в Нью-Йорку
"Wow, this is so cool!
"Нічого собі! Як це чудово!
stayed with me for 13 years
і залишилася зі мною протягом 13 років,
has caught up to my dreams.
нарешті не наздогнали мої мрії.
of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.
на пірсі Санта-Моніки.
it's like being with me
як це - бути зі мною
that to get views like this,
щоб отримати таку панораму, як ця,
and I'm usually in a cherry picker
я проводжу на висоті - на автовишці
12-18 hours, non-stop
безперервної зйомки
is I love to people-watch.
спостерігати за людьми.
in the house to have.
creating these photographs.
я створюю ці фотографії.
and the location,
and night ends.
коли почнеться день і закінчиться ніч.
під дією сили тяжіння.
compress it into single plane.
стискаючи її в одну площину.
of this work is also,
ви побачите, що
up or down, even diagonally.
іноді зверху вниз і навіть по діагоналі.
going on in my mind.
пазл у реальному часі.
months to complete.
when I get up there
з моменту як
going to be in the picture,
sunrise or sunset -- no control.
- усе це поза контролем.
and everything remained the same,
і все залишилось без змін,
over a month of editing
вибрав за місяць редагування,
into the master plate.
these two very discordant worlds.
між цими двома несумісними світами.
important influence in all my work
of Albert Bierstadt,
Альберта Бірштадта,
that I did on the National Parks.
фотозйомку національних парків.
I created of Yosemite.
of the 2016 January issue
30 hours in this picture.
and the moonlight as it transitions,
of time throughout the landscape.
the magical moments of humanity
миттєвостями людства
of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.
фотокопія картини Бірштадта.
to rise in the valley,
with excitement
exact same lighting
як на картині Бірштадта,
що нас оточує.
the things I love
що я так люблю
and, especially, history.
of Barack Obama.
waiting with the children,
дружина Мішель чекає з дітьми,
when I create photographs like this.
постає безліч важких завдань.
up in the air
shifted our weight,
1,800 in this picture,
things doing this work.
виконуючи цю роботу.
are patience
like New York from above,
як Нью-Йорк, з висоти,
in cars anymore.
the energy of New York,
енергію Нью-Йорка,
to really capture that.
яка чітко відображає її.
I would checkerboard time.
у шаховому порядку.
it's actually day.
wrap our heads around.
по-своєму зображують час.
begin to put a face on time.
metaphysical visual reality.
looking at a place,
a little differently
with our camera,
not even look at Sacré-Coeur.
in using it as a backdrop.
extraordinary example,
винятковий приклад
what we think the human experience is
демонстрацією нашого досвіду,
is evolving into.
become more important
поділитися досвідом,
for me personally:
Park in Tanzania.
in the middle of the Seronera,
центральній частині Серонери,
the peak migration
the most diverse range of animals.
різних представників світу тварин.
during the peak migration,
were drawn to the water.
the same way it was behaving,
to capture something unique.
сфотографувати щось унікальне.
18 feet in the air.
share a single resource called water.
ресурс під назвою вода.
is supposed to have wars over
протягом наступних 50 років.
grunted at each other.
that we humans don't.
який називається вода,
is really a new way of seeing,
дійсно змінює світогляд:
within a photograph.
у межах однієї фотографії.
along with photography,
із мистецтвом фотографії,
a deeper meaning of time and memory,
глибший сенс часу і пам'яті,
of untold stories,
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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