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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
Сърцераздирателни снимки на СПИН от Кристен Ашбърн
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В този вълнуващ разговор, документалната фотографка Кристен Ашбърн споделя незабравими образи за въздействието на СПИН върху хората в Африка.
Kristen Ashburn - Photographer
Kristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering. Full bio
Kristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering. Full bio
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When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe,
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Когато за първи път пристигнах в красивото Зимбабве,
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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беше трудно да се разбере, че 35% от населението
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is HIV positive.
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е ХИВ-позитивно.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Не беше наистина, докато не бях поканен в домовете на хората,
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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за да започна да разбирам човешкото измерение на епидемията.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Например, това е Хърбърт с неговата баба.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Когато го видях за първи път, той седеше в скута на баба си.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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Той беше сираче, тъй като и двамата му родители починали от СПИН,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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и баба му се грижеше за него, докато и той също почина от СПИН.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Той обичаше да стои в нейния скут,
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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понеже за него било болезнено да лежи в леглото си.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Когато тя се изправи да направи чай, тя го постави в моя скут
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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и аз никога не бях докосвала дете, което да е толкова отслабнало.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Преди да си тръгна, всъщност го попитах дали иска да му донеса нещо.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Мислех си, че ще помоли за играчка, или бонбон,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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а той ме попита за чехли,
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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понеже краката му били студени.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Това е Джойс, която е -- на тази снимка -- на 21 години.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Самотна майка, ХИВ-позитивна.
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I photographed her before and after
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Снимах я преди, и след раждането
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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на нейната красива дъщеря Иса.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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И миналата седмица, докато се разхождах по улица "Лафайет" в Манхатън,
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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получих телефонно обаждане от непозната жена,
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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която се обаждаше за да ми каже, че Джойс е починала
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at the age of 23.
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на 23 години.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Сега майката на Джойс се грижи за нейната дъщеря,
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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подобно на много други зимбабвийски деца,
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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които са осиротели от епидемията.
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So a few of the stories.
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Ето няколко истории.
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With every picture,
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Но на всяка снимка
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there are individuals who have full lives
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там са хора, които имат пълноценен живот
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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и истории, които заслужават да бъдат разказани.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Всички тези снимки са от Зимбабве.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Крис Андерсън: Кристен, ще останеш ли само за минутка,
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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само да ни кажеш твоята история, за това как се озова в Африка?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Кристен Ашбърн: Хм, господи.
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CA: Just --
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Крис Андерсън: Просто --
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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Кристен Ашбърн: Всъщност аз работех през това време, правех продукция
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for a fashion photographer.
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за моден фотограф.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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Непрекъснато четях Ню Йорк Таймс
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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и бях зашеметена от статистиката, от числата.
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It was just frightening.
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Това беше просто страшно.
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So I quit my job
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Така че напуснах работата си
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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и реших, че това е проблемът, с който искам да се боря.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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Всъщност първоначално отидох в Ботсвана, където прекарах един месец --
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this is in December 2000 --
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това беше през декември 2000 --
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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после отидох в Зимбабве за месец и половина,
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and then went back again this March 2002
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и после се върнах обратно през март 2002,
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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за още един месец и половина в Зимбабве.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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Крис Андерсън: Това е една невероятна история, благодаря.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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Кристен Ашбърн: Благодаря, че ми позволихте да я покажа.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kristen Ashburn - PhotographerKristen Ashburn's photographs bring us face-to-face with real people in desperate circumstances. Taking us to the intimate spaces of her subjects -- the victims of war, disaster, epidemic -- she elicits the sublime sadness and resolve of human beings in suffering.
Why you should listen
Kristen Ashburn's poignant photographs bring us into close contact with individuals in the midst of enormous hardship -- giving a human face to struggles that much of the world knows only as statistics and blurbs on the news. She has photographed the people of Iraq a year after the U.S. invasion, Jewish settlers in Gaza, suicide bombers, the penal system in Russia, victims of tuberculosis and the aftermath of the tsunami in Sri Lanka and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. One of her more recent works, BLOODLINE: AIDS and Family, looked at the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
Her unflinching photographs from the Middle East, Europe, and Africa have appeared in many publications including The New Yorker, TIME, Newsweek, and Life. She has won numerous awards, including the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism Award and two World Press Photo prizes.
Kristen Ashburn | Speaker | TED.com