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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
Srdcervoucí obrázky AIDS od Kristen Ashburn
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Během tohoto strhujícího talku dokumentaristická fotografka Kristen Ashburn sdílí nezapomenutelné obrázky dopadu AIDS na obyvatele Afriky.
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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Když jsem poprvé dorazila do překrásného Zimbabwe,
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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bylo složité pochopit, že 35% populace
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is HIV positive.
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je HIV pozitivní.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Nedocházelo mi to až do doby, než mě pozvali do domu lidí,
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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kde jsem začala chápat tu lidskou daň za epidemii.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Kupříkladu, tady je Herbert se svojí babičkou.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Když jsem ho prvně potkala, seděl babičce na klíně.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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Osiřel, když oba jeho rodiče onemocněli AIDS,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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a jeho babička se o něj starala, dokud sám nezemřel na AIDS.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Rád jí seděl na klíně,
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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říkal, že pro něj bylo bolestivé ležet v posteli.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Když vstala, aby udělala čaj, sama mi ho posadila na klín,
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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nikdy jsem nezažila tak vyzáblé dítě.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Než jsem odešla, zeptala jsem se ho, jestli mu můžu něco sehnat.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Myslela jsem, že poprosí o hračku nebo o sladkost,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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ale poprosil mě o bačkory,
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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protože mu bylo zima na nohy.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Tady je Joyce - na obrázku - je jí 21.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Svobodná matka, HIV pozitivní.
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I photographed her before and after
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Fotografovala jsme ji před tím a potom,
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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co se narodila její krásná dcerka, Issa.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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A minulý týden jsem se procházela po Manhattanu
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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a zavolala mi neznámá žena,
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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aby mi pověděla, že Joyce zemřela
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at the age of 23.
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ve věku 23.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Matka Joyce se teď stará o její dceru
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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je tomu tak u spousty dalších dětí v Zimbabwe,
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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které osiřely během epidemie.
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So a few of the stories.
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Pár příběhů.
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With every picture,
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Ale v každé fotografii
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there are individuals who have full lives
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jsou jednotlivci, kteří mají vlastní život
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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a vlastní příběh, který by měl být vyprávěn.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Všechny fotografie jsou ze Zimbabwe.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, můžete na minutku?
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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Povězte nám, jak jste se dostala do Afriky?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kirsten Ashburn: Hmm,
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CA: Just --
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CA: Jenom -
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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KA: V dobu jsem pracovala jako produkční
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for a fashion photographer.
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pro módního fotografa.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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A pořád jsem četla New York Times
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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omráčily mě statistiky, ta čísla.
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It was just frightening.
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Bylo to strašné.
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So I quit my job
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Dala jsem výpověď
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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a rozhodla jsem se, že to je ta práce, do které se pustím.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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Jela jsem na měsíc do Botswany -
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this is in December 2000 --
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to bylo v prosinci 2000 -
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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pak na měsíc a půl do Zimbabwe
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and then went back again this March 2002
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a pak zase tenhle březen 2002
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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zase na měsíc a půl do Zimbabwe.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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CA: To je ohromující příběh, děkuji vám.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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KB: Díky, že jsem ho vám mohla sdělit -
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.
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