Angélica Dass: The beauty of human skin in every color
Angélica Dass: La belleza del color de la piel humana
By cataloging every conceivable human skin tone, Angélica Dass illustrates that skin color and race are more complex than they might appear at first glance. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
in the world abolished slavery
abolió la esclavitud.
his "I Have A Dream" speech.
su discurso "Tengo un Sueño".
not only gives a first impression,
no solo causa una primera impresión,
an intense dark chocolate tone.
tono chocolate oscuro.
who I know as my grandparents.
como mis abuelos.
y cabellos de algodón.
a vanilla and strawberry yogurt tone,
y el tono del yogur de fresa,
daughter of a native Brazilian,
de avellana y miel
a mix of coffee with milk,
con la piel café con leche,
things were different soon.
las cosas fueron cambiando rápidamente.
drawing lessons in school
de dibujo en la escuela
de sentimientos encontrados.
the unique flesh-colored pencil.
el único lápiz color carne.
y la gente decía que era negra.
and people said I was black.
with a mess of colors in my head.
de colores en mi cabeza.
at a friend's party,
en la fiesta de un amigo,
on the beach with European friends.
por la playa con amigos europeos.
in upper class buildings,
en edificios de gente de clase alta,
the main elevator.
el ascensor principal.
a ello y lo acepté un tanto.
sigue rebelde y peleando.
keeps revolving and struggling.
of a lobster when sunburnt.
de una langosta quemada por el sol.
started to chase me.
comenzó a perseguirme:
es la menor de mis preocupaciones.
this is my last concern.
my personal exercise as a photographer.
un experimento personal como fotógrafa.
to highlight our true colors,
nuestros verdaderos colores de piel,
associated with race.
asociados a la raza.
en tela de juicio nuestros códigos.
from a personal story to a global history.
personal a una historia universal.
in a white background.
sobre un fondo blanco.
de 11 pixeles de la nariz,
square from the nose,
in the industrial palette, Pantone.
en el catálogo industrial Pantone.
joined the adventure,
se unieron a esta aventura,
coming through the social media.
hechas en las redes sociales.
to show my work was the Internet
para mostrar mi trabajo era Internet
that invites everybody
el botón "compartir"
in both the computer and their brain.
alrededor del mundo.
en la lista de Forbes,
the Mediterranean by boat.
el Mediterráneo en barco;
Headquarters to a shelter.
a los hogares de acogida,
como de las favelas de Río de Janeiro.
and favelas in Rio de Janeiro.
a un enfermo terminal.
how we see each other.
el cómo nos vemos unos a otros.
is questioning the race concept,
está cuestionando el concepto de raza,
to be black, white, yellow, red?
ser negro, blanco, amarillo o rojo?
the mouth, the hair?
turned out to be a discovery.
resultó ser un descubrimiento.
was useful for many people.
era útil para muchas personas.
themselves reflected in any label.
en ninguna etiqueta.
their thoughts about the work with me.
lo que pensaba de mi trabajo.
de 11 años me escribió:
to work on her confidence,
para trabajar con su confianza,
una de sus amigas discutió con ella
that she does not belong
to live in Norway.
vivir en Noruega.
a very special place in my heart
un lugar muy especial en mi corazón
on Facebook and wrote,
en Facebook y escribió,
para ubicarme en un grupo,
had difficulties to place me in a group,
pregunta a la persona:
emotivas e inesperadas,
and touching reactions,
in a different variety of fields.
en muchos otros campos diferentes.
for their sketches and their studies.
para sus dibujos y sus estudios.
de la antropología,
scientific approaches
enfoques científicos
la optofisiología;
impacts of the project
más importantes del proyecto
to be the cover of Foreign Affairs,
para ser la portada de Foreign Affairs,
political publications.
políticas más relevantes.
ambassadors for my project ...
perfectos para mi proyecto:
as a tool for educational purposes.
como una herramienta educativa.
to go back to drawing classes,
retomar la clase de dibujo,
their own unique color.
su color propio y único.
for others to communicate.
un canal para que otros se comuniquen.
in front of a therapist.
delante de un terapeuta.
y la soledad que una vez sentí,
who abolished slavery
en abolir la esclavitud
to abolish discrimination.
para abolir la discriminación
en todo el mundo,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Angélica Dass - Artist and photographerBy cataloging every conceivable human skin tone, Angélica Dass illustrates that skin color and race are more complex than they might appear at first glance.
Why you should listen
As a member of a multiracial family, Brazilian artist Angélica Dass is acutely aware of how small differences in skin tone can swell into large misconceptions and stereotypes about race.
In her ongoing project Humanæ, Dass pairs thousands of portraits of people from diverse parts of the world with their Pantone codes, revealing that our racially charged skin color labels -- red, white, brown -- as not only inaccurate but also absurd. Instead, she shows us that "these colors make us see each other as different, even though we are equal."
Angélica Dass | Speaker | TED.com