Alec Soth and Stacey Baker: This is what enduring love looks like
آلک سوت + استیسی بیکر: عشق پایدار اینگونه است
Stacey Baker assigns photography for the wide-ranging vision of the weekly New York Times Magazine. Full bioAlec Soth - Photographer
Alec Soth makes large-scale projects that are as much about dreams and heartache as they are about charting the landscape of Middle America. Full bio
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I got a call from a woman in Texas,
خانمی از تگزاز به من زنگ زد،
in an art exhibition
me to take a portrait of her parents.
تعدادی عکس از پدر و مادرش بگیریم.
and I thought this was some sort of
و فکر میکردم که او از ثروتمندان نفتی است
to make this happen.
about photographing Stacey.
استیسی عکس بگیرم.
one of my best-known portraits.
Stacey was working as an attorney
استسی به عنوان وکیل مدافع
to study photography in Maine,
تا که عکاسی را در ایالت مین بخواند،
she ended up meeting
at the New York Times Magazine
Alec and I have done
آلک و من
to Alec about a fascination of mine.
که مرا شیفته کرده گفتگو کردن.
with how couples meet.
توجه و وسواسی زیادی داشته ام.
and his wife Rachel met,
of a high school football game
در دبیرستان برمیگردد
in doing a photography project
but I was actually much more interested
اما من بیشتر علاقه به اینکه
Stacey to have a boyfriend.
او هرگز دوست پسری نداشت.
I thought it'd be interesting
این جالب خواهد بود
go speed dating
as the world's largest speed dating event.
وب سایت آگهی دادیم.
breaker questions to get the ball rolling,
برای شرکت کنندگان تهیه کردیم.
of animal, what would you be?"
چه حیوانی می بودی؟"
after placing an ad for a Capricorn.
با ازدواج کرده بود.
at the end of the evening,
at one of the concession stands.
to the date-a-thon together.
you notice about a woman?"
زن توجه اش را جلب می کند چیست؟"
with muscular calves.
عضلانی هست.
triathlons, I run half-marathons.
سه گانه بازی می کرد و من نیمه ماراتن.
if I was attracted to him, but I wasn't,
ایا من به او علاقمندم، ولی من نبودم.
attracted to me either.
علاقه ای به من نداشت.
running late for a meeting.
برای یک جلسه دیرت شده.
about a woman is her teeth,
توجه اش را جلب می کند دندان ها هستند،
to help prevent gum disease,
نخ دندان به دندانهایش می کشد،
نخ دندان می کشد،
that was flossing more
نخ دندان بکشم
about auditing. (Laughter)
مورد حسابرسی حرف زدیم.( خنده)
about a woman is her complexion.
زن توجه می کند رنگ رخسار اوست.
wear too much makeup,
از زنها زیادی آرایش می کنند،
to accentuate the features that they have.
برای برجسته کردن ویژگی های صورت آنها باشد.
that that was a good thing.
I was willing to be vulnerable.
که من شکننده باشم.
remember my most embarrassing moment.
شرمنده شده بودم را به یاد بیاورم ناامید شده بود.
ولی من دروغ نمیگفتم.
but at the end of the night,
اما در آخر آن شب،
a box of chocolates.
was the MC of the event.
مدیر تشریفات این ملاقات ها بود.
"The Young and the Restless."
give their phone numbers to him.
و شماره تلفن به آنها داده.
any of the men that I went on dates with,
از افرادی که دیده بودم احساس نکردم،
a particular connection with me either.
حس بخصوصی درباره من داشتند.
is the quality of vulnerability.
کیفیت آسیب پذیری است.
in which you can get a glimpse
I saw so many examples of that,
من نمونه های زیادی از آن را دیدیم،
and talked to her about them,
را نگاه می کردم و با او صحبت کردم،
photographic love is from real love.
بین عشق عکسی و عشق واقعی هست.
and to figure out how someone goes
و فهمیدن اینکه چگونه یک نفر
to having a life together,
تا با آن فرد زندگی مشترک داشته باشند،
retirement community in Las Vegas.
who runs the community's photography club.
که کلوپ عکاسی این جامعه را به عهده داشت.
in their makeshift photo studio.
استودیو موقت عکاسی شان ملاقات کنیم.
Anastasia's husband died two years ago,
شوهر آناستازیا دو سال پیش فوت کرد،
an old wedding picture.
عروسی قدیمی داشته باشد به ما بدهد.
when she was a 15-year-old waitress
که پانزده ساله و پیشخدمت
the year in Las Vegas two years in a row,
در لاس وگاس بهترین عکاس شده بود،
that he met his wife, Judy,
همسرش ریچل را دیده بود.
to look at beautiful women,
زنان زیبا را ببیند،
his decision to marry Judy.
برای ازدواج با جودی پرسیده نشد.
at a parish dance.
در مراسم رقص دیده بود.
they weren't especially philosophical
درباره انتخاب اولشان
that really stuck with me.
you just go with it."
فقط بر اساس آن جلو می روی."
when she was still in high school.
زمانی که ترودی هنوز دبیرستانی بود
همدیگر را ملاقات کردند .
attracted to each other
همدیگر را دیدیند بطور خیلی خاصی
married soon after.
president, and his wife, Mary.
second marriage.
in Louisville, Kentucky called the Sahara.
در ایالت کنتاکی به نام صحرا دیدیند.
and she was with friends.
he owed the IRS 9,000 dollars in taxes,
او ۹٫۰۰۰ دلار بدهکاری مالیاتی داشت،
get out of debt,
his paychecks over to Mary,
when they married, and Mary knew it.
الکلی بود، و مری این را می دانست.
he says he consumed
he threatened to kill Mary
مری و دو فرزندشان را
was called to the house.
in Alcoholics Anonymous
after we left Sun City,
هنگامی که سان سیتی را ترک کردیم،
were all that interesting.
جالب باشند!
quality of endurance,
ویژگی زیبای استقامت بودند،
and the singles were out there
و مجردها بیرون می روند
were holding onto each other
were of Joe and Roseanne.
مال جو و روزالین بود.
if they had an old wedding photograph.
آیا عکسی قدیمی از عروسیشان دارند.
pulled out of their wallets
توی کیف پولشان
I thought to myself,
کدام زیباتر است،
who has just fallen in love
به تازگی عاشق هم شده اند،
holding onto this image for decades?
برای دهه ها نگه داشته اند؟
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Stacey Baker - Photo editorStacey Baker assigns photography for the wide-ranging vision of the weekly New York Times Magazine.
Why you should listen
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Alec Soth - Photographer
Alec Soth makes large-scale projects that are as much about dreams and heartache as they are about charting the landscape of Middle America.
Why you should listen
Alec Soth is a photographer born and based in Minnesota. He has published several books, including Sleeping by the Mississippi, Niagara and Broken Manual. The New York Times once wrote that Soth has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers." His editorial work routinely appears in The New York Times Magazine, he is a member of the Magnum photo agency, and his work was featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.
In 2008, Soth started his own experimental publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom, that explores the possibilities of combining images and text. After publishing seven issues of his own newspaper, Soth compiled this work into his latest monograph, Songbook.
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