Alec Soth and Stacey Baker: This is what enduring love looks like
אלק סות' וסטייסי בייקר: כך נראית אהבה רבת-שנים
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,
התקשרה אלי אישה מטקסס,
in an art exhibition
בתערוכת אמנות
me to take a portrait of her parents.
בכדי לצלם את הוריה.
and I thought this was some sort of
וחשבתי שהיתה זה סוג של
to make this happen.
על מנת לאפשר זאת.
about photographing Stacey.
מלצלם את סטייסי.
one of my best-known portraits.
המוכרים ביותר שלי.
Stacey was working as an attorney
סטייסי עבדה כעורכת דין
to study photography in Maine,
בכדי ללמוד צילום במיין,
she ended up meeting
קרה שפגשה
at the New York Times Magazine
Alec and I have done
אלק ואני קיימנו
to Alec about a fascination of mine.
עם אלק על תחום משיכה שלי.
with how couples meet.
and his wife Rachel met,
ואשתו רייצ'ל נפגשו,
of a high school football game
פוטבול בתיכון,
והוא בן 15,
in doing a photography project
יהיה מעוניין בקיום פרויקט צילום
but I was actually much more interested
אך למעשה הרבה יותר התעניינתי
Stacey to have a boyfriend.
שלסטייסי היה חבר.
I thought it'd be interesting
חשבתי שיהיה מעניין
go speed dating
ל"ספיד דייטינג"
as the world's largest speed dating event.
הספיד דייטינג הגדול בעולם.
breaker questions to get the ball rolling,
"שוברות קרח" בכדי לגלגל את השיחה
of animal, what would you be?"
חיה, איזו היית בוחר?"
after placing an ad for a Capricorn.
לאחר שפרסם מודעה לבני מזל גדי.
at the end of the evening,
at one of the concession stands.
באחת מהעמדות.
to the date-a-thon together.
you notice about a woman?"
שאתה שם לב אליו באישה?"
with muscular calves.
triathlons, I run half-marathons.
אני רצה חצי-מרתון.
if I was attracted to him, but I wasn't,
אם נמשכתי אליו, אבל לא נמשכתי,
attracted to me either.
running late for a meeting.
ומאחרת לפגישה.
about a woman is her teeth,
אליו באישה הוא השיניים שלה,
to help prevent gum disease,
בחוט דנטלי בכדי למנוע מחלות חניכיים,
that was flossing more
about auditing. (Laughter)
על ראיית חשבון. (צחוק)
about a woman is her complexion.
באישה הוא גוון העור שלה.
wear too much makeup,
שמות יותר מדי מייק אפ
to accentuate the features that they have.
להדגיש את המאפיינים הקיימים שלהן.
that that was a good thing.
I was willing to be vulnerable.
שאני מוכנה להיות פגיעה.
remember my most embarrassing moment.
שיכולתי להיזכר ברגע המביך ביותר שלי.
but at the end of the night,
אך בסוף הערב,
a box of chocolates.
was the MC of the event.
המנחה של הערב.
"The Young and the Restless."
חסרי מנוח".
give their phone numbers to him.
לו את מספרי הטלפון שלהן.
any of the men that I went on dates with,
מהגברים שפגשתי,
a particular connection with me either.
מיוחד איתי.
is the quality of vulnerability.
in which you can get a glimpse
ניתן לקבל הצצה
I saw so many examples of that,
ראיתי הרבה דוגמאות לכך,
and talked to her about them,
ודיברתי איתה עליהם,
photographic love is from real love.
and to figure out how someone goes
כיצד מישהו עובר
to having a life together,
retirement community in Las Vegas.
who runs the community's photography club.
שמנהל את מועדון הצילום הקהילתי.
in their makeshift photo studio.
בסטודיו הצילום המאולתר שלהם.
Anastasia's husband died two years ago,
בעלה של אנסטסיה נפטר לפני שנתיים,
an old wedding picture.
when she was a 15-year-old waitress
the year in Las Vegas two years in a row,
שנתיים ברצף,
that he met his wife, Judy,
to look at beautiful women,
his decision to marry Judy.
להינשא לג'ודי.
at a parish dance.
they weren't especially philosophical
הם לא היו ממש פילוסופיים
that really stuck with me.
you just go with it."
אתה פשוט זורם איתה"
when she was still in high school.
כשהיא הייתה עדיין בתיכון.
attracted to each other
married soon after.
president, and his wife, Mary.
ואשתו, מרי.
second marriage.
in Louisville, Kentucky called the Sahara.
שנקרא "הסהרה".
and she was with friends.
he owed the IRS 9,000 dollars in taxes,
9000 דולר
get out of debt,
his paychecks over to Mary,
הוא העביר את המשכורות שלו למרי,
when they married, and Mary knew it.
ומרי ידעה זאת.
he says he consumed
he threatened to kill Mary
הוא איים להרוג את מרי
was called to the house.
in Alcoholics Anonymous
after we left Sun City,
אחרי שעזבו את "סאן סיטי",
were all that interesting.
יהיו כל כך מעניינים.
quality of endurance,
and the singles were out there
והרווקים היו שם בחוץ
were holding onto each other
נאחזו האחד בשני
were of Joe and Roseanne.
היו של ג'ו ושל רוזאן.
if they had an old wedding photograph.
להם תמונות ישנות מהחתונה.
pulled out of their wallets
I thought to myself,
חשבתי לעצמי,
who has just fallen in love
holding onto this image for decades?
מחזיקים בתמונה הזו במשך שנים?
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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