Stephen Wilkes: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
स्टीफ़ेन विल्कीस: एक फोटो मे कैद, गुजरते लम्हे!
By blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations. Full bio
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as the recording of a single moment
represents a tangible piece
than one moment in a photograph?
पल संजो सकें तो!
could actually collapse time,
दिन और रात के
of the day and the night
called "Day to Night"
"दिन और रात" कहते हैं
iconic locations,
शुरु होता है जो
our collective memory.
and I never move.
और खुद वहीं रहता हूं।
of humanity and light as time passes.
प्रकाश के क्षणिक पलों को कैद करता हूं
from 15 to 30 hours
चुनता हूं।
of the day and night.
into one single photograph,
फ़ोटो मे मिलाकर
journey with time.
कल्पना करता हूँ।
early morning rowers
the romance of the City of Light.
रोशनी के शहर का अफ़सना भी दिखा सकता हूँ।
from 50 feet in the air,
एक सामान्य फोटोग्राफ़र हूँ,
in this photograph
of going to a place like Venice
किसी खास घटना के समय देखना
a specific event.
the historical Regata,
ऐतिहासिक रेगाटा देखूंगा,
taking place since 1498.
look exactly as they did then.
जैसे ही दिखते हैं।
want you guys to understand is:
आप सब अच्छे से समझ लें:
throughout the day and the night.
of magical moments.
is the fear of just missing one of them.
का डर है जो मुझे प्रेरित करता है।
to create a panoramic photograph
"रोमिओ+ज्युलिअट" के अभिनेता और कर्मीदल
film Romeo + Juliet.
it's a square.
ये तो वर्गाकार है।
a panoramic was to shoot a collage
२५० अलग अलग फोटो लेकर
embracing.
आलिंगन मुद्रा मे थे,
दायीं ओर घुमाया,
actually reflecting in it.
to my studio in New York,
वापस आ गया,
एकसाथ चिपकाया
"Wow, this is so cool!
"वाह, ये तो एकदम मस्त है!
stayed with me for 13 years
has caught up to my dreams.
सीमा तक पहुच पायी।
of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.
बनाया है, दिन से रात तक!
it's like being with me
चित्रों को बनाते
that to get views like this,
दृश्य पाने के लिये
and I'm usually in a cherry picker
12-18 hours, non-stop
बिना रुके पूरे दिन के पसरने
is I love to people-watch.
लोगों को देखना!
in the house to have.
सबसे अच्छी है।
creating these photographs.
तस्वीरों को बनाता हूँ।
and the location,
के बाद, मुझे तय करना होता है कि
and night ends.
कपड़े की तरह होता है।
बारे मे सोचिये जो
compress it into single plane.
एक ही तल मे जमा देता हूँ।
of this work is also,
up or down, even diagonally.
यहां तक कि तिरछा भी!
दूरी-समय सांतत्यक
going on in my mind.
चल रही हो।
months to complete.
when I get up there
फोटो लेता हूं तो
going to be in the picture,
फोटो मे कौन होगा,
sunrise or sunset -- no control.
कि नहीं, कुछ नहीं पता!
and everything remained the same,
और सब कुछ ठीक रहा हो,
कौन बाहर होगा, और
over a month of editing
करके चुने गये सर्वोत्तम पलों को चुनूंगा
into the master plate.
बन जाते हैं
these two very discordant worlds.
एक अद्वितीय सामंजस्य का निर्माण करता हूं।
important influence in all my work
प्रभाव रहा है और
of Albert Bierstadt,
एल्बर्ट बीअरस्टेड,
that I did on the National Parks.
जो मैंने राष्ट्रीय पार्क मे करी।
I created of Yosemite.
of the 2016 January issue
जनवरी २०१६ अंक की
30 hours in this picture.
ज्यादा फोटो खींची।
and the moonlight as it transitions,
चाँदनी से जगमगाते अल केपितान को
of time throughout the landscape.
को भी कैद किया!
the magical moments of humanity
बदलते समय के साथ
of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.
की एक प्रतिलिपि मेरी जेब मे थी।
to rise in the valley,
with excitement
exact same lighting
एकदम बीअरस्टेड के
the things I love
and, especially, history.
इतिहास के बारे मे है.
of Barack Obama.
का अभिषेक
waiting with the children,
when I create photographs like this.
बहुत सारे चुनौतीपूर्ण पहलू होते हैं।
up in the air
shifted our weight,
1,800 in this picture,
things doing this work.
अद्भुत चीजें सीखी हैं
are patience
हैं धैर्य
like New York from above,
ऊपर से फोटो लेते है
in cars anymore.
एक बड़े झुन्ड जैसे लगते हैं,
the energy of New York,
बात करते हैं
to really capture that.
शतरंज के खानों की तरह चिन्हित करूंगा
I would checkerboard time.
it's actually day.
wrap our heads around.
begin to put a face on time.
metaphysical visual reality.
को रूप प्रदान करते हैं
looking at a place,
a little differently
केमरा लेकर जाते हैं
with our camera,
not even look at Sacré-Coeur.
ओर देखा तक नहीं।
in using it as a backdrop.
इस्तेमाल करना चाहते थे।
extraordinary example,
असाधारण उदाहरण है.
what we think the human experience is
हम जो मानवीय अनुभव के बारे मे सोचते हैं.
is evolving into.
become more important
महत्त्वपूर्ण हो गया है
for me personally:
Park in Tanzania.
in the middle of the Seronera,
बीचोंबीच लिया गया है,
the peak migration
the most diverse range of animals.
पशुओं कि फोटो ले सकूं।
during the peak migration,
were drawn to the water.
the same way it was behaving,
चल रहा है, वैसा ही रहा तो
to capture something unique.
असली मौका है
18 feet in the air.
share a single resource called water.
संसाधन, पानी, साझा करती हैं।
is supposed to have wars over
५० सालों मे
grunted at each other.
that we humans don't.
जो हम इंन्सान नहीं समझते!
is really a new way of seeing,
देखने का एक नया तरीका है
स्पेस-टाइम कोन्टिनुअम
within a photograph.
along with photography,
विकसित होगी,
a deeper meaning of time and memory,
गहन अर्थ व्यकत करेंगे बल्कि वे
of untold stories,
एक समयोपरि खिड़की बनाते हुये,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stephen Wilkes - Narrative photographerBy blending up to 100 still photographs into a seamless composite that captures the transition from day to night, Stephen Wilkes reveals the stories hidden in familiar locations.
Why you should listen
Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, photographer Stephen Wilkes has built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America's most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work.
His photographs are included in the collections of the George Eastman Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Dow Jones Collection, Griffin Museum of Photography, Jewish Museum of NY, Library of Congress, Snite Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Museum of the City of New York, 9/11 Memorial Museum and numerous private collections. His editorial work has appeared in, and on the covers of, leading publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, TIME, Fortune, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated and many others.
In 1998, a one-day assignment to the south side of Ellis Island led to a 5-year photographic study of the island's long abandoned medical wards where immigrants were detained before they could enter America. Through his photographs and video, Wilkes helped secure $6 million toward the restoration of the south side of the island.
Day to Night, Wilkes' most defining project, began in 2009. These epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of full day. Blending these images into a single photograph takes months to complete. Day to Night has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning as well as dozens of other prominent media outlets and, with a grant from the National Geographic Society, was recently extended to include America's National Parks in celebration of their centennial anniversary. The series will be published by TASCHEN as a monograph in 2017.
Wilkes, who lives and maintains his studio in Westport, CT, is represented by Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York; Peter Fetterman Gallery, Los Angeles; Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe; and ARTITLEDContemporary, The Netherlands.
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