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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
Kristen Ashburn, srceparajuće fotografije AIDS-a
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U ovom potresnom govoru, dokumentarna fotografkinja Kristen Ashburn dijeli nezaboravne slike ljudskog utjecaja na AIDS u Africi.
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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Kada sam prvi put stigla u prelijepi Zimbabwe
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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bilo je teško razumjeti da je 35 posto populacije
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is HIV positive.
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HIV pozitivno.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Sve dok me ljudi nisu pozvali u svoje domove
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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nisam razumjela ljudske žrtve ove epidemije.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Na primer, ovo je Herbert sa svojom bakom.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Kada sam ga prvi put vidjela, sjedio je u njenom krilu.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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On je siroče, oba su mu roditelja umrla od AIDS-a,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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a njegova baka se brinula o njemu dok i on nije umro od AIDS-a.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Volio je sjediti u njenom krilu
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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jer, kako je rekao, bilo mu je bolno ležati u svom krevetu.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Kada se ustala da napravi čaj, stavila ga je u moje krilo
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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a ja nikada nisam osjetila dijete koje je toliko mršavo.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Prije nego što sam otišla, upitala sam ga da li mu mogu nešto donijeti.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Mislila sam da će tražiti igračku ili slatkiš,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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a on me je tražio papuče,
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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jer su mu noge bile hladne.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Ovo je Joyce koja na ovoj slici ima 21 godinu.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Samohrana majka, HIV pozitivna.
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I photographed her before and after
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Slikala sam je prije i poslije
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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rođenja njezine prekrasne djevojčice, Isse.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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Prošlog tjedna sam hodala Manhattanom,Lafayatte ulicom,
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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kada me nazvala nepoznata žena,
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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a zvala je da mi kaže kako je Joyce umrla
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at the age of 23.
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u dobi od 23 godine.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Sada se o njenoj kćeri brine njena majka,
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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poput mnogo djece iz Zimbabwea
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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koja su ostala bez roditelja zbog epidemije.
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So a few of the stories.
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To su neke od priča.
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With every picture,
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Ali sa svakom slikom
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there are individuals who have full lives
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tu su i pojedinci koji imaju ispunjen život
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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i priče koje zaslužuju da se ispričaju.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Sve ove slike su iz Zimbabwea.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten hoćeš li samo na kratko
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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ispričati nam svoju priču kako si dospjela u Afriku?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kirsten Ashburn: Hm, Bože.
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CA: Just --
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Chris Anderson: Samo
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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Kirsten Ashburn: Zapravo, radila sam u to vrijeme, producirala
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for a fashion photographer.
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za jednog modnog fotografa.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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I stalno sam čitala New York Times,
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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i bila zapanjena statistikom, brojevima.
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It was just frightening.
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To je bilo zastrašujuće.
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So I quit my job
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Zato sam dala otkaz
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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i odlučila da to bude tema s kojom ću se uhvatiti u koštac.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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I prvo sam zapravo otišla u Botswanu gdje sam provela mjesec dana
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this is in December 2000 --
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to je bilo u prosincu 2000 -
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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onda sam otišla u Zimbabwe na mjesec i pol,
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and then went back again this March 2002
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kamo sam se vratila u Ožujku ove godine, 2002
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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na još mjesec i pol dana u Zimbabwe.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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CA: To je sjajna priča, hvala ti.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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KB: Hvala na prilici da je ispričam -
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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