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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
Kristen Ashburn szívettépő AIDS fotói
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Ebben a megható előadásban, a dokumentarista fotós Kristen Ashburn felejthetetlen képeket oszt meg az AIDS afrikai áldozatairól.
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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Amikor először megérkeztem a gyönyörű Zimbabwébe,
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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nehéz volt megérteni, hogy a lakosság 35%-a
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is HIV positive.
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HIV pozitív.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Csak akkor kezdtem megérteni a járvány árát emberi életekben,
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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amikor az emberek meghívtak az otthonukba.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Pl. ez itt Herbert a nagymamájával.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Amikor először találkoztunk, a nagymamája ölében ült.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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Árván maradt, mert mindkét szülője meghalt AIDS-ben,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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és a nagymamája nevelte, amíg ő is meghalt AIDS-ben.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Szeretett az ölében ülni,
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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mert azt mondta, túl fájdalmas az ágyában feküdnie.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Amikor a nagymama felállt teát főzni, az én ölembe tette,
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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és soha nem fogtam gyereket, aki ennyire sovány volt.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Mielőtt elmentem, megkérdeztem, kér-e valamit.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Azt hittem játékot vagy édességet fog kérni,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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de papucsot kért tőlem,
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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mert azt mondta, fázik a lába.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Ez Joyce, aki -- ezen a képen -- 21 éves.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Egyedülálló anya, HIV pozitív.
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I photographed her before and after
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Lefényképeztem a gyönyörű kislánya,
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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Issa születése előtt és után.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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És a múlt héten a Lafayette úton sétáltam Manhattanben,
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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amikor felhívott egy ismeretlen nő,
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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hogy elmondja, Joyce eltávozott
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at the age of 23.
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23 évesen.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Joyce édesanyja vigyáz most a lányára,
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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mint sok más zimbabwei gyerekre,
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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akik a járvány miatt elárvultak.
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So a few of the stories.
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Ez csak néhány történet.
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With every picture,
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De minden képen
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there are individuals who have full lives
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emberek vannak, akik teljes életet élnek,
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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és a történetük megérdemli, hogy elmeséljék.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Mindegyik kép Zimbabwében készült.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson: Kristen, szánnál egy percet arra,
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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hogy elmondod a saját történeted, hogy jutottál Afrikába?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kristen Ashburn: Hűha.
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CA: Just --
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CA: Csak --
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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KA: Nos, akkoriban producerként dolgoztam
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for a fashion photographer.
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egy divatfotós számára.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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És folyton olvastam a New York Times-ot,
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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és megdöbbentettek a statisztikák, a számok.
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It was just frightening.
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Félelmetes volt.
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So I quit my job
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Tehát felmondtam,
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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és elhatároztam, hogy ezzel a témával akarok foglalkozni.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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Először Botswanába mentem, ahol egy hónapot töltöttem --
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this is in December 2000 --
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ez 2000 decemberében volt --
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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azután Zimbabwéba mentem másfél hónapra,
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and then went back again this March 2002
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és utána visszamentem 2002 márciusában
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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még másfél hónapra Zimbabwébe.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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CA: Fantasztikus történet, köszönjük.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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KB: Köszönöm, hogy megmutathattam --
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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