ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frans Lanting - Nature photographer
Frans Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon andTime, as well as numerous award-winning books. Lanting's recent exhibition, The LIFE Project, offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth.

Why you should listen

In the pursuit of his work, Frans Lanting has lived in the trees with wild macaws, camped with giant tortoises inside a volcanic crater, and documented never-before-photographed wildlife and tribal traditions in Madagascar. The Dutch-born, California-based photographer has traveled to Botswana's Okavango Delta, the rain forests of Borneo and the home of emperor penguins in Antarctica.

The resulting photographs -- staggering in their beauty, startling in their originality -- have brought much-needed attention to endangered species and ecological crises throughout the world. In 2001, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inducted Lanting as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the country's highest conservation honor -- just one of many honors he has received throughout his illustrious career.

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Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Frans Lanting: Foto-foto yang menyuarakan para binatang

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Juru foto alam Frans Lanting menggunakan foto-foto yang "hidup" untuk membawa kita memasuki dunia binatang. Dalam paparan singkat ini, ia mengajak kita untuk kembali menjalin hubungan dengan makhluk hidup lainnya, dan untuk menanggalkan "kulit" yang memisahkan kita dari satu sama lain.
- Nature photographer
Frans Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon andTime, as well as numerous award-winning books. Lanting's recent exhibition, The LIFE Project, offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth. Full bio

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HumanityKemanusiaan takes centerpusat stagetahap at TEDTED,
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Kemanusiaan adalah pusat perhatian di TED,
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but I would like to addmenambahkan
a voicesuara for the animalshewan,
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namun saya ingin memberi suara
bagi para binatang,
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whoseyang bodiestubuh and mindspikiran
and spiritsroh shapedberbentuk us.
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yang jiwa, raga, dan pikirannya
membentuk kita.
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Some yearstahun agolalu, it was my good fortunenasib
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Beberapa tahun lalu, saya berkesempatan
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to meetmemenuhi a tribalkesukuan elderlebih tua on an islandpulau
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bertemu seorang tetua suku di sebuah pulau
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not farjauh from VancouverVancouver.
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tak jauh dari Vancouver.
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His namenama is JimmyJimmy SmithSmith,
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Namanya Jimmy Smith,
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and he sharedbersama a storycerita with me
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dan ia menceritakan sebuah kisah
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that is told amongantara his people,
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yang diceritakan turun-temurun di sukunya,
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who call themselvesdiri the Kwikwasut'inuxwKwikwasut'inuxw.
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yaitu suku Kwikwasut'inuxw.
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OnceSekali uponatas a time, he told me,
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Dia bercerita, dahulu kala
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all animalshewan on EarthBumi were one.
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semua binatang di bumi adalah satu.
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Even thoughmeskipun they look differentberbeda on the outsidedi luar,
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Meskipun wujud mereka berbeda-beda,
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insidedalam, they're all the samesama,
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jiwa mereka sama,
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and from time to time they would gathermengumpulkan
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dan terkadang mereka berkumpul
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at a sacredsuci cavegua deepdalam insidedalam the foresthutan
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di sebuah gua keramat
jauh di pelosok hutan
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to celebratemerayakan theirmereka unitykesatuan.
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untuk merayakan persatuan mereka.
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When they arrivedtiba,
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Setibanya di gua itu,
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they would all take off theirmereka skinskulit.
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mereka semua menanggalkan kulit mereka.
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RavenGagak shedgudang his feathersbulu, bearberuang his furbulu,
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Gagak dan beruang menanggalkan bulunya,
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and salmonSalmon her scalessisik,
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dan ikan salmon menanggalkan sisiknya.
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and then, they would dancemenari.
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Lalu, mereka menari.
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But one day, a humanmanusia madeterbuat it to the cavegua
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Namun pada suatu hari,
seorang manusia datang ke gua itu
dan menertawakan pemandangan
yang dilihatnya
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and laughedtertawa at what he saw
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because he did not understandmemahami.
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karena ia tidak mengerti.
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EmbarrassedMalu, the animalshewan fledmelarikan diri,
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Merasa malu, para binatang itu pergi,
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and that was the last time
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dan itulah terakhir kalinya
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they revealedmengungkapkan themselvesdiri this way.
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mereka menampakkan diri
dalam keadaan seperti itu.
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The ancientkuno understandingpengertian that underneathdi bawah
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Pemahaman kuno bahwa di balik
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theirmereka separateterpisah identitiesidentitas, all animalshewan are one,
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identitas mereka yang berbeda-beda,
semua binatang adalah satu,
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has been a powerfulkuat inspirationinspirasi to me.
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menjadi sebuah inspirasi bagi saya.
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I like to get pastlalu the furbulu, the feathersbulu
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Saya ingin melihat melampaui
kulit, bulu, dan sisik itu.
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and the scalessisik.
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I want to get underdibawah the skinkulit.
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Saya ingin memahami lebih dalam.
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No mattermasalah whetherapakah I'm facingmenghadapi a giantraksasa elephantgajah
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Entah saya sedang
menghadapi seekor gajah besar
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or a tinymungil treepohon frogkatak,
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atau seekor katak pohon kecil,
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my goaltujuan is to connectmenghubungkan us with them, eyemata to eyemata.
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tujuan saya adalah untuk menghubungkan
kita dengan mereka, secara langsung.
Anda mungkin bertanya-tanya,
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You maymungkin wonderbertanya-tanya, do I ever photographfoto people?
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apakah saya pernah mengambil foto manusia?
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Sure. People are always presentmenyajikan in my photosfoto,
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Tentu saja. Selalu ada
manusia di dalam foto-foto saya,
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no mattermasalah whetherapakah they appearmuncul
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baik mereka tampil
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to portraymenggambarkan tortoiseskura-kura
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menyerupai kura-kura
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or cougarsCougars
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atau macan
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or lionssinga.
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atau singa.
Anda hanya perlu belajar
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You just have to learnbelajar how
to look pastlalu theirmereka disguisemenyamar.
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untuk melihat di balik topeng mereka.
Sebagai seorang juru foto,
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As a photographerjuru potret,
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I try to reachmencapai beyondluar the differencesperbedaan
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saya mencoba untuk menjangkau
melampaui perbedaan
dalam susunan genetika kita
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in our geneticgenetik makeupdandan
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to appreciatemenghargai all we have in commonumum
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untuk menghargai semua
kesamaan yang kita miliki
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with everysetiap other livinghidup thing.
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dengan semua makhluk hidup lainnya.
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When I use my camerakamera,
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Saat saya menggunakan kamera,
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I droppenurunan my skinkulit
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saya menanggalkan kulit saya
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like the animalshewan at that cavegua
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seperti binatang-binatang di gua itu
agar saya dapat menunjukkan
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so I can showmenunjukkan who they really are.
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siapa binatang-binatang itu sebenarnya.
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As animalshewan blesseddiberkati
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Sebagaimana binatang diberkahi
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with the powerkekuasaan of rationalrasional thought,
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dengan kemampuan
untuk berfikir secara rasional,
kita bisa menghargai
betapa rumitnya kehidupan.
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we can marvelkeajaiban at the intricaciesseluk-beluk of life.
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Sebagai penduduk sebuah planet
yang bermasalah,
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As citizenswarga of a planetplanet in troublekesulitan,
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it is our moralmoral responsibilitytanggung jawab
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kita berkewajiban secara moral
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to dealberurusan with the dramaticdramatis losskerugian in diversityperbedaan of life.
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untuk mengatasi berkurangnya
keanekaragaman makhluk hidup.
Namun sebagai manusia yang berperasaan,
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But as humansmanusia with heartshati,
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we can all rejoicebersukacita in the unitykesatuan of life,
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kita bisa bergembira
dalam persatuan hidup,
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and perhapsmungkin we can changeperubahan
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dan mungkin kita bisa mengubah
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what oncesekali happenedterjadi in that sacredsuci cavegua.
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apa yang terjadi di gua keramat itu.
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Let's find a way to joinikut the dancemenari.
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Mari kita cari cara,
untuk ikut menari.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
(Tepuk tangan)
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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Translated by Lusia Nurdin
Reviewed by Dewi Barnas

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frans Lanting - Nature photographer
Frans Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon andTime, as well as numerous award-winning books. Lanting's recent exhibition, The LIFE Project, offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth.

Why you should listen

In the pursuit of his work, Frans Lanting has lived in the trees with wild macaws, camped with giant tortoises inside a volcanic crater, and documented never-before-photographed wildlife and tribal traditions in Madagascar. The Dutch-born, California-based photographer has traveled to Botswana's Okavango Delta, the rain forests of Borneo and the home of emperor penguins in Antarctica.

The resulting photographs -- staggering in their beauty, startling in their originality -- have brought much-needed attention to endangered species and ecological crises throughout the world. In 2001, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inducted Lanting as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the country's highest conservation honor -- just one of many honors he has received throughout his illustrious career.

More profile about the speaker
Frans Lanting | Speaker | TED.com