Isadora Kosofsky: Intimate photos of a senior love triangle
イサドラ・コソフスキー: 私的な写真で綴る、年配者の三角関係
Isadora Kosofsky embeds herself in the lives of others, documenting them in their most fragile moments. Full bio
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are three senior citizens
そしてアディーナは
from the loneliness of aging.
身を守る盾だと考えています
home in Los Angeles,
ロサンゼルスの老人ホームで
for three years.
撮影をしていました
the gate one night,
門に向かって歩くのを見て
of their love triangle,
詳しく知らなかったものの
that I had to find out who they were.
直観的に感じたのです
a day later, she said to me,
こう言われました
to coffee and doughnut shops,
バス停や街角に
of these outings was solace
彼らが出かけるのは
in public streets.
no one saw them.
誰も目もくれませんでした
we lose the desires held in our youth.
若い頃の欲求が失われると考えがちです
when I met the trio,
10代の記録写真家でしたが
私自身も抱いている―
and desires for intimacy
親密さへの欲求を
as an immersive documentarian,
これ以上ない強みになっています
the streets of Hollywood,
actors and filmmakers,
that each senior does.
人目につきませんでした
sees these three human beings?
彼らに気がつかないのだろう?
the only one who sees them?"
なぜだろうか?」と
this work with the public,
uncomfortable with this story.
感じることに気づきました
doesn't assume conventional notions
パートナーシップについて
romance or partnership.
かもしれません
and shunned by their peers.
仲間からは避けられていました
居場所を見出だせずにいました
for me to belong everywhere.
あらゆる場所を私の居場所にしてくれます
norms about the elderly,
問題を投げかけている以上に
on fear of remoteness.
to their respective retirement homes.
自分の老人ホームに帰ります
for their people.
渇望する気持ちがあります
yearning for their tribe,
相手を求めていますが
妥協が伴います
決められないからです
in her apartment, she said to me,
私に言いました
悩みの種なの
and a woman is private.
become the people I document
記録の対象と一体になることです
as an observer-occupant,
何年も共に時間を過ごし
to then become hidden in plain sight.
空気のような存在となるのです
3人に出会ってから
of social development,
look strikingly alike,
目を見張るほどに似ています
of identity confusion.
経験する時期だからです
共感する一方で
aware of the divide in me.
自分の中にある相反する考えに気づきました
and the actuality of our situation.
自分の置かれた現実との分裂です
people who knew about each other,
to be at the base of the triangle,
三角関係の底辺で
and see three elderly figures,
3人を見ていると
that regardless of age,
私たちは誰もが他人を通して
the proverbial hole through other people.
明らかになってきました
at Jeanie, Will and Adina's story
居心地の悪さを感じてしまうのは
that even at the end of life,
差し掛かっても なお
we have envisioned for ourselves.
思い起こされるからかもしれません
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isadora Kosofsky - Photojournalist, filmmakerIsadora Kosofsky embeds herself in the lives of others, documenting them in their most fragile moments.
Why you should listen
A documentary photographer who works from a place of empathy, Isadora Kosofsky is devoted to sitting with people in their most fragile moments. She began photographing at the age of 14, documenting women in hospice care in Los Angeles. A contributor to international press and a recipient of numerous honors, Kosofsky has created long-term bodies of work considered epics of visual storytelling in which an individual or group remains her focus for years.
Whether it is documenting a woman with dementia for a decade, shadowing youths while incarcerated and after their release for the last eight years, photographing developmentally disabled couples for four years or documenting children and adults affected by relational traumas, Kosofsky often explores the intersection of intimate lives and institutions, where she typically gains unprecedented access, focusing on nuance and the complexity of human bonds. Her forthcoming work documents a young woman's life after enduring early sexual violence.
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