Stephen Wilkes: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
Стивен Вилкс: Одминувањето на времето прикажано преку една фотографија
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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раскажуваат приказни.
as the recording of a single moment
како запис на еден миг
represents a tangible piece
опипливо парче
одминувањето на времето.
than one moment in a photograph?
од еден миг во една фотографија?
could actually collapse time,
of the day and the night
на денот или ноќта
called "Day to Night"
„Од денот до ноќта“
iconic locations,
на култни локации,
наша колективна меморија.
our collective memory.
and I never move.
и никогаш не се поместувам.
of humanity and light as time passes.
и светлината додека времето одминува.
from 15 to 30 hours
of the day and night.
мигови на денот и ноќта.
into one single photograph,
мигови во една фотографија,
journey with time.
early morning rowers
the romance of the City of Light.
романтиката во градот на светлината.
from 50 feet in the air,
на 15 метри од земјата
на оваа фотографија
in this photograph
поврзана со историја.
of going to a place like Venice
како што е одењето на места како Венеција
a specific event.
во текот на одреден настан.
the historical Regata,
историската Регата,
taking place since 1498.
look exactly as they did then.
што биле во тоа време.
want you guys to understand is:
да ви го предочам
throughout the day and the night.
денот и ноќта.
of magical moments.
is the fear of just missing one of them.
дека ќе изгубам еден од нив.
to create a panoramic photograph
панорамски фотографии
film Romeo + Juliet.
„Ромео и Јулија“ на Баз Луман.
it's a square.
дека е во форма на квадрат.
a panoramic was to shoot a collage
embracing.
како се прегрнуваат.
actually reflecting in it.
to my studio in New York,
"Wow, this is so cool!
stayed with me for 13 years
престигна мојот сон.
has caught up to my dreams.
што ја направив за „Денот до ноќта“.
of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.
it's like being with me
да се биде со мене
that to get views like this,
за да се има овој поглед,
and I'm usually in a cherry picker
на дигалка со седиште
12-18 hours, non-stop
со постојано
is I love to people-watch.
е да ги набљудувам луѓето.
in the house to have.
creating these photographs.
моите фотографии.
and the location,
and night ends.
и кога завршува денот.
compress it into single plane.
израмнувам, ја збивам во една рамнина.
of this work is also,
на оваа работа е,
up or down, even diagonally.
дури и дијагонално.
континиум
неподвижни фотографии.
going on in my mind.
на реалниот живот.
months to complete.
when I get up there
going to be in the picture,
на фотографијата,
sunrise or sunset -- no control.
- немам контрола.
and everything remained the same,
и сѐ останува исто,
over a month of editing
ги бирам во тек на 1 месец уредување
into the master plate.
спојуваат со главната основа.
these two very discordant worlds.
меѓу два спротивставени светови.
important influence in all my work
силно влијание во мојата работа
of Albert Bierstadt,
ми бил Алберт Берштад,
that I did on the National Parks.
за национални паркови.
I created of Yosemite.
што ја креирав за Јосемит.
of the 2016 January issue
од напис од јануари 2016
30 hours in this picture.
за оваа фотографија.
and the moonlight as it transitions,
додека транзитира,
of time throughout the landscape.
низ пределот.
the magical moments of humanity
магијата на човештвото
of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.
од слика на Берштад.
to rise in the valley,
with excitement
exact same lighting
како Берштад
на сите работи,
the things I love
and, especially, history.
of Barack Obama.
фотографијата,
waiting with the children,
со народот,
when I create photographs like this.
правам вакви фотографии.
up in the air
shifted our weight,
ја поместувавме тежината
1,800 in this picture,
на фотографскиот апарат.
things doing this work.
извонредни нешта.
are patience
like New York from above,
од горе,
на извесен начин,
in cars anymore.
the energy of New York,
на Њујорк,
to really capture that.
почнува да го опфаќа тоа.
I would checkerboard time.
временска шаховска табла.
it's actually day.
wrap our heads around.
разбереме вистински.
begin to put a face on time.
да даваат претстава за времето.
metaphysical visual reality.
визуелна реалност.
looking at a place,
во едно место,
a little differently
with our camera,
not even look at Sacré-Coeur.
гледаа во Сакре Кер.
in using it as a backdrop.
да ја имаат како позадина.
extraordinary example,
извонреден пример,
what we think the human experience is
мислиме дека е човечкото искуство,
is evolving into.
човечкото искуство.
become more important
for me personally:
Park in Tanzania.
Серенгети во Тазанија.
in the middle of the Seronera,
the peak migration
на миграција
the most diverse range of animals.
најразноврсните животни.
during the peak migration,
на миграциија
were drawn to the water.
the same way it was behaving,
како што се одвива,
to capture something unique.
да фотографирам нешто уникатно.
18 feet in the air.
недостапно за крокодили.
share a single resource called water.
споделуваат единствен извор-водата.
is supposed to have wars over
grunted at each other.
едни на други.
that we humans don't.
луѓето не разбираме.
is really a new way of seeing,
е нов начин на гледање,
within a photograph.
континиум во слика.
along with photography,
заедно со фотографијата,
a deeper meaning of time and memory,
подлабоко значење за времето и сеќавањата,
of untold stories,
од нераскажани приказни
во нашиот свет.
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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