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: Fotos que dão voz ao Reino Animal

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O fotógrafo da Natureza Frans Lanting usa imagens vibrantes para nos levar às profundezas do mundo animal. Nesta palestra curta, visual, ele pede-nos para nos religarmos às outras criaturas da Terra, e para deixarmos cair as peles metafóricas que nos separam uns dos outros.
- 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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HumanityHumanidade takes centercentro stageetapa at TEDTED,
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A Humanidade ocupa
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but I would like to addadicionar
a voicevoz for the animalsanimais,
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mas eu gostaria de adicionar
uma voz pelos animais,
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whosede quem bodiescorpos and mindsmentes
and spiritsespíritos shapedem forma us.
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cujos corpos e mentes e espíritos
nos modelaram.
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Some yearsanos agoatrás, it was my good fortunefortuna
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Há alguns anos, tive a boa fortuna
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to meetConheça a tribaltribal eldermais velho on an islandilha
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de me encontrar com um ancião tribal
numa ilha
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not farlonge from VancouverVancouver.
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não longe de Vancouver.
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His namenome is JimmyJimmy SmithSmith,
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O seu nome é Jimmy Smith
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and he sharedcompartilhado a storyhistória with me
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e ele partilhou comigo uma história
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that is told amongentre his people,
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que é contada no seu povo,
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who call themselvessi mesmos the Kwikwasut'inuxwKwikwasut'inuxw.
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que se chama a si próprio os
Kwikwasut'inuxw.
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OnceVez uponsobre a time, he told me,
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Era uma vez, contou-me ele,
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all animalsanimais on EarthTerra were one.
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todos os animais na Terra eram um só.
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Even thoughApesar they look differentdiferente on the outsidelado de fora,
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Embora parecessem diferentes
no seu exterior,
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insidedentro, they're all the samemesmo,
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por dentro, eles eram todos o mesmo.
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and from time to time they would gatherreunir
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De tempos a tempos, reuniam-se
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at a sacredsagrado cavecaverna deepprofundo insidedentro the forestfloresta
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numa caverna sagrada
nas profundezas da floresta,
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to celebratecomemoro theirdeles unityunidade.
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para celebrarem a sua unidade.
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When they arrivedchegou,
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Quando eles chegavam,
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they would all take off theirdeles skinspeles.
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despiam as suas peles.
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RavenCorvo shedgalpão his featherspenas, bearUrso his furpeles,
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O corvo deixava cair as suas penas,
o urso, a sua pele,
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and salmonsalmão her scalesescalas,
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e o salmão, as suas escamas.
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and then, they would dancedança.
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Depois, eles dançavam.
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But one day, a humanhumano madefeito it to the cavecaverna
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Mas um dia, um humano
conseguiu chegar à caverna
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and laughedriu at what he saw
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e riu-se do que viu
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because he did not understandCompreendo.
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porque não compreendeu.
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EmbarrassedCom vergonha, the animalsanimais fledfugiu,
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Embaraçados, os animais fugiram
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and that was the last time
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e essa foi a última vez
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they revealedrevelado themselvessi mesmos this way.
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que eles se revelaram desta forma.
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The ancientantigo understandingcompreensão that underneathpor baixo
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A antiga compreensão de que, por baixo
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theirdeles separateseparado identitiesidentidades, all animalsanimais are one,
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das suas identidades separadas,
todos os animais são um só,
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has been a powerfulpoderoso inspirationinspiração to me.
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tem sido para mim uma inspiração poderosa.
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I like to get pastpassado the furpeles, the featherspenas
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Gosto de ir para além da pele, das penas
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and the scalesescalas.
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e das escamas.
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I want to get undersob the skinpele.
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Quero alcançar o que está
por baixo da pele.
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No matterimportam whetherse I'm facingvoltado para a giantgigante elephantelefante
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Não importa se estou diante
de um elefante gigante
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or a tinyminúsculo treeárvore frog,
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ou de uma rã minúscula,
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my goalobjetivo is to connectconectar us with them, eyeolho to eyeolho.
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o meu objetivo é religar-me com eles,
olhos no olhos.
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You maypode wondermaravilha, do I ever photographfotografia people?
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Podem perguntar-se,
alguma vez fotografo pessoas?
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Sure. People are always presentpresente in my photosfotos,
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Claro que sim.
As pessoas estão sempre presentes
nas minhas fotos,
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no matterimportam whetherse they appearaparecer
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não importa se aparecem
a retratar tartarugas
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to portrayretratar tortoisestartarugas
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or cougarsPumas
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ou pumas
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or lionsleões.
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ou leões.
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You just have to learnaprender how
to look pastpassado theirdeles disguisedisfarce.
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Vocês têm de aprender a ver
para lá do seu disfarce.
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As a photographerfotógrafo,
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Como fotógrafo,
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I try to reachalcance beyondalém the differencesdiferenças
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tento ultrapassar as diferenças
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in our geneticgenético makeupMaquiagem
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na nossa composição genética
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to appreciateapreciar all we have in commoncomum
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para apreciar tudo o que temos em comum
com todos os outros seres vivos.
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with everycada other livingvivo thing.
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When I use my cameraCâmera,
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Quando eu uso a minha câmara,
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I dropsolta my skinpele
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deixo cair a minha pele,
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like the animalsanimais at that cavecaverna
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como os animais naquela caverna
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so I can showexposição who they really are.
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de modo a poder mostrar
como eles realmente são.
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As animalsanimais blessedabençoado
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Como animais abençoados
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with the powerpoder of rationalracional thought,
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com o poder do pensamento racional,
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we can marvelmaravilha at the intricaciesmeandros of life.
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podemos maravilhar-nos
com a complexidade da vida.
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As citizenscidadãos of a planetplaneta in troubleproblema,
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Como cidadãos de um planeta com problemas,
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it is our moralmoral responsibilityresponsabilidade
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é nossa responsabilidade moral
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to dealacordo with the dramaticdramático lossperda in diversitydiversidade of life.
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lidar com a dramática perda
na diversidade da vida.
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But as humanshumanos with heartscorações,
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Mas como humanos com coração,
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we can all rejoiceAlegrai-vos in the unityunidade of life,
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podemos todos regozijar-nos
com a unidade da vida,
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and perhapspossivelmente we can changemudança
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e talvez possamos mudar
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what onceuma vez happenedaconteceu in that sacredsagrado cavecaverna.
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o que aconteceu
naquela caverna sagrada.
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Let's find a way to joinJunte-se the dancedança.
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Vamos encontrar uma maneira
de nos juntarmos à dança.
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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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

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