ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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.

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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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa

Fotografitë dëshpruese të AIDS nga Kristen Ashburn

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Në këtë diskutim të lëvizshëm, fotografja dokumentare Kristen Ashburn shpërndan fotografitë e paharrueshme të ndikimit njerëzor nga AIDS në Afrikë.
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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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Kur arrita për her të parë në Zimbabwe-n e bukur,
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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ishte shumë vështirë për ta kuptuar se 35 përqind e popullatës
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is HIV positive.
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është HIV pozitiv.
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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Nuk ishte në të vërtetë përderisa une isha e ftuar në shtëpitë e njerëzve
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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dhe fillove të kuptoj numrin e njerëzve me epidemi.
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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Për shembull, ky është Herbert me gjyshen e tij.
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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Kur e takova atë për herë të parë, ai ishte i ulur në prehërin e gjyshes së tij.
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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Ai kishte qenë jetim, pasi që të dy prindërit e tij vdiqën prej AIDS,
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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dhe gjyshja e tij u kujdes për të derisa vdiq edhe ai gjithashtu prej AIDS.
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He liked to sit on her lap
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Ai pëlqente të ulej në prehërin e saj
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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sepse ai tha kishte dhimbje të shtrihej në shtratin e tij.
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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Kur ajo u qua që të bënte qaj, ajo e vendosi atë në prehërin tim
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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dhe unë kurrë nuk kisha ndjerë një fëmijë që ishte kaq i dobësuar.
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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Para se të dilja, unë faktikisht e pyeta atë nëse mund t'i merrja diçka.
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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Mendova se ai do të kërkonte ndonjë lodër, ose sheqerkë,
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and he asked me for slippers,
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dhe ai më kërkoi mua pantofla,
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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sepse tha se këmbët e tij ishin të ftohta.
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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Kjo është Joyce e cila është - në këtë fotografi -- 21.
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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Nënë e vetme, HIV pozitiv.
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I photographed her before and after
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E fotografova atë para dhe pas
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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lindjes së vajzës së saj të bukur, Issa.
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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Isha javën e kaluar në Rrugën Lafayette në Manhattan
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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dhe mora një thirrje nga një grua që nuk e njihja,
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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por më thirri që të më tregonte se Joyce kishte vdekur
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at the age of 23.
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në moshën 23 vjeçare.
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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Nëna e Joyce-it tani po kujdeset për vajzën e saj,
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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sikur shumë fëmijë tjerë Zimbabwean
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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të cilët kanë mbetur jetim nga epidemia.
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So a few of the stories.
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Kështu edhe ngjarje të tjera.
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With every picture,
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Në çdo fotografi,
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there are individuals who have full lives
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janë individë që kanë jetë të plota
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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dhe ngjarje që meritojnë të tregohen.
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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Të gjitha këto fotografi janë nga Zimbabwe.
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, a mund të kalosh një minutë,
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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vetëm të na tregosh tregimin tënd se si shkove në Afrikë?
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, zot.
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CA: Just --
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CA: Vetëm --
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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KA: Në të vërtetë, unë isha duke punuar në atë kohë, duke bërë një produksion
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for a fashion photographer.
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për një fotograf të modës.
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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Vazhdimisht lexoja New York Times,
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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dhe habitur nga statistikat, numrat.
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It was just frightening.
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Ishte e frikshme.
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So I quit my job
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Kështu ndërpreva punën
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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dhe vendosa që ajo ishte tema që unë duhej trajtuar.
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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Dhe për fillim faktikisht shkova në Botswana, ku kalova një muaj --
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this is in December 2000 --
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kjo është në Dhjetor 2000 --
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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dhe pastaj shkova në Zimbabwe për një muaj e gjysmë,
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and then went back again this March 2002
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dhe pastaj erdha përsëri në Mars 2002
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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për një muaj e gjysmë tjetër në Zimbabwe.
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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CA: Është një tregim i mahnitshëm, faleminderit.
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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KB: Faleminderit që më lejuat t'i paraqes këto.
Translated by Taulant Gashi
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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.

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.

More profile about the speaker
Kristen Ashburn | Speaker | TED.com