ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Klein - Executive
Jonathan Klein runs Getty Images, a stock photo agency whose vast archive of still photography and illustrations is a mainstay of the creative class.

Why you should listen

Even if you're an infrequent (or less sporty) user of the World Wide Web, chances are the last time you logged on -- perhaps on the very last page you visited -- you've come across an image sourced from stock photo agency Getty Images. Photos and illustrations from Getty can be found everywhere, for just about every purpose you can imagine. It shouldn't surprise you that Getty began in the Internet age, leaving print-era agencies in the dust by using Internet and CD-ROM distribution since day one.

Jonathan Klein, Getty's co-founder (along with Mark Getty) and the current CEO, helped drive its success over the past 15 years. He led it during its aggressive archive acquisition campaign through the '90s and now in the 2000s, adding to its formidable collection of editorial photos, footage and music. But his business skill is only part of his story; to hear Klein talk, one is quick to catch his passionate enthusiasm for the power of images -- not only to document moments in our lives and in history, not just to sell products or turn over PR campaigns -- but to shift public opinion and, perhaps, make the world more just.

Klein serves on the board of the Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS and on the board of Real Networks (media software company and creator of the popular RealPlayer).

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Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world

Džonatan Klajn: Fotografije koje su promenile svet

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Fotografije su više od dokumetovanja istorije - one je stvaraju. Na TED University, Džonatan Klajn iz Getty Images kompanije prikazuje neke od najlegendarnijih i govori o tome šta se dešava kada generacija vidi fotografiju toliko moćnu da ne mođe da skrene pogled - ili okrene leđa.
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Jonathan Klein runs Getty Images, a stock photo agency whose vast archive of still photography and illustrations is a mainstay of the creative class. Full bio

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In my industryиндустрија,
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we believe that imagesслике can changeпромена the worldсвет.
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verujemo da fotografije mogu da promene svet.
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Okay, we're naiveнаивни, we're bright-eyedentuzijazma and bushy-tailednaponu.
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Okej, naivni smo, mi smo bistri i hitri.
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The truthистина is that we know that the
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imagesслике themselvesсами don't changeпромена the worldсвет,
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fotografije same po sebi ne menjaju svet,
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but we're alsoтакође awareсвесна that, sinceОд the beginningпочетак of photographyфотографије,
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ali smo takođe svesni, da su od nastanka fotografije,
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imagesслике have provokedisprovocirao reactionsреакције in people,
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one izazivale reakciju kod ljudi,
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and those reactionsреакције have causedизазвана changeпромена to happenдесити се.
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i te reakcije su dovele do promene.
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So let's beginзапочети with a groupгрупа of imagesслике.
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Hajde da počnemo sa grupom fotografija.
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I'd be extremelyизузетно surprisedизненађени
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Bio bih ekstremno iznenađen
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if you didn't recognizeпрепознати manyмноги or mostнајвише of them.
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kada ne biste prepoznali mnoge ili većinu njih.
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They're bestнајбоље describedописани as iconiclegendarne:
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One se najbolje opisuju kao legendarne,
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so iconiclegendarne, perhapsможда, they're clichesklišei.
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toliko legendarne, da su možda i kliše.
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In factчињеница, they're so well-knowndobro poznata
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Ustvari, one su toliko poznate
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that you mightМожда even recognizeпрепознати them
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da ćete ih prepoznati
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in a slightlyмало or somewhatдонекле differentразличит formобразац.
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i u malo drugačijem obliku.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(smeh)
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But I think we're looking for something more.
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Ali ja mislim da tražimo nešto više.
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We're looking for something more.
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Tragamo za nečim više.
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We're looking for imagesслике that shineсјај
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Tražimo fotografije koje sjaje
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an uncompromisingbeskompromisni lightсветло on crucialкључно issuesпитања,
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beskompromisnim svetlom na ključna pitanja,
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imagesслике that transcendнадмашити bordersгранице, that transcendнадмашити religionsрелигије,
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fotografije koje prevazilaze granice, nadilaze religije,
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imagesслике that provokeprovocira us
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fotografije koje nas izazivaju
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to stepкорак up and do something --
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da iskoračimo i uradimo nešto,
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in other wordsречи, to actчинити.
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drugim rečima, da delamo.
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Well, this imageслика you've all seenвиђено.
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Pa, ovu fotografiju ste svi videli.
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It changedпромењено our viewпоглед of the physicalфизички worldсвет.
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Promenila je naš pogled na fizički svet.
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We had never seenвиђено our planetПланета from this perspectiveперспектива before.
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Nikada ranije nismo videli našu planetu iz ove perspektive.
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ManyMnogi people creditкредит
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Mnogi ljudi smatraju
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a lot of the birthрођење of the environmentalеколошки movementпокрет
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da su mnogi ekološki pokreti nastali
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to our seeingвиди the planetПланета like this
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kada smo videli našu planetu po prvi put
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for the first time --
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na ovaj način,
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its smallnesssmallness, its fragilityneћnost.
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njenu sićušnost, njenu krhost.
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Forty40 yearsгодине laterкасније, this groupгрупа, more than mostнајвише,
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40 godina kasnije, ova grupa, više nego ostale,
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are well awareсвесна of the destructivedestruktivni powerмоћ
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vrlo je svesna destruktivne moći
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that our speciesврсте can wieldupravljati over our environmentЖивотна средина.
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koju naša vrsta može da ima nad našom okolinom.
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And at last, we appearпојавити to be doing something about it.
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I na kraju, izgleda da radimo nešto po tom pitanju.
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This destructivedestruktivni powerмоћ takes manyмноги differentразличит formsобразаца.
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Ova destruktivna moć ima različite oblike.
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For exampleпример, these imagesслике takenузети by BrentBrent StirtonStirton
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Na primer, ove fotografije koje je napravio Brent Stirton
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in the CongoKongo.
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u Kongu,
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These gorillasгориле were murderedубијен, some would even say crucifiedrazapet,
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ove gorile su ubijene, neki bi čak rekli razapete,
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and unsurprisinglyOиekivano,
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i neiznenađujuće,
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they sparkedизазвао internationalмеђународни outrageбесни.
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izazvale su međunarodni bes.
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MostVećina recentlyнедавно,
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Nedavno nas je
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we'veми смо been tragicallytragično remindedподсетио of the destructivedestruktivni powerмоћ of natureприрода itselfсам
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sama priroda tragično podsetila na svoju razornu moć
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with the recentскорашњи earthquakeземљотрес in HaitiHaiti.
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sa skorim zemljotresom u Haitiju.
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Well, I think what is farдалеко worseгоре
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Mislim da je mnogo gora
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is man'sчовека destructivedestruktivni powerмоћ over man.
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destruktivna moć čoveka nad drugim čovekom.
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SamuelSamuel PisarPisar, an AuschwitzAuschwitz survivorpreživeli, said,
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Semjuel Pisar, preživeli iz Aušvica je rekao,
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and I'll quoteкуоте him,
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i citiraću ga,
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"The HolocaustHolokaust teachesпредаје us that natureприрода,
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"Holokaust nas uči da je priroda,
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even in its cruelestnajokrutniji momentsмоменте,
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čak i u svojim najsurovijim trenucima,
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is benignБенигни in comparisonпоређење with man,
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benigna u poređenju sa čovekom,
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when he losesizgubi his moralморално compassкомпас and his reasonразлог."
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kada izgubi svoj moralni kompas i svoj razum."
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There's anotherдруги kindкинд of crucifixionraspeće.
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Postoji još jedna vrsta raspeća.
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The horrifyingстрашно imagesслике from AbuAbu GhraibGhraib
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Užasavajuće fotografije iz Abu Graiba
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as well as the imagesслике from GuantanamoGuantanamo
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kao i fotografije iz Guantanama
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had a profoundдубок impactутицај.
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imale su veliki uticaj.
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The publicationпубликација of those imagesслике,
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Objavljivanje tih fotografija,
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as opposedпротив to the imagesслике themselvesсами,
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za razliku od samih slika,
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causedизазвана a governmentвлада to changeпромена its policiesполитика.
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izazvalo je vladu da promeni svoju politiku.
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Some would argueаргуе that it is those imagesслике
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Neki tvrde da su te fotografije
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that did more to fuelгориво the insurgencyпобуњеника in IraqIrak
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dolile više ulje na vatru kod pobunjenika u Iraku
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than virtuallyпрактично any other singleједно actчинити.
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nego bilo koji drugi pojedinačni čin.
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FurthermorePored toga, those imagesслике foreverзаувек removedуклоњен
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Sem toga, te fotografije su zauvek uklonile
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the so-calledтзв moralморално highвисоко groundземља of the occupyingокупира forcesсиле.
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takozvanu visoku moralnost okupatora.
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Let's go back a little.
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Hajde da se vratimo malo unazad.
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In the 1960s and 1970s,
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Tokom 1960-ih i 1970-ih,
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the VietnamVijetnam WarRat was basicallyу основи shownпоказано
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rat u Vijetnamu se praktično prikazivao
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in America'sAmerike livingживи roomsСобе day in, day out.
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po ceo dan u američkim dnevnim sobama.
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NewsNovosti photosфотографије broughtдоведен people faceлице to faceлице
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Nove fotografije su suočile ljude
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with the victimsжртве of the warрат: a little girlдевојка burnedзапаљен by napalmnapalm,
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sa žrtvama rata, mala devojčica gori od napalma,
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a studentученик killedубијен by the NationalNacionalni GuardGarda
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student ubijen od strane Nacionalne garde
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at KentKent StateDržava UniversityUniverzitet in OhioOhio duringу току a protestprotest.
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na Kent univerzitetu u Ohaju za vreme protesta.
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In factчињеница, these imagesслике becameпостао
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Ustvari, ove fotografije su postale
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the voicesгласови of protestprotest themselvesсами.
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glas protesta same po sebi.
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Now, imagesслике have powerмоћ
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Sada, fotografije imaju snagu
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to shedprolivena lightсветло of understandingразумевање
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da svetlo razumevanja usmere
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on suspicionsumnju, ignoranceнезнање,
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na sumnju, neznanje,
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and in particularпосебно -- I've givenдато a lot of talksразговоре on this
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a naročito - držao sam dosta govora o ovome
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but I'll just showсхов one imageслика --
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ali pokazaću vam samo jednu fotografiju -
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the issueпитање of HIVHIV-A/AIDSAIDS-A.
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na pitanja HIVa/SIDE.
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In the 1980s, the stigmatizationстигматизација of people with the diseaseболест
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Tokom 1980-ih stigmatizacija ljudi sa ovom bolešću
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was an enormousогроман barrierбаријера
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je bila ogromna prepreka
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to even discussingрасправља or addressingObraćajući se it.
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za pričanje ili njeno spominjanje.
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A simpleједноставно actчинити, in 1987, of the mostнајвише famousпознат womanжена in the worldсвет,
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Jednostavan čin, 1987., najpoznatije žene na svetu,
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the PrincessPrinceza of WalesWales, touchingдодирујући
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princeze od Velsa, dodirivanje
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an HIVHIV-A/AIDSAIDS-A infectedзаражени babyбеба
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bebe zaražene HIV-om,
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did a great dealдоговор, especiallyпосебно in EuropeEurope, to stop that.
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predstavljalo je veliku stvar, posebno u Evropi, da se sa tim prestane.
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She, better than mostнајвише, knewзнала the powerмоћ of an imageслика.
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Ona je, bolje od drugih, znala moć fotografije.
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So when we are confrontedсуочени by a powerfulмоћан imageслика,
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Kada smo suočeni sa moćnom fotografijom,
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we all have a choiceизбор:
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svi imamo izbor.
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We can look away, or we can addressАдреса the imageслика.
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Možemo da skrenemo pogled ili možemo da ukažemo na problem.
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ThankfullyHvala Bogu, when these photosфотографије appearedpojavio se in
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Srećom, kada su se ove fotografije pojavile u
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The GuardianStaratelj in 1998,
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"Gardijanu" (Guardian) 1998.,
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they put a lot of focusфокусирати and attentionпажњу and, in the endкрај, a lot of moneyновац
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stavile su fokus i puno pažnje, a na kraju i mnogo novca,
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towardsка the SudanSudan famineглад reliefрељеф effortsНапори.
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na trud da se smanji glad u Sudanu.
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Did the imagesслике changeпромена the worldсвет?
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Da li su ove fotografije promenile svet?
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No, but they had a majorглавни impactутицај.
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Ne, ali su imale veliki uticaj.
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ImagesSlike oftenчесто pushпусх us to questionпитање our coreјезгро beliefsверовања
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Fotografije nas često teraju da preispitamo svoja bazična uverenja
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and our responsibilitiesодговорности to eachсваки other.
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i našu odgovornost jednih prema drugima.
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We all saw those imagesслике after KatrinaKatrina,
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Svi smo videli fotografije nakon Katrine,
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and I think for millionsмилиони of people
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i mislim da su one imale vrlo snažan uticaj,
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they had a very strongјак impactутицај.
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na milione ljudi,
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And I think it's very unlikelyмало вероватно
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i mislim da je malo verovatno
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that they were farдалеко from the mindsумови of AmericansAmerikanci
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da su bile daleko od svesti Amerikanaca
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when they wentотишао to voteгласати in NovemberNovembra 2008.
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kada su išli da glasaju u novembru 2008.
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UnfortunatelyNa žalost, some very importantважно imagesслике
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Nažalost, neke vrlo važne fotografije
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are deemedсматрају се too graphicgrafika or disturbingузнемирујуће for us to see them.
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se smatraju previše eksplicitnim ili uznemiravajućim da bismo ih videli.
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I'll showсхов you one photoфотографија here,
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Pokazaću vam jednu fotografiju,
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and it's a photoфотографија by EugeneEugene RichardsRichards of an IraqIrak WarRat veteranveteran
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to je fotografija Eugena Ričardsa iračkog ratnog veterana
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from an extraordinaryизузетно pieceпиеце of work,
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deo izvanrednog dela,
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whichкоја has never been publishedобјављен, calledпозвани WarRat Is PersonalLične.
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koje nikada nije objavljeno, nazvano "Rat je ličan."
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But imagesслике don't need to be graphicgrafika
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Ali fotografije ne moraju da budu eksplicitne
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in orderнаручи to remindПодсетите us of the tragedyтрагедија of warрат.
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da bi nas podsetile na ratnu tragediju.
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JohnJohn MooreMoore setкомплет up this photoфотографија at ArlingtonArlington CemeteryGroblje.
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Džon Mur je postavio ovu fotografiju na Arlington groblju.
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After all the tenseнапет momentsмоменте of conflictконфликт
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Posle svih napetih trenutaka sukoba,
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in all the conflictконфликт zoneszone of the worldсвет,
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u svim konfliktnim zonama u svetu,
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there's one photographфотографија from a much quietermirnije placeместо
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postoji jedna fotografija sa mnogo mirnijeg mesta
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that hauntsprogoni me still, much more than the othersдруги.
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koja me još uvek proganja, više nego ostale.
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AnselAnsel AdamsAdams said, and I'm going to disagreeне слазем се with him,
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Ansel Adams je rekao, i ne slažem se sa njim,
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"You don't take a photographфотографија, you make it."
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"Vi ne slikate fotografiju, vi je pravite."
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In my viewпоглед, it's not the photographerфотограф who makesчини the photoфотографија,
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Sa moje tačke gledišta, nije fotograf taj koji pravi fotografiju,
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it's you.
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to ste vi.
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We bringдовести to eachсваки imageслика
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Mi dodajemo svakoj fotografiji
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our ownвластити valuesвредности, our ownвластити beliefверовање systemsсистема,
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svoje lične vrednosti, naš lični sistem verovanja,
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and as a resultрезултат of that, the imageслика resonatesрезонира with us.
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i kao rezultat toga, fotografija se odnosi na nas.
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My companyкомпанија has 70 millionмилиона imagesслике.
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Moja kompanija ima 70 miliona fotografija.
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I have one imageслика in my officeканцеларија.
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Ja imam jednu u mojoj kancelariji.
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Here it is.
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Evo je.
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I hopeнадати се that the nextследећи time you see
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Nadam se da ćete sledeći put kad vidite
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an imageслика that sparksискре something in you,
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fotografiju koja nešto zrači za vas,
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you'llти ћеш better understandРазумем why,
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bolje razumeti zašto,
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and I know that speakingговорећи to this audienceпублика,
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i znam da, govoreći ovoj publici,
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you'llти ћеш definitelyдефинитивно do something about it.
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da ćete definitivno uraditi nešto povodom toga.
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And thank you to all the photographersфотографи.
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I hvala svim fotografima.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(aplauz)
Translated by Sandra Gojic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Klein - Executive
Jonathan Klein runs Getty Images, a stock photo agency whose vast archive of still photography and illustrations is a mainstay of the creative class.

Why you should listen

Even if you're an infrequent (or less sporty) user of the World Wide Web, chances are the last time you logged on -- perhaps on the very last page you visited -- you've come across an image sourced from stock photo agency Getty Images. Photos and illustrations from Getty can be found everywhere, for just about every purpose you can imagine. It shouldn't surprise you that Getty began in the Internet age, leaving print-era agencies in the dust by using Internet and CD-ROM distribution since day one.

Jonathan Klein, Getty's co-founder (along with Mark Getty) and the current CEO, helped drive its success over the past 15 years. He led it during its aggressive archive acquisition campaign through the '90s and now in the 2000s, adding to its formidable collection of editorial photos, footage and music. But his business skill is only part of his story; to hear Klein talk, one is quick to catch his passionate enthusiasm for the power of images -- not only to document moments in our lives and in history, not just to sell products or turn over PR campaigns -- but to shift public opinion and, perhaps, make the world more just.

Klein serves on the board of the Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS and on the board of Real Networks (media software company and creator of the popular RealPlayer).

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Jonathan Klein | Speaker | TED.com

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