Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
Benjamin Grant: Hur det känns att se jorden från rymden
Through his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves. Full bio
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has successfully completed
har lyckats fullfölja
från Cape Canaveral tre dagar innan,
three days before,
beyond low Earth orbit.
utanför jordens låga omloppsbana.
above the Moon's horizon.
asks his crewmates where their camera is,
sin besättning var kameran är,
points it towards the window,
siktar den mot fönstret,
important photographs of all time:
korten i historien:
a few days later,
ett par dagar senare
at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania,
of hundreds of astronauts
från hundratals astronauter
to view the Earth from space.
att se jorden från rymden.
three common feelings:
for Earth's beauty;
för jordens skönhet;
of connection to all other living beings;
med andra levande varelser;
often overwhelming sense of emotion.
ofta överväldigande känslosamhet.
the Earth from a great distance
från ett större avstånd
new cognitive frameworks
utveckla nya kognitiva ramverk
were forever changed
förändrades permanent
as the "overview effect."
"översiktseffekten".
have ever been to outer space.
varit i yttre rymden.
I set off on my own mission:
mitt eget uppdrag:
of overwhelming scale and beauty
denna överväldigande känsla av skönhet
that I launched "Daily Overview."
lanserade "Daily Overview".
overhead view of our planet.
översiktsbild av vår planet.
have been created thus far,
of perspectives.
sin dagliga dos av perspektiv.
from the massive archive
bland korten i ett massivt arkiv
called Digital Globe.
of five satellites,
på fem satelliter,
taking pictures of the Earth
28,000 kilometers per hour.
i 28 000 kilometer i timmen.
is equipped with a camera
with a standard 55 millimeter lens.
one of their satellites
at the stadium in Amsterdam.
på Amsterdams stadium.
of this project
that incredible technology
denna mäktiga teknik
the Earth for resources,
för att hitta resurser,
and cultivate crops for food,
of doing all of these things,
control and impunity.
och straffrihet.
a few of my overviews with you now.
av mina översikter med er.
to the port of Singapore.
till Singapores hamn.
in the world by terms of total tonnage,
vad gäller totalt tonnage
of the world's shipping containers
av jordens containrar
you'll see a lot of little specks.
ser du massor av små fläckar.
in the United States.
and placed on a specialized diet.
the cows gain an additional 180 kilograms
ökar kons vikt med ca 180 kg
about this glowing pool at the top there.
lysande fläcken här uppe.
combination of manure, chemicals
av kospillning, kemikalier
that grows in the stagnant water.
i det stillastående vattnet.
of Western Australia,
on the face of the Earth.
på jordens yta.
och är således en central komponent
in the construction of buildings,
som diskmaskiner och kylskåp.
such as your dishwasher or refrigerator.
in Seville, Spain.
i Sevilla i Spanien.
around an 140-meter-tall tower
kring ett 140 meter högt torn
of light reflected upwards
som reflekteras uppåt
to a storage tank underground,
till en underjordisk förvaringstank
to power 70,000 homes
med el för 70 000 hem
of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
koldioxidutsläpp årligen.
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
skogsavverkning i Santa Cruz, Bolivia,
to untouched tracts of rainforest.
has primarily been driven
främst på grund av
the demand of its growing population
en stigande befolkningsmängd ställer
of its rainforest
lost 4.5 million acres of rainforest
4,5 miljoner tunnland regnskog
in Barcelona, Spain.
i Barcelona, Spanien.
can be incredibly helpful
kan vara till stor hjälp
smarter solutions for urban planning,
bättre lösningar inom stadsplanering.
will live in cities around the world
människor kommer att bo i städer
by its strict grid pattern,
av ett strikt rutsystem,
better ventilation
bättre ventilation
but under much different circumstances.
men i ett helt annat sammanhang.
in northern Kenya,
i norra Kenya,
of its kind in the world.
who are fleeing Somalia,
av flyktingar från Somalia,
gridded out at left
these white dots,
i dessa vita prickar
the area over time.
fylla upp området med tiden.
about changes in time.
om förändring i tiden.
of the project "Juxtapose,"
av projektet "Juxtapose"
of it with you now.
bloom every year in April.
blommar varje år i april.
captured in March a few weeks before
ett par veckor innan
taken a few weeks later.
som tagits några veckor senare.
in this magnificent cascade of color.
i ett böljande hav av färger.
4.3 billion tulip bulbs every year.
cirka 4,3 miljarder tulpanlökar årligen.
in southeastern Brazil,
i sydöstra Brasilien,
environmental disasters
värsta miljökatastroferna
cubic meters of waste
kubikmeter avfall
in the process,
seen here before ...
som vi ser här före ...
were killed in this disaster.
omkom i katastrofen.
have access to clean drinking water
var utan rent dricksvatten
into the Doce River,
of plant and animal life along the way.
fick sätta livet till på vägen.
related to the crisis in Syria,
visar krisen i Syrien,
of hundreds of thousands of people
av hundratusentals personer
is seen in Mafraq, Jordan in 2011,
visar Mafraq, Jordanien, år 2011,
captured just this year in 2017,
som togs i år, 2017,
of the Zaatari refugee camp.
the lunar landscape for the first time,
månlandskapet för första gången,
that you could have imagined
look like from outer space.
ser ut, sedda från yttre rymden.
the aesthetics of an image,
njuter av bildens estetik;
what it is you're seeing,
att du ändå gillar bilden,
that you still like it.
vad du ser på.
I want to create with my work,
jag vill lyfta fram i mitt arbete
it is that contemplation,
ett större intresse för vår planet
interest in our planet
of what we're doing to it.
om vad vi gör med den.
from the overview perspective
än någonsin förut
som finns i dessa högtflygande kameror
of these high-flying cameras,
that we are having.
vi har på jorden.
a more expansive perspective,
som håller på att ske,
health of our planet,
långsiktiga välmående,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Benjamin Grant - Artist, authorThrough his mesmerizing satellite photographs, Benjamin Grant offers us a new way of seeing of our planet and ourselves.
Why you should listen
By curating and composing high-resolution aerial imagery, Benjamin Grant has repurposed a medium once reserved for security experts into a tool that provides us with a thought-provoking look at human impact on our planet. As the founder of Daily Overview, he tells a story not only of man's relationship to the earth but also of how a determined search for novel perspectives can shift our psychology, inspire greater collaboration and stimulate visions for a better future.
Grant has grown Daily Overview into one of the most popular blogs on social media, garnering the largest following on Instagram (currently 556,000+ followers) of any brand with an environmental focus. His best-selling book Overview: A New Perspective of Earth has been critically-acclaimed by the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, CNN and was selected as one of the "Best Books of 2016" by Amazon, The Smithsonian and the Los Angeles Times. First published in October 2016, the book has been translated into seven languages.
Images from Daily Overview have been featured in hundreds of publications around the world including the New York Times, Washington Post, WIRED, The Economist, VICE and more. Grant has shown large-format prints at numerous exhibitions around the world with noteworthy installations in Munich, San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and Hjo, Sweden.
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