Benjamin Grant: What it feels like to see Earth from space
Бенджамін Грант: Що відчуваєш, коли дивишся на Землю з космосу
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
three days before,
з мису Канаверал.
beyond low Earth orbit.
довкола Місяця учетверте,
above the Moon's horizon.
asks his crewmates where their camera is,
гарячково шукає фотоапарат,
points it towards the window,
important photographs of all time:
a few days later,
щасливо повернулась додому,
що згодом стали відомі усім:
at the University of Pennsylvania
of hundreds of astronauts
to view the Earth from space.
three common feelings:
for Earth's beauty;
of connection to all other living beings;
з усіма живими істотами;
often overwhelming sense of emotion.
the Earth from a great distance
що споглядання Землі на відстані
new cognitive frameworks
нових пізнавальних зв'язків,
що вона бачить.
were forever changed
що астронавтів назавжди змінила
as the "overview effect."
"ефектом огляду".
have ever been to outer space.
I set off on my own mission:
я постановив собі:
of overwhelming scale and beauty
нью-йоркському помешканні.
that I launched "Daily Overview."
"Щоденний огляд".
даних із супутника
overhead view of our planet.
нашої планети згори.
have been created thus far,
of perspectives.
from the massive archive
з чималого архіву
called Digital Globe.
of five satellites,
taking pictures of the Earth
28,000 kilometers per hour.
на швидкості 28 тисяч км/год.
is equipped with a camera
with a standard 55 millimeter lens.
стандартною 55-міліметровою лінзою.
one of their satellites
із супутників
at the stadium in Amsterdam.
of this project
that incredible technology
від діяльності людини.
the Earth for resources,
в пошуках копалин,
and cultivate crops for food,
виводимо зернові для їжі,
of doing all of these things,
control and impunity.
a few of my overviews with you now.
що я зробив.
to the port of Singapore.
in the world by terms of total tonnage,
of the world's shipping containers
you'll see a lot of little specks.
ви побачите безліч маленьких цяток.
in the United States.
and placed on a specialized diet.
й певним чином відгодовують.
the cows gain an additional 180 kilograms
збільшується ще на 180 кілограмів,
about this glowing pool at the top there.
що то за яскравий став.
combination of manure, chemicals
через суміш гною, хімікатів
that grows in the stagnant water.
що ростуть у стоячій воді.
of Western Australia,
добувають залізну руду.
on the face of the Earth.
страхітливий рубець на обличчі Землі.
in the construction of buildings,
such as your dishwasher or refrigerator.
посудомийки чи холодильника.
in Seville, Spain.
у Севільї, Іспанія.
around an 140-meter-tall tower
оточують вежу заввишки 140 метрів.
of light reflected upwards
to a storage tank underground,
до ємності під землею,
to power 70,000 homes
of carbon dioxide emissions every year.
зменшуються на 30 000 тонн щороку.
in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
в Санта-Круз, Болівія.
to untouched tracts of rainforest.
до незайманих дощових лісів.
has primarily been driven
the demand of its growing population
роботою і їжею.
of its rainforest
дощові ліси
lost 4.5 million acres of rainforest
in Barcelona, Spain.
can be incredibly helpful
вельми корисним,
smarter solutions for urban planning,
will live in cities around the world
у містах оселяться 4,9 мільярда людей
by its strict grid pattern,
чіткий картатий візерунок:
внутрішніми подвір'ями
better ventilation
для паркування.
but under much different circumstances.
але вже в інших умовах.
in northern Kenya,
у північній Кенії,
of its kind in the world.
who are fleeing Somalia,
що рятуються з Сомалі,
gridded out at left
these white dots,
the area over time.
однієї місцевості
about changes in time.
of the project "Juxtapose,"
of it with you now.
bloom every year in April.
зацвітають у квітні.
captured in March a few weeks before
taken a few weeks later.
зробленим за два тижні.
in this magnificent cascade of color.
4.3 billion tulip bulbs every year.
4,3 мільярда тюльпанів щороку.
на південному заході Бразилії,
in southeastern Brazil,
environmental disasters
екологічних катастроф
cubic meters of waste
забрудненої води
in the process,
численні поселення,
seen here before ...
were killed in this disaster.
дев'ятнадцятеро людей.
have access to clean drinking water
не мали доступу
into the Doce River,
of plant and animal life along the way.
на своєму шляху.
related to the crisis in Syria,
of hundreds of thousands of people
is seen in Mafraq, Jordan in 2011,
у 2011 році,
captured just this year in 2017,
зображенням у 2017 році.
of the Zaatari refugee camp.
the lunar landscape for the first time,
над місячним горизонтом,
that you could have imagined
look like from outer space.
з космосу.
the aesthetics of an image,
what it is you're seeing,
that you still like it.
продовжувати бачити її красу.
I want to create with my work,
it is that contemplation,
зацікавлення нашою планетою
interest in our planet
of what we're doing to it.
що ми з нею робимо.
from the overview perspective
з великої відстані
of these high-flying cameras,
що знімають на великій висоті,
that we are having.
що людство завдає планеті.
a more expansive perspective,
health of our planet,
лікування нашої планети.
й технологічно розумнішим
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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