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Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
Kristen Ashburn镜头下的AIDS
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在这篇感人的演讲中，纪录片摄影师Kristen Ashburn分享了她在非洲拍下的一些令人难忘的照片，呈现出AIDS对人类生命带来的冲击
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. Full bio
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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当我第一次到达美丽的津巴布韦时
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it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population
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我很难想象这个国家有35%的人口
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is HIV positive.
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感染艾滋病毒。
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It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people
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直到我受邀到那些患者的家里
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that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.
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我才认识到人类为传染艾滋病所付出的代价
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For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.
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举个例子，这是Herbert和他的祖母
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When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.
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当我第一次看到他时，他坐在他祖母的大腿上
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He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,
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他因父母双双死于艾滋而成为孤儿
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and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.
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他的祖母照顾他直到他也同样死于艾滋
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He liked to sit on her lap
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他喜欢坐在她的大腿上
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because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.
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因为他说躺在床上会觉得很痛
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When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap
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当祖母起身去泡茶时，他把Herbert放在我的大腿上
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and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.
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我从来没有抱过这么瘦弱的孩子
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Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.
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在我走之前， 我问他是否需要些什么
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I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,
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我以为他会想要玩具、糖果什么的
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and he asked me for slippers,
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但他想要的是拖鞋
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because he said that his feet were cold.
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因为他说他的脚会冷
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This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.
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这是Joyce 一个21岁女孩的照片
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Single mother, HIV positive.
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一个感染了艾滋的单亲妈妈
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I photographed her before and after
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我在她生下宝贝女儿Lssa
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the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.
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的前、后为她拍照
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And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan
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当我上周走在曼哈顿的拉法叶大街时
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and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,
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接到一个我不认识女人的电话
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but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away
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她跟我说年仅23岁的Joyce
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at the age of 23.
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去世了
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Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,
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现在是Joyce的妈妈在照看她的女儿
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like so many other Zimbabwean children
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像很多因传染艾滋病而变成孤儿
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who've been orphaned by the epidemic.
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的津巴布韦儿童一样
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So a few of the stories.
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这是众多案例中的几个故事
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With every picture,
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但在每张照片中
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there are individuals who have full lives
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他们每个人都有值得被传颂的
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and stories that deserve to be told.
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生命的历程和故事
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All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.
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所有这些照片都来自津巴布韦
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Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,
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Chris Anderson:Kirsten，能不能请你用一分钟的时间
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just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?
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简单的告诉我们你为什么想去非洲
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.
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Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm 怎么说呢
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CA: Just --
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CA:简单谈谈就好
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KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production
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KA:事实上，我那时正为一位时尚摄影师
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for a fashion photographer.
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做制作的工作
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And I was constantly reading the New York Times,
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那时我一直都在看纽约时报
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and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.
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对艾滋病相关的统计和数字感到震惊
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It was just frightening.
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那些资料非常吓人
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So I quit my job
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所以我辞掉工作
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and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.
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从事我真正想做的事
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And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --
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在2000的12月我花了一整个月
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this is in December 2000 --
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呆在博茨瓦那
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then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,
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然后又去津巴布韦待了一个月
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and then went back again this March 2002
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接着在2002年的三月我又去了津巴布韦
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for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.
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待了一个月
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CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.
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这是个很棒的故事 谢谢
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KB: Thanks for letting me show these.
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谢谢你给我机会
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kristen Ashburn - PhotographerKristen 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.
Kristen Ashburn | Speaker | TED.com