Photography has been my passion ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and I didn't take any of them. There were no art directors, no stylists, no chance for reshoots, not even any regard for lighting. In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.
Fotograafia on olnud minu kirg ajast, mil olin piisavalt vana, et kaamerat käes hoida, kuid täna soovin teiega jagada 15 oma kõige väärtuslikumat fotot. Ja mina pole neist ühegi autor. Mängus polnud kunstilisi juhte ega stiliste, neid ei olnud vaja uuesti pildistada ning isegi valgustus ei olnud oluline. Tegelikult on enamuse autoriteks turistidest möödakäijad.
My story begins when I was in New York City for a speaking engagement, and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter on her first birthday. We're on the corner of 57th and 5th. We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later, so we decided to take the same picture.
Mu lugu algab tööreisiga New Yorki, kus mu naine tegi minust pildi, millel hoian süles oma tütart tema esimesel sünnipäeval. Olime 57. ja 5. tänava nurgal. Täpselt aasta hiljem sattusime taas New Yorki ja otsustasime teha samasuguse pildi.
Well you can see where this is going. Approaching my daughter's third birthday, my wife said, "Hey, why don't you take Sabina back to New York and make it a father-daughter trip, and continue the ritual?" This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.
Ilmselt aimate, kuhu lugu tüürib. Tütre kolmanda sünnipäeva lähenedes ütles naine: "Minge Sabinaga jälle New Yorki isa-tütre reisile ning jätkake traditsiooni." Sellest alates palusime mööduvatel turistidel meid pildistada.
You know, it's remarkable how universal the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger. No one's ever refused, and luckily no one's ever run off with our camera.
On lausa imestusväärne, kui levinud on žest ulatada oma kaamera võhivõõrale. Ealeski pole keegi keeldunud ning õnneks pole keegi ka kunagi kaameraga ära jooksnud.
Back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives. It's really become sacred to us. This one was taken just weeks after 9/11, and I found myself trying to explain what had happened that day in ways a five-year-old could understand.
Sel ajal polnud meil aimugi, kui palju see reis meie elu muudab. See on tõesti meile pühaks saanud. See siin on tehtud nädal pärast 11. septembri terrorirünnakut, tol päeval avastasin end püüdmas juhtunut selgitada sel moel, et 5-aastane seda mõista suudaks.
So these photos are far more than proxies for a single moment, or even a specific trip. They're also ways for us to freeze time for one week in October and reflect on our times and how we change from year to year, and not just physically, but in every way. Because while we take the same photo, our perspectives change, and she reaches new milestones, and I get to see life through her eyes, and how she interacts with and sees everything. This very focused time we get to spend together is something we cherish and anticipate the entire year.
Need pildid palju enamat kui ühe hetke või isegi kindla reisi vahendajad. Need võimaldavad meil ühel nädalal oktoobris aja seisma panna, möödunud aegu meenutada ning näha, kuidas me muutume aastate vältel nii füüsiliselt, kui igas muus mõttes. Sest ajaperioodil, mil neid samu pilte teeme, meie vaated muutuvad, tema jõuab uute verstapostideni ning mul õnnestub näha elu läbi tema silmade, läbi selle, kuidas ta suhtleb ning ümbritsevat tajub. See teineteisele pühendatud aeg, mida koos veedame, on miski, mida me terve aasta väärtustame ning ootame.
Recently, on one trip, we were walking, and she stops dead in her tracks, and she points to a red awning of the doll store that she loved when she was little on our earlier trips. And she describes to me the feeling she felt as a five-year-old standing in that exact spot. She said she remembers her heart bursting out of her chest when she saw that place for the very first time nine years earlier. And now what she's looking at in New York are colleges, because she's determined to go to school in New York. And it hit me: One of the most important things we all make are memories.
Hiljuti ühel reisil, kui me parasjagu kõndisime, peatus ta äkitselt ning osutas ühe nukupoe punasele päevavarjule, mis oli talle väiksena alati meeldinud meie eelmistel reisidel. Ja ta kirjeldas mulle oma tundeid, mida ta 5-aastasena tundis täpselt sama koha peal seistes. Ta ütles, et ta mäletab teda vallanud rõõmutunnet, kui ta seda kohta 9 aastat tagasi esimest korda nägi. Ja nüüd käib ta New Yorgis otsimas ülikoole, sest ta on pähe võtnud sinna õppima minna. Ja äkki ma taipasin, et ühel kõige olulisemal kohal meie elus on mälestused.
So I want to share the idea of taking an active role in consciously creating memories. I don't know about you, but aside from these 15 shots, I'm not in many of the family photos. I'm always the one taking the picture. So I want to encourage everyone today to get in the shot, and don't hesitate to go up to someone and ask, "Will you take our picture?" Thank you. (Applause)
Seega soovin ma kutsuda inimesi üles ohje enda kätte haarama ning teadlikult mälestusi looma. Ma ei tea, kuidas on teiega, kuid peale nende 15 foto ei ole mind just paljudel perepiltidel, mina olen alati pildistaja. Ma tahaksin täna kõiki julgustada pildile jääma ning mitte kõhklema küsida: "Kas te teeksite meist pilti?" Ma tänan teid. (Aplaus)