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.
Fotografija je moja strast otkad sam bio dovoljno star da uzmem fotoaparat u ruke, ali danas želim s vama podijeliti svojih 15 najdragocjenijih fotografija, od kojih ja nisam slikao niti jednu. Nije bilo umjetničkih direktora, stilista, prilike za ponovno slikanje, nikakve rasvjete. U biti, većinu su slikali nasumično odabrani turisti.
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.
Moja priča počinje kad sam bio u New Yorku kako bih održao jedan govor, a žena me slikala kako držim svoju kćer na njen prvi rođendan. Na križanju smo 57. i 5. ulice. Točno godinu dana kasnije opet smo bili u New Yorku pa smo odlučili slikati se na isti način.
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.
Možete pretpostaviti u kojem smjeru ovo ide. Kako se bližio treći rođendan moje kćeri, moja je žena rekla: "Hej, zašto ne bi Sabinu opet odveo u New York na jedan izlet oca i kćeri i nastavio ritual?" Tad smo počeli tražiti turiste u prolazu da nas slikaju.
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.
Znate, neobično je kako je univerzalna gesta davanja svog fotoaparata strancu. Nitko nikad nije odbio i, srećom, nitko nije pobjegao s našim fotoaparatom.
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.
Tad nismo imali pojma koliko će taj izlet promijeniti naše živote. Postalo nam je sveto. Ovo je slikano samo nekoliko tjedana nakon 11. rujna i pokušavao sam objasniti što se dogodilo tog dana na način na koji bi petogodišnjakinja to mogla razumjeti.
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.
Ove fotografije mnogo su više od simbola za jedan jedini trenutak ili čak određeni izlet. One su i način da se zaustavi vrijeme na jedan tjedan u listopadu i razmisli o našim danima i načinu na koji se mijenjamo iz godine u godinu, ne samo fizički, već i na svaki drugi način. Jer, iako slikamo jednake fotografije, naše se perspektive mijenjaju, ona doživljava nove prekretnice, a ja mogu vidjeti život kroz njene oči, kako dolazi u dodir sa svime te njeno poimanje istog. Ovo vrlo usredotočeno vrijeme koje provedemo zajedno nešto je što cijenimo i iščekujemo cijele godine.
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.
Nedavno smo na jednom izletu hodali, a ona je stala kao ukopana i pokazala na crvenu ceradu trgovine s lutkama koju je voljela kao dijete na našim ranijim izletima. Opisala mi je kako se osjećala kao petogodišnjakinja stojeći na istom mjestu. Rekla je da se sjeća kako joj je srce lupalo kad je prvi put ugledala tu trgovinu devet godina ranije. A sad u New Yorku razgledava sveučilišta, zato što se želi školovati u New Yorku. I tad mi je sinulo: Jedna od najvažnijih stvari koje svi stvaramo jesu uspomene.
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)
Želim podijeliti ideju preuzimanja aktivne uloge svjesnim stvaranjem uspomena. Ne znam za vas, ali osim na ovih 15 slika, ja nisam na mnogo obiteljskih fotografija. Ja sam uvijek taj koji slika. Danas želim potaknuti sve da uđu u kadar. Nemojte oklijevati prići nekome i pitati: "Hoćete li nas slikati?" Hvala. (Pljesak)