Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Daniel Sanchez Franco Reviewer: marc rausell

I'm 150 feet down an illegal mine shaft in Ghana.

Sóc a 45 metres sota terra en una mina il·legal de Ghana

The air is thick with heat and dust,

L'aire és espès, calent i amb pols

and it's hard to breathe.

i és difícil de respirar.

I can feel the brush of sweaty bodies passing me

Sento el frec dels cossos suats

in the darkness, but I can't see much else.

a la foscor, però no puc veure gaire més.

I hear voices talking, but mostly the shaft

Sento veus que parlen però, sobre tot,

is this cacophony of men coughing,

la cacofonia d'homes tossint

and stone being broken with primitive tools.

i de roca trencada amb eines primitives.

Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight

Com els altres, porto una llanterna barata de llum pampalluguejant

tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,

subjecta al cap amb aquesta banda esparracada

and I can barely make out the slick tree limbs

i amb prou feines puc distingir les relliscants branques

holding up the walls of the three-foot square hole

que subjecten les parets d'aquest forat d'un metre

dropping hundreds of feet into the earth.

que cau centenars de metres dins la terra.

When my hand slips, I suddenly remember a miner

Rellisca la meva mà i de sobte recordo un miner

I had met days before who had lost his grip

que vaig conèixer dies enrere, que va perdre el control

and fell countless feet down that shaft.

i va caure incomptables metres en aquest pou.

As I stand talking to you today,

Mentre parlo amb vostès, avui,

these men are still deep in that hole,

aquests homes estan al fons d'aquell pou

risking their lives without payment or compensation,

arriscant les seves vides sense pagament ni compensació

and often dying.

i, sovint, morint.

I got to climb out of that hole, and I got to go home,

Vaig sortir d'aquell forat i vaig anar a casa

but they likely never will, because they're trapped in slavery.

però ells probablement mai ho faran, perquè estan atrapats a l'esclavitud.

For the last 28 years, I've been documenting

Durant els últims 28 anys, he estat documentant

indigenous cultures in more than 70 countries

cultures indígenes en més de 70 països

on six continents, and in 2009 I had the great honor

en sis continents, i el 2009 vaig tenir el gran honor

of being the sole exhibitor at the Vancouver Peace Summit.

de ser l'única expositora a la Cimera de Pau de Vancouver.

Amongst all the astonishing people I met there,

D'entre totes les persones sorprenents que vaig conèixer allà,

I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO

vaig conèixer un integrant de "Free the Slaves", una ONG

dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery.

dedicada a eradicar l'esclavitud moderna.

We started talking about slavery, and really,

Comencem a parlar de l'esclavitud, i de veritat,

I started learning about slavery,

vaig començar a aprendre sobre l'esclavitud,

for I had certainly known it existed in the world,

perquè sabia sens dubte que existia en el món,

but not to such a degree.

però no fins a aquest grau.

After we finished talking, I felt so horrible

Quan vam acabar de parlar, em vaig sentir molt malament;

and honestly ashamed at my own lack of knowledge

honestament estava avergonyida d'ignorar

of this atrocity in my own lifetime, and I thought,

aquesta atrocitat dels nostres dies i vaig pensar:

if I don't know, how many other people don't know?

si jo no ho sé, quanta gent no ho sap?

It started burning a hole in my stomach, so within weeks,

Se'm va fer un nus a l'estómac i, setmanes després,

I flew down to Los Angeles to meet with the director

vaig volar a Los Ángeles per a conèixer el director

of Free the Slaves and offer them my help.

de "Free the Slaves" i oferir-li la meva ajuda.

Thus began my journey into modern day slavery.

Així va començar el meu viatge a l'esclavitud moderna.

Oddly, I had been to many of these places before.

Curiosament, ja havia estat en molts d'aquests llocs.

Some I even considered like my second home.

Fins i tot vaig considerar alguns com la meva segona llar

But this time, I would see the skeletons hidden in the closet.

Però aquesta vegada, ventilaria els draps bruts.

A conservative estimate tells us there are more than

Un càlcul conservador ens diu que actualment hi ha més de

27 million people enslaved in the world today.

27 milions de persones esclavitzades en el món.

That's double the amount of people taken from Africa

Això és el doble de la quantitat de persones preses d'Àfrica

during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

durant tot el comerç d'esclaus transatlàntic.

A hundred and fifty years ago, an agricultural slave

Fa cent cinquanta anys, un esclau agrícola

cost about three times the annual salary

costava prop de tres vegades el salari anual

of an American worker.

d'un treballador nord-americà.

That equates to about $50,000 in today's money.

Això equival al voltant d'uns 50.000 $ actuals.

Yet today, entire families can be enslaved for generations

No obstant això, avui en dia, famílies senceres poden ser esclavitzats durant generacions

over a debt as small as $18.

per un deute tan petit com 18$.

Astonishingly, slavery generates profits

Sorprenentment, l'esclavitud genera guanys

of more than $13 billion worldwide each year.

de més de 13 000 milions de dòlars, a nivell mundial, cada any.

Many have been tricked by false promises

Molts han estat enganyats amb falses promeses

of a good education, a better job, only to find

d'una bona educació, un millor treball, només per descobrir

that they're forced to work without pay

que es veuen obligats a treballar sense paga

under the threat of violence, and they cannot walk away.

sota l'amenaça de la violència, i no poden escapar.

Today's slavery is about commerce,

L'esclavitud actual és sobre el comerç,

so the goods that enslaved people produce have value,

de manera que els béns que produeixen els esclaus tenen valor,

but the people producing them are disposable.

però les persones que els produeixen són d'un sol ús.

Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,

L'esclavitud existeix gairebé a tot arreu

and yet it is illegal everywhere in the world.

i no obstant això, és il·legal a tot el món.

In India and Nepal, I was introduced to the brick kilns.

A l'Índia i el Nepal, vaig conèixer els forns de maons.

This strange and awesome sight was like

Aquest espectacle estrany i impressionant va ser com

walking into ancient Egypt or Dante's Inferno.

entrar a l'antic Egipte o a l'Infern de Dante.

Enveloped in temperatures of 130 degrees,

Immersos en una temperatura de 54 º C,

men, women, children, entire families in fact,

homes, dones, nens, de fet, famílies senceres

were cloaked in a heavy blanket of dust,

coberts d'una pesada capa de pols,

while mechanically stacking bricks on their head,

apilen mecànicament totxos al cap,

up to 18 at a time, and carrying them

fins a 18 a la vegada, i els porten

from the scorching kilns to trucks hundreds of yards away.

des dels forns abrasadors a camions que estan a centenars de metres de distància.

Deadened by monotony and exhaustion,

Esmorteït per la monotonia i el cansament,

they work silently, doing this task over and over

treballen en silenci, fent aquesta tasca una i una altra vegada

for 16 or 17 hours a day.

durant 16 o 17 hores al dia.

There were no breaks for food, no water breaks,

No hi havia pauses per menjar, ni per beure,

and the severe dehydration made urinating

i la deshidratació severa feia que orinar

pretty much inconsequential.

fora bastant intranscendent.

So pervasive was the heat and the dust

Tan penetrants eren la calor i la pols

that my camera became too hot to even touch

que la meva càmera es va convertir en massa calenta al tacte

and ceased working.

i va deixar de funcionar.

Every 20 minutes, I'd have to run back to our cruiser

Cada 20 minuts, havia de córrer al cotxe

to clean out my gear and run it under an air conditioner

per netejar l'equip i fer que funcionés sota l'aire condicionat

to revive it, and as I sat there,

per reviure-la i, asseguda allà,

I thought, my camera is getting far better treatment

pensava: la meva càmera rep un tractament molt millor

than these people.

que aquestes persones.

Back in the kilns, I wanted to cry,

De tornada als forns, em van entrar ganes de plorar,

but the abolitionist next to me quickly grabbed me

però l'abolicionista que estava al meu costat ràpidament em va agafar

and he said, "Lisa, don't do that. Just don't do that here."

i em va dir: "Lisa, no ho facis. No ho facis aquí."

And he very clearly explained to me that emotional displays

I em va explicar molt clarament que les manifestacions emocionals

are very dangerous in a place like this,

són molt perillosos en un lloc com aquest,

not just for me, but for them.

no només per a mi, sinó per a ells.

I couldn't offer them any direct help.

Jo no podia oferir cap ajuda directa.

I couldn't give them money, nothing.

No podia donar-los diners, res.

I wasn't a citizen of that country.

Jo no era un ciutadà d'aquest país.

I could get them in a worse situation

Podria posar-los en una situació pitjor

than they were already in.

de la que ja hi eren.

I'd have to rely on Free the Slaves to work

Hauria de confiar en Free the Slaves per treballar

within the system for their liberation,

dins del sistema per al seu alliberament,

and I trusted that they would.

i confiava que ho farien.

As for me, I'd have to wait until I got home

Quant a mi, hauria d'esperar fins arribar a casa

to really feel my heartbreak.

per sentir realment la meva angoixa.

In the Himalayas, I found children carrying stone

A l'Himàlaia, em vaig trobar amb nens portant pedres

for miles down mountainous terrain

durant quilòmetres per terrenys muntanyosos

to trucks waiting at roads below.

fins als camions que esperen a les carreteres de sota

The big sheets of slate were heavier

Les grans planxes de pissarra eren més pesades

than the children carrying them,

que els nens que les carregaven,

and the kids hoisted them from their heads

i els nens les subjecten als seus caps

using these handmade harnesses of sticks and rope

fent servir corretges casolanes fetes de pals, cordes

and torn cloth.

i draps.

It's difficult to witness something so overwhelming.

És difícil presenciar una cosa tan abrumadora.

How can we affect something so insidious,

Com podem influir en alguna cosa tan insidiosa,

yet so pervasive?

però tan omnipresent?

Some don't even know they're enslaved,

Alguns ni tan sols saben que estan esclavitzats,

people working 16, 17 hours a day without any pay,

la gent que treballa 16, 17 hores al dia sense cap tipus de pagament,

because this has been the case all their lives.

perquè aquest ha estat el cas durant tota la seva vida.

They have nothing to compare it to.

No tenen res amb què comparar.

When these villagers claimed their freedom,

Quan aquests camperols van reclamar la seva llibertat,

the slaveholders burned down all of their houses.

els esclavistes van cremar íntegrament les seves cases.

I mean, these people had nothing,

Vull dir, aquesta gent no tenia res,

and they were so petrified, they wanted to give up,

i estaven tant petrificats, volien donar-se per vençuts,

but the woman in the center rallied for them to persevere,

però la dona del centre els va animar a perseverar

and abolitionists on the ground

i els abolicionistes del lloc

helped them get a quarry lease of their own,

els van ajudar a arrendar la seva pròpia pedrera

so that now they do the same back-breaking work,

així que ara fan la mateixa feina esgotadora

but they do it for themselves, and they get paid for it,

però ho fan per a ells mateixos, i reben una paga per ella,

and they do it in freedom.

i ho fan en llibertat.

Sex trafficking is what we often think of

Tràfic sexual és en el que sovint pensem

when we hear the word slavery,

quan escoltem la paraula esclavitud,

and because of this worldwide awareness,

i a causa d'aquesta presa de consciència mundial,

I was warned that it would be difficult for me to work safely

vaig ser advertida que seria difícil per a mi treballar amb seguretat

within this particular industry.

dins d'aquest negoci en particular.

In Kathmandu, I was escorted by women who had

En Katmandú m'acompanyaven dones que havien estat

previously been sex slaves themselves.

prèviament esclaves sexuals.

They ushered me down a narrow set of stairs

Em van conduir per unes escales estretes

that led to this dirty, dimly fluorescent lit basement.

que donaven a aquest soterrani brut, de tènue llum fluorescent.

This wasn't a brothel, per se.

No era exactament un bordell.

It was more like a restaurant.

Era més aviat un restaurant.

Cabin restaurants, as they're known in the trade,

Restaurant-cabina, com es coneix en el negoci,

are venues for forced prostitution.

són locals per a la prostitució forçada.

Each has small, private rooms, where the slaves,

Tenen habitacions petites, privades, on les esclaves,

women, along with young girls and boys,

dones, amb les seves nenes i els seus nens,

some as young as seven years old,

alguns tan joves com set anys,

are forced to entertain the clients,

són forçades a entretenir els clients

encouraging them to buy more food and alcohol.

encoratjant-los a comprar més menjar i alcohol.

Each cubicle is dark and dingy,

Cada cubicle és fosc i brut,

identified with a painted number on the wall,

identificat per un nombre pintat a la paret,

and partitioned by plywood and a curtain.

i dividit per un biombo i una cortina.

The workers here often endure tragic sexual abuse

Les treballadores sovint pateixen abús sexual

at the hands of their customers.

a mans dels seus clients.

Standing in the near darkness, I remember feeling

Dempeus en la penombra, recordo haver sentit

this quick, hot fear, and in that instant,

una por aguda, ardent, i en aquell instant,

I could only imagine what it must be like

tot just vaig poder imaginar el que ha de ser

to be trapped in that hell.

quedar atrapada en aquell infern.

I had only one way out: the stairs from where I'd come in.

Només tenia una sortida: les escales per on vaig entrar.

There were no back doors.

No hi havia portes del darrere.

There were no windows large enough to climb through.

No hi havia finestres prou grans com per enfilar-s'hi.

These people have no escape at all,

Aquestes persones no tenen escapatòria en absolut

and as we take in such a difficult subject,

i, ja que toquem un tema tan difícil,

it's important to note that slavery, including sex trafficking,

és important assenyalar que l'esclavitud, fins i tot el tràfic sexual,

occurs in our own backyard as well.

també passa al nostre voltant.

Tens of hundreds of people are enslaved in agriculture,

Desenes de centenars de persones són esclavitzades en l'agricultura,

in restaurants, in domestic servitude,

en restaurants, en el servei domèstic,

and the list can go on.

i la llista pot continuar.

Recently, the New York Times reported that

Recentment, el New York Times va informar que

between 100,000 and 300,000 American children

entre 100.000 i 300.000 nens nord-americans

are sold into sex slavery every year.

són venuts cada any com a esclaus sexuals.

It's all around us. We just don't see it.

Tot està al nostre voltant. Només que no ho veiem.

The textile industry is another one we often think of

La indústria tèxtil és una altra en la que sovint pensem

when we hear about slave labor.

quan sentim parlar de treball esclau.

I visited villages in India where entire families were enslaved

Vaig visitar aldees de l'Índia on famílies senceres van ser esclavitzades

in the silk trade.

en el comerç de la seda.

This is a family portrait.

Aquest és un retrat de família.

The dyed black hands are the father, while the blue

Les mans tenyides de negre és el pare, mentre que les mans de color blau

and red hands are his sons.

i vermell són els seus fills.

They mix dye in these big barrels,

Ells barregen colorant en aquests grans barrils,

and they submerge the silk into the liquid up to their elbows,

i submergeixen la seda en el líquid fins als colzes,

but the dye is toxic.

però el colorant és tòxic.

My interpreter told me their stories.

El meu intèrpret em va explicar les seves històries.

"We have no freedom," they said.

"No tenim llibertat", van dir.

"We hope still, though, that we could leave this house

"Encara esperem, però, poder sortir d'aquesta casa

someday and go someplace else

algun dia i anar a un altre lloc

where we actually get paid for our dyeing."

on realment ens paguin la nostra feina".

It's estimated that more than 4,000 children

S'estima que hi ha més de 4000 nens

are enslaved on Lake Volta,

esclavitzats al llac Volta,

the largest man-made lake in the world.

el major llac artificial del món.

When we first arrived, I went to have a quick look.

Quan vam arribar, vaig anar a fer una ullada ràpida.

I saw what seemed to be a family fishing on a boat,

Vaig veure el que semblava ser una família de pescadors en un vaixell,

two older brothers, some younger kids, makes sense right?

dos germans grans, alguns nens més joves, té sentit no?

Wrong. They were all enslaved.

Fals. Eren tots esclaus.

Children are taken from their families

Els nens són separats de les seves famílies,

and trafficked and vanished,

traficats, desapareguts

and they're forced to work endless hours on these boats

i forçats a treballar jornades extenses en aquests bots

on the lake, even though they do not know how to swim.

al llac, tot i no que no saben nedar.

This young child is eight years old.

Aquest nen té vuit anys.

He was trembling when our boat approached,

Estava tremolant quan el nostre vaixell es va acostar

frightened it would run over his tiny canoe.

tenia por que la seva petita canoa fóra envestida.

He was petrified he would be knocked in the water.

Estava paralitzat per la por de caure a l'aigua.

The skeletal tree limbs submerged in Lake Volta

Les raquítiques branques dels arbres submergits en el llac Volta

often catch the fishing nets, and weary,

sovint atrapen les xarxes, i els cansats

frightened children are thrown into the water

i espantats nens, són llançats a l'aigua

to untether the lines.

per deslligar les branques.

Many of them drown.

Molts s'ofeguen.

For as long as he can recall, he's been forced to work

Des que recorda, ha estat forçat a treballar

on the lake.

en el llac.

Terrified of his master, he will not run away,

Aterrit pel seu amo no fugirà

and since he's been treated with cruelty all his life,

i, com tota la vida ha estat tractat amb crueltat,

he passes that down to the younger slaves

cruelment tracta els esclaus més joves

that he manages.

sota el seu comandament.

I met these boys at five in the morning,

Vaig conèixer aquests nois a les cinc del matí,

when they were hauling in the last of their nets,

quan aixecaven les últimes xarxes,

but they had been working since 1 a.m.

però havien estat treballant des de la una

in the cold, windy night.

a la nit freda i ventosa.

And it's important to note that these nets weigh

I cal assenyalar que aquestes xarxes pesen

more than a thousand pounds when they're full of fish.

més de 400 quilos quan estan plenes de peixos.

I want to introduce you to Kofi.

Vull presentar-vos en Kofi.

Kofi was rescued from a fishing village.

Kofi va ser rescatat en una aldea de pescadors.

I met him at a shelter where Free the Slaves

El vaig conèixer en un refugi on 'Free the Slaves'

rehabilitates victims of slavery.

rehabilita víctimes de l'esclavitud.

Here he's seen taking a bath at the well,

Aquí el veiem prenent un bany,

pouring big buckets of water over his head,

rebent grans galledes d'aigua sobre el seu cap,

and the wonderful news is,

i la notícia meravellosa és que

as you and I are sitting here talking today,

mentre estem aquí conversant avui,

Kofi has been reunited with his family,

Kofi ha estat reunit amb la seva família,

and what's even better, his family has been given tools

i, millor encara, s'han donat eines a la seva família

to make a living and to keep their children safe.

per guanyar-se la vida i mantenir els seus fills fora de perill.

Kofi is the embodiment of possibility.

Kofi simbolitza el possible.

Who will he become because someone took a stand

Qui arribarà a ser gràcies a que algú va decidir

and made a difference in his life?

marcar la diferència a la seva vida?

Driving down a road in Ghana

Conduint per una carretera a Ghana

with partners of Free the Slaves,

amb socis de 'Free the Slaves',

a fellow abolitionist on a moped suddenly sped up

un company abolicionista amb la seva moto de sobte va accelerar

to our cruiser and tapped on the window.

i va sobrepassar el nostre cotxe i va tocar la finestra.

He told us to follow him down a dirt road into the jungle.

Ens va demanar que el seguíssim per un camí de terra fins a la selva.

At the end of the road, he urged us out of the car,

Al final del camí, ens va instar a sortir del cotxe,

and told the driver to quickly leave.

i li va dir al conductor que sortís ràpidament.

Then he pointed toward this barely visible footpath,

Després va assenyalar aquest sender amb prou feines visible

and said, "This is the path, this is the path. Go."

i va dir: "Aquest és el camí, aquest és el camí. Anem".

As we started down the path, we pushed aside the vines

Mentre comencem a baixar, traiem les enfiladisses

blocking the way, and after about an hour of walking in,

que bloquejaven el camí i després de caminar prop d'una hora

found that the trail had become flooded by recent rains,

trobem que el camí estava inundat per les recents pluges,

so I hoisted the photo gear above my head

així que vaig posar l'equip de fotos sobre el meu cap

as we descended into these waters up to my chest.

a mesura que descendíem en aquestes aigües fins al pit.

After another two hours of hiking, the winding trail

Després d'unes altres dues hores de caminada, el sinuós camí

abruptly ended at a clearing, and before us

va acabar abruptament en un clar, i davant nostre

was a mass of holes

hi havia una quantitat de forats

that could fit into the size of a football field,

que podien sumar la mida d'un camp de futbol,

and all of them were full of enslaved people laboring.

i tots estaven plens de treballadors esclavitzats.

Many women had children strapped to their backs

Moltes dones tenien fills lligats a l'esquena

while they were panning for gold,

mentre buscaven or,

wading in water poisoned by mercury.

caminant en aigües enverinades amb mercuri.

Mercury is used in the extraction process.

El mercuri s'utilitza en el procés d'extracció.

These miners are enslaved in a mine shaft

Aquests miners són esclavitzats en un pou

in another part of Ghana.

en una altra part de Ghana.

When they came out of the shaft, they were soaking wet

Quan van sortir del pou estaven xops

from their own sweat.

de la seva pròpia suor.

I remember looking into their tired, bloodshot eyes,

Recordo que vaig mirar els seus ulls cansats, irritats,

for many of them had been underground for 72 hours.

ja que molts havien estat sota terra durant 72 hores.

The shafts are up to 300 feet deep, and they carry out

Els pous tenen fins a 90 metres i aquestes persones carreguen

heavy bags of stone that later will be transported

pesats sacs de pedra que després seran transportats

to another area, where the stone will be pounded

a un altre lloc on picaran la pedra

so that they can extract the gold.

per poder extreure l'or.

At first glance, the pounding site seems full

A primera vista, el lloc sembla estar ple

of powerful men, but when we look closer,

d'homes forts i vigorosos però, si mirem més de prop,

we see some less fortunate working on the fringes,

en els marges veiem treballar altres menys afortunats

and children too.

i també nens.

All of them are victim to injury, illness and violence.

Tots són víctimes de lesions, malalties i violència.

In fact, it's very likely that this muscular person

De fet, és molt probable que aquesta musculosa persona

will end up like this one here, racked with tuberculosis

acabi com aquesta, víctima de la tuberculosi

and mercury poisoning in just a few years.

i enverinada per mercuri en tan sols uns pocs anys.

This is Manuru. When his father died,

Aquest és Manuru. Quan va morir el seu pare

his uncle trafficked him to work with him in the mines.

el seu oncle el va portar a treballar amb ell a les mines.

When his uncle died, Manuru inherited his uncle's debt,

En morir el seu oncle, Manuru va heretar el deute del seu oncle,

which further forced him into being enslaved in the mines.

el que el força a ser esclau a les mines.

When I met him, he had been working in the mines

Quan el vaig conèixer, havia estat treballant a les mines

for 14 years, and the leg injury that you see here

durant 14 anys, i la lesió de la cama que veieu aquí

is actually from a mining accident,

és producte d'un accident a la mina,

one so severe doctors say his leg should be amputated.

tan greu que els metges deien que havia de ser amputada.

On top of that, Manuru has tuberculosis,

A més d'això, Manuru té tuberculosi

yet he's still forced to work day in and day out

i, no obstant això, està obligat a treballar nit i dia

in that mine shaft.

en aquella mina.

Even still, he has a dream that he will become free

Tot i això, ell somia amb ser alliberat

and become educated with the help of local activists

i educat amb ajuda d'activistes locals

like Free the Slaves,

com 'Free the Slaves',

and it's this sort of determination,

i és aquest tipus de determinació,

in the face of unimaginable odds,

davant d'una remota possibilitat

that fills me with complete awe.

el que m'omple d'una admiració absoluta.

I want to shine a light on slavery.

Vull aportar llum sobre l'esclavitud.

When I was working in the field,

Quan feia el treball de camp

I brought lots of candles with me,

vaig portar moltes espelmes amb mi

and with the help of my interpreter,

i, amb ajuda del meu intèrpret,

I imparted to the people I was photographing

li vaig dir a les persones que estava fotografiant

that I wanted to illuminate their stories

que volia il·luminar les seves històries

and their plight,

i la seva situació,

so when it was safe for them, and safe for me,

per això quan era segur per a ells, i per a mi,

I made these images.

vaig prendre aquestes imatges.

They knew their image would be seen

Sabien que les seves imatges serien vistes

by you out in the world.

per vosaltres a tot el món.

I wanted them to know that we will be bearing witness

Volia que sabessin que donarem testimoni

to them, and that we will do whatever we can

d'ells i que farem tot el possible

to help make a difference in their lives.

per a ajudar a canviar les seves vides.

I truly believe, if we can see one another

Sincerament crec que si podem veure'ns els uns als altres

as fellow human beings, then it becomes very difficult

com a éssers humans, llavors serà molt difícil

to tolerate atrocities like slavery.

tolerar atrocitats com l'esclavitud.

These images are not of issues. They are of people,

Aquestes imatges no són sobre problemes. Són sobre persones,

real people, like you and me, all deserving

persones reals, com vosaltres i com jo, que mereixen

of the same rights, dignity and respect

els mateixos drets, dignitat i respecte

in their lives.

en les seves vides.

There is not a day that goes by that I don't think

No hi ha un dia que passi que jo no pensi

of these many beautiful, mistreated people

en aquestes belles, maltractades persones,

I've had the tremendous honor of meeting.

que he tingut el gran honor de conèixer.

I hope that these images awaken a force

Espero que aquestes imatges despertin una força

in those who view them, people like you,

en aquells que les vegin, en persones com vosaltres,

and I hope that force will ignite a fire,

i espero que aquesta força encengui un foc

and that fire will shine a light on slavery,

i que aquest foc llanci llum sobre l'esclavitud

for without that light, the beast of bondage

perquè, sense aquesta llum, la bèstia de l'esclavitud

can continue to live in the shadows.

pot continuar vivint a l'ombra.

Thank you very much.

Moltes gràcies.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)