James Nachtwey: Use my photographs to stop the worldwide XDR

Translator: Ion Zubizarreta Reviewer: Begoña Laka

I was a student in the '60s, a time of social upheaval and questioning,

Ikaslea nintzen 60ko hamarkadan, gizarte-asaldura eta eztabaiden garai batean,

and -- on a personal level -- an awakening sense of idealism.

eta, pertsonal mailan, idealismo sentimendu baten hasiera.

The war in Vietnam was raging, the Civil Rights movement was under way

Vietnamgo gerra goren mailan zegoen, eskubide zibilen aldeko mugimendua abian zen

and pictures had a powerful influence on me.

eta irudiek eragin bizia zeukaten nigan.

Our political and military leaders were telling us one thing

Gure buruzagi politiko eta militarrek gauza bat esaten ziguten

and photographers were telling us another.

eta argazkilariek beste bat.

I believed the photographers and so did millions of other Americans.

Nik argazkilariengan sinesten nuen, beste milioika estatubatuarrek bezala.

Their images fuelled resistance to the war and to racism.

Euren irudiek gerra eta arrazakeriaren aurkako erresistentzia suspertu zuten.

They not only recorded history -- they helped change the course of history.

Ez zuten historia erregistratu soilik, historia aldatzen lagundu zuten.

Their pictures became part of our collective consciousness

Euren argazkiak gure kontzientzia kolektiboaren parte bihurtu ziren,

and, as consciousness evolved into a shared sense of conscience,

eta, kontzientzia hau bateratua izatera pasa zenean,

change became not only possible, but inevitable.

aldaketa ez zen soilik posible bihurtu, ezinbestekoa baizik.

It puts a human face on issues which, from afar,

Giza aurpegi jartzen die, urrunetik, euren inpaktu globalean,

can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.

abstraktuak, ideologikoak edo monumentalak diruditen arazoei.

What happens at ground level, far from the halls of power,

Oinarrian gertatzen dena, boterearen korridoreetatik urrun,

happens to ordinary citizens one by one.

herritar arrunt orori gertatzen zaie.

And I understood that documentary photography

Eta ulertu nuen argazkilaritza dokumentalak

has the ability to interpret events from their point of view.

gertakizunak euren ikuspegitik interpretatzeko gaitasuna duela.

It gives a voice to those who otherwise would not have a voice.

Hitza ematen die bestela hitzik edukiko ez luketen horiei.

My TED wish. There’s a vital story that needs to be told

Nire TED nahia: kontatu beharreko bizi-istorio bat dago

and I wish for TED to help me gain access to it

eta TED-ek bertan barneratzen lagun nazan nahiko nuke

and then to help me come up with innovative and exciting ways

eta baita modu berritzaileak eta zirraragarriak sortzen laguntzea

to use news photography in the digital era.

prentsa argazkilaritza garai digitalean erabiltzeko.

Thank you very much.

Mila esker.

[ 10.3.08 -- The story breaks. ]

[ Urriak 03, 2008 — Berria ezagutzera ematen da ]

[ "I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony." ]

[ "Testigu izan naiz, eta irudi hauek dira nire testigantza". ]

[ South Africa ]

[ Hegoafrika ]

[ This is happening now. ]

[ Hau orain ari da gertatzen ]

[ Cambodia ]

[ Kanbodia ]

[ Swaziland ]

[ Swazilandia ]

[ One person dies every 20 seconds. ]

[ Pertsona bat hiltzen da 20 segundo oro ]

[ Thailand ]

[ Thailandia ]

[ An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. ]

[ Gaixotasun zahar bat hilgarria den beste forma berri baten gorpuzten ari da ]

[ Siberia ]

[ Siberia ]

[ Lesotho ]

[ Lesotho ]

[ Tuberculosis: the next pandemic? ]

[ Tuberkulosia: hurrengo pandemia? ]

[ India ]

[ India ]

[ TB is preventable and curable, ]

[ Tuberkulosia prebenitu eta sendatu daiteke ]

[ but it is mutating due to inadequate treatment. ]

[ baina mutatzen ari da tratamendu ezegokia dela eta ]

[ XDR-TB: ]

[ XDR tuberkulosia ]

[ extreme drug resistant tuberculosis. ]

[ Sendagaiei zeharo immunea den tuberkulosia ]

[ There is no reliable cure. ]

[ Ez dago sendabide fidagarririk ]

[ Patients often die within weeks of diagnosis. ]

[ Sarritan, gaixoak diagnostikoa jaso eta aste gutxitara hiltzen dira ]

[ 49 countries have reported XDR-TB. ]

[ 49 herrialdek onartu dute XDR tuberkulosi kasuak edukitzea ]

[ XDR-TB is a critical threat to global health. ]

[ XDR tuberkulosia mundu mailako osasunarentzako mehatxu larria da ]

[ Extreme outbreak, suffering, affliction ]

[ Sekulako agerraldia, sufrimendua, nahigabea ]

[ Extreme loss, pain, pandemic ]

[ Sekulako galera, mina, pandemia ]

[ Extremely preventable. ]

[ Zeharo prebenitu daitekeena ]

[ XDR-TB. ]

[ XDR tuberkulosia ]

[ We can stop this now. ]

[ Hau orain geldiarazi dezakegu ]

[ Spread the story. Stop the disease. ]

[ Berria zabaldu. Gaixotasuna gelditu. ]

[ Go to XDRTB.org now. ]

[ Bisitatu XDRTB.org orain ]

[ XDRTB.org: we are the treatment. ]

[ XDRTB.org — Gu gara tratamendua ]

[ We are the treatment. ]

[ Gu gara tratamendua. ]

[ Made possible through the kind support of BD. ]

[ BD-ren laguntza adikorrari esker egina ]