Kristen Ashburn: Heartrending pictures of AIDS

Translator: Noelia Bernárdez Alonso Reviewer: Xusto Rodriguez

When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe,

Cando cheguei á fermosa terra de Zimbabwe

it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population

era difícil comprender que o 35 por cento da poboación

is HIV positive.

fose seropositiva.

Até que a xente me invitou á súa casa,

It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people

that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.

non comecei a entender o impacto humano que causa a epidemia.

For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.

Por exemplo, este é Herbert coa súa avoa.

When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.

Cando o coñecín, estaba sentado no colo da avoa.

He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,

Quedara orfo. Os pais morreran de sida,

and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.

e a súa avoa coidou del ata que morreu, tamén de sida.

He liked to sit on her lap

Gustáballe sentar no colo dela

because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.

porque dicía que, cando se deitaba na cama, tiña dor.

When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap

Ao se levantar para facer té, púxomo a min no colo.

and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.

Nunca sentira un cativo tan esquelético.

Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.

Antes de marchar, pregunteille se quería que lle trouxese algo.

Pensei que pediría un xoguete ou doces,

I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,

and he asked me for slippers,

pero pediume unhas pantuflas

porque, dixo, tiña os pés fríos.

because he said that his feet were cold.

This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.

Esta é Joyce. Nesta foto, tiña 21 anos.

Single mother, HIV positive.

Nai solteira, seropositiva.

Fotografeina antes e despois

I photographed her before and after

do nacemento da súa preciosa meniña, Issa.

the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.

And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan

A semana pasada, andaba por Lafayette Street, en Manhattan.

and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,

Recibín unha chamada dunha muller á que non coñecía.

but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away

Chamoume para dicirme que Joyce falecera

at the age of 23.

á idade de 23 anos.

Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,

Agora, a nai de Joyce coida da súa neta,

like so many other Zimbabwean children

como moitos outros cativos de Zimbabwe

who've been orphaned by the epidemic.

que quedaron orfos por culpa da epidemia.

So a few of the stories.

Estas son algunhas das historias.

With every picture,

En cada fotografía,

there are individuals who have full lives

hai individuos que teñen vidas completas

and stories that deserve to be told.

e historias que merecen ser contadas.

All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.

Estas fotos son todas de Zimbabwe.

Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,

Chris Anderson: Podes dedicar un anaquiño

just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?

a contarnos a historia de como acabaches en África?

Kristen Ashburn: Vaia.

Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.

CA: Só...

CA: Just --

KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production

KA: Pois daquela traballaba facendo produción

for a fashion photographer.

para un fotógrafo de moda.

Sempre lía o New York Times

And I was constantly reading the New York Times,

and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.

e quedaba pampa coas estatísticas e coas cifras.

It was just frightening.

Metían medo.

So I quit my job

Así que deixei o traballo

and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.

e decidín que ese era o tema que quería abordar.

Primeiro, fun a Botswana, onde pasei un mes.

And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --

Iso foi en decembro de 2000.

this is in December 2000 --

Logo pasei un mes e medio en Zimbabwe,

then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,

and then went back again this March 2002

e, agora, volvín en marzo de 2002

for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.

outro mes e medio.

CA: É unha historia incrible. Grazas.

CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.

KA: Grazas por deixarme amosar as fotos.

KB: Thanks for letting me show these.