Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Katarina Smetko Recezent: Zlatko Smetisko

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

Nalazim se na dubini od 45 m u ilegalnom rudniku u Gani.

The air is thick with heat and dust,

Zrak je težak, vruć i pun prašine

and it's hard to breathe.

i teško je disati.

I can feel the brush of sweaty bodies passing me

Osjećam kako znojna tijela prolaze uz mene

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

u mraku, ali ne vidim gotovo ništa drugo.

I hear voices talking, but mostly the shaft

Čujem razgovor, ali okno je uglavnom

is this cacophony of men coughing,

kakofonija muškaraca koji kašljaju

and stone being broken with primitive tools.

i kamena koji lome primitivnim alatima.

Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight

Kao i svi, imam treperavu jeftinu ručnu bateriju

tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,

privezanu za glavu elastičnom pohabanom trakom

and I can barely make out the slick tree limbs

i jedva razaznajem glatke drvene prečke

holding up the walls of the three-foot square hole

koje pridržavaju zidove uske četvrtaste rupe

dropping hundreds of feet into the earth.

koja prodire desetinama metara u zemlju.

When my hand slips, I suddenly remember a miner

Kad mi se ruka posklizne, odjednom se sjetim rudara

I had met days before who had lost his grip

kojeg sam upoznala prije nekoliko dana i koji se poskliznuo

and fell countless feet down that shaft.

i pao bezbroj metara niz to okno.

As I stand talking to you today,

Dok danas stojim ovdje i obraćam vam se,

these men are still deep in that hole,

ti su muškarci i dalje duboko u toj rupi,

risking their lives without payment or compensation,

riskiraju živote bez plaće ili kompenzacije

and often dying.

i često pogibaju.

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

Ja sam se uspjela popeti van iz te rupe i otići kući,

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

ali oni to vjerojatno neće moći jer su zarobljeni u ropstvu.

For the last 28 years, I've been documenting

Proteklih 28 godina dokumentiram

indigenous cultures in more than 70 countries

domorodačke kulture u više od 70 zemalja

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

na šest kontinenata i 2009. sam imala veliku čast

of being the sole exhibitor at the Vancouver Peace Summit.

biti jedini izlagač na Summitu za mir u Vancouveru.

Amongst all the astonishing people I met there,

Među svim zadivljujućim ljudima koje sam ondje upoznala

I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO

bio je i jedan pobornik nevladine organizacije "Oslobodite robove,"

dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery.

posvećene iskorjenjivanju suvremenog ropstva.

We started talking about slavery, and really,

Počeli smo razgovarati o ropstvu

I started learning about slavery,

i ja sam zapravo počela učiti o ropstvu,

for I had certainly known it existed in the world,

jer svakako sam znala da ono postoji,

but not to such a degree.

ali ne u tolikoj mjeri.

After we finished talking, I felt so horrible

Nakon razgovora, osjećala sam se strašno

and honestly ashamed at my own lack of knowledge

i iskreno me bilo sram mojeg manjka znanja

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

o toj strahoti današnjeg doba i mislila sam,

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

ako ja ne znam, koliko još ljudi ne zna?

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

Nikako mi to nije dalo mira pa sam kroz nekoliko tjedana

I flew down to Los Angeles to meet with the director

odletjela u Los Angeles na sastanak s direktorom

of Free the Slaves and offer them my help.

organizacije "Oslobodite robove" i ponudila svoju pomoć.

Thus began my journey into modern day slavery.

Tako je počelo moje upoznavanje sa suvremenim ropstvom.

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

Začudo, na mnogima od tih mjesta bila sam i prije.

Some I even considered like my second home.

Neka sam čak i smatrala drugim domom.

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

Ali ovaj put vidjela sam sve skrivene tajne.

A conservative estimate tells us there are more than

Konzervativne procjene kažu da danas u svijetu

27 million people enslaved in the world today.

ima više od 27 milijuna porobljenih ljudi.

That's double the amount of people taken from Africa

To je dvaput više ljudi nego što je bilo odvedeno iz Afrike

during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

tijekom cijelog razdoblja transatlantske trgovine robovima.

A hundred and fifty years ago, an agricultural slave

Prije 150 godina rob za rad u poljoprivredi

cost about three times the annual salary

stajao je oko tri godišnje plaće

of an American worker.

američkog radnika.

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

To bi danas iznosilo oko 50.000 dolara.

Yet today, entire families can be enslaved for generations

A ipak, danas cijele obitelji mogu generacijama biti porobljene

over a debt as small as $18.

čak i zbog duga od 18 dolara.

Astonishingly, slavery generates profits

Ropstvo začudo stvara zaradu

of more than $13 billion worldwide each year.

od preko 13 milijardi dolara godišnje u cijelome svijetu.

Many have been tricked by false promises

Mnoge su prevarili lažnim obećanjima

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

o dobrom obrazovanju i boljem poslu,

that they're forced to work without pay

a na kraju su bili prisiljeni raditi bez plaće

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

pod prijetnjama nasiljem od kojeg ne mogu otići.

Today's slavery is about commerce,

Današnje ropstvo postoji zbog trgovine,

so the goods that enslaved people produce have value,

tako da proizvodi robova imaju vrijednost,

but the people producing them are disposable.

ali ljudi koji ih proizvode zamjenjivi su.

Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,

Ropstvo postoji gotovo svugdje u svijetu,

and yet it is illegal everywhere in the world.

a ipak je protuzakonito svugdje u svijetu.

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

U Indiji i Nepalu vidjela sam peći za ciglu.

This strange and awesome sight was like

Prizor je bio čudan i ulijevao je strahopoštovanje.

walking into ancient Egypt or Dante's Inferno.

Bilo je kao u drevnom Egiptu ili Danteovom paklu.

Enveloped in temperatures of 130 degrees,

Na temperaturama od preko 50 stupnjeva

men, women, children, entire families in fact,

muškarci, žene, djeca, zapravo cijele obitelji

were cloaked in a heavy blanket of dust,

bili su obavijeni debelim slojem prašine

while mechanically stacking bricks on their head,

dok su mehanički slagali cigle na glavu,

up to 18 at a time, and carrying them

čak do 18 odjednom, i nosili ih

from the scorching kilns to trucks hundreds of yards away.

od užarenih peći do kamiona udaljenih stotinama metara.

Deadened by monotony and exhaustion,

Umrtvljeni monotonijom i iscrpljenošću,

they work silently, doing this task over and over

rade tiho, ponavljaju i ponavljaju te radnje

for 16 or 17 hours a day.

po 16 ili 17 sati na dan.

There were no breaks for food, no water breaks,

Nisu imali pauze za hranu ni vodu

and the severe dehydration made urinating

i zbog ozbiljne dehidracije

pretty much inconsequential.

uriniranje je bilo nepotrebno.

So pervasive was the heat and the dust

Vrućina i prašina prodirale su u sve

that my camera became too hot to even touch

tako da mi je fotoaparat postao prevruć i više ga nisam mogla ni držati u ruci

and ceased working.

te je prestao raditi.

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

Svakih sam 20 minuta morala trčati do našeg džipa

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

očistiti opremu i držati je uz klimatizaciju

to revive it, and as I sat there,

kako bih je oživjela. Dok sam tako sjedila,

I thought, my camera is getting far better treatment

mislila sam kako moj fotoaparat dobiva daleko bolji tretman

than these people.

od tih ljudi.

Back in the kilns, I wanted to cry,

Vratimo se pećima. Plakalo mi se,

but the abolitionist next to me quickly grabbed me

ali abolicionist koji je bio sa mnom brzo me uhvatio

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

i rekao: "Lisa, nemoj. Nemoj to raditi ovdje."

And he very clearly explained to me that emotional displays

Vrlo mi je jasno objasnio da su emocionalni izljevi

are very dangerous in a place like this,

vrlo opasni na takvom mjestu,

not just for me, but for them.

ne samo za mene, već i za njih.

I couldn't offer them any direct help.

Ne mogu im ponuditi nikakvu izravnu pomoć.

I couldn't give them money, nothing.

Ne mogu im dati novac, ništa.

I wasn't a citizen of that country.

Nisam državljanka te zemlje.

I could get them in a worse situation

Mogla sam ih dovesti u težu situaciju

than they were already in.

od one u kojoj već jesu.

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

Morala sam se osloniti na "Oslobodite robove"

within the system for their liberation,

da će kroz sustav postići njihovo oslobođenje

and I trusted that they would.

i vjerovala sam da hoće.

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

A ja sam morala čekati da dođem kući

to really feel my heartbreak.

da stvarno osjetim kako mi se srce slama.

In the Himalayas, I found children carrying stone

U Himalajama sam pronašla djecu kako nose kamen

for miles down mountainous terrain

kilometrima po planinskom terenu

to trucks waiting at roads below.

u kamione koji su čekali na cestama u podnožju.

The big sheets of slate were heavier

Velike kamene ploče bile su teže

than the children carrying them,

od djece koja su ih nosila.

and the kids hoisted them from their heads

Djeca su ih nosila obješene o glavu

using these handmade harnesses of sticks and rope

pomoću ručno izrađenih okvira od štapova i užeta

and torn cloth.

i poderane tkanine.

It's difficult to witness something so overwhelming.

Teško je gledati nešto tako intenzivno.

How can we affect something so insidious,

Kako možemo utjecati na nešto tako podmuklo,

yet so pervasive?

a ipak sveprisutno?

Some don't even know they're enslaved,

Neki ni ne znaju da su u ropstvu,

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

ljudi koji rade 16, 17 sati dnevno bez ikakve plaće,

because this has been the case all their lives.

jer je tako njihov cijeli život.

They have nothing to compare it to.

Nemaju to s čime usporediti.

When these villagers claimed their freedom,

Kad su ovi seljani zatražili slobodu

the slaveholders burned down all of their houses.

robovlasnici su im svima spalili kuće.

I mean, these people had nothing,

Ti ljudi nisu imali ništa

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

i bili su tako prestravljeni da su htjeli odustati,

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

ali žena u sredini pozvala ih je da ustraju,

and abolitionists on the ground

a abolicionisti na terenu

helped them get a quarry lease of their own,

pomogli su im da sami dobiju najam kamenoloma,

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

tako da sada rade isti težak posao,

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

ali rade ga za sebe i plaćeni su za to

and they do it in freedom.

i rade to u slobodi.

Sex trafficking is what we often think of

Često pomislimo na trgovanje seksom

when we hear the word slavery,

kad čujemo riječ ropstvo

and because of this worldwide awareness,

i zbog te podignute svijesti u svijetu

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

upozorili su me da ću možda biti u opasnosti dok budem radila

within this particular industry.

unutar ove konkretne industrije.

In Kathmandu, I was escorted by women who had

U Katmanduu su me pratile žene

previously been sex slaves themselves.

koje su prije i same bile seksualne robinje.

They ushered me down a narrow set of stairs

Odvele su me niz usko stubište

that led to this dirty, dimly fluorescent lit basement.

koje je vodilo u prljav podrum osvijetljen slabim fluorescentnim svjetlom.

This wasn't a brothel, per se.

To samo po sebi nije bio bordel.

It was more like a restaurant.

To je više bio restoran.

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

Restorani s kabinama, kako ih zovu u branši,

are venues for forced prostitution.

mjesta su prisilne prostitucije.

Each has small, private rooms, where the slaves,

Svaki ima male privatne sobe, u kojima su robovi,

women, along with young girls and boys,

žene, kao i djevojčice i dječaci,

some as young as seven years old,

neki od samo sedam godina,

are forced to entertain the clients,

prisiljeni zabavljati klijente

encouraging them to buy more food and alcohol.

i poticati ih da kupe još hrane i alkohola.

Each cubicle is dark and dingy,

Sve su prostorije mračne i prljave,

identified with a painted number on the wall,

označene brojem napisanim bojom na zidu,

and partitioned by plywood and a curtain.

i odvojene šperpločom i zastorom.

The workers here often endure tragic sexual abuse

Radnici često podnose tragično spolno zlostavljanje

at the hands of their customers.

od strane svojih mušterija.

Standing in the near darkness, I remember feeling

Dok sam stajala u gotovo potpunom mraku, sjećam se kako sam osjetila

this quick, hot fear, and in that instant,

trenutan, ogroman strah i u tom sam trenutku

I could only imagine what it must be like

mogla samo zamisliti kako je to

to be trapped in that hell.

biti zarobljen u tom paklu.

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

Postojao je samo jedan izlaz: stubište kojim sam ušla.

There were no back doors.

Nije bilo stražnjih vrata.

There were no windows large enough to climb through.

Nije bilo dovoljno velikih prozora kroz koje bi se moglo popeti i izići.

These people have no escape at all,

Ti ljudi nisu imali nikakve šanse za bijeg.

and as we take in such a difficult subject,

Dok nastojimo shvatiti tako tešku temu,

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

važno je da znamo da ropstvo, uključujući trgovanje seksom,

occurs in our own backyard as well.

postoji i u našoj blizini.

Tens of hundreds of people are enslaved in agriculture,

Tisuće su ljudi porobljene u poljoprivredi,

in restaurants, in domestic servitude,

u restoranima, u kućnom ropstvu,

and the list can go on.

i mogla bih još nabrajati.

Recently, the New York Times reported that

Nedavno je New York Times objavio da se

between 100,000 and 300,000 American children

između 100.000 i 300.000 američke djece

are sold into sex slavery every year.

proda u seksualno ropstvo svake godine.

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

To je svugdje oko nas, mi to samo ne vidimo.

The textile industry is another one we often think of

Tekstilne se industrije također često sjetimo

when we hear about slave labor.

kad čujemo nešto o robovskom radu.

I visited villages in India where entire families were enslaved

Posjetila sam sela u Indiji gdje su cijele obitelji porobljene

in the silk trade.

u industriji svile.

This is a family portrait.

Ovo je obiteljski portret.

The dyed black hands are the father, while the blue

Ruke obojene crno su očeve, dok su plave

and red hands are his sons.

i crvene ruke njegovi sinovi.

They mix dye in these big barrels,

Oni miješaju boju u velikim bačvama,

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

i uranjaju svilu u tekućinu sve do laktova,

but the dye is toxic.

ali boja je otrovna.

My interpreter told me their stories.

Prevoditelj mi je ispričao njihove priče.

"We have no freedom," they said.

"Nemamo nikakvu slobodu", rekli su.

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

"Ipak se još uvijek nadamo da ćemo jednog dana

someday and go someplace else

moći otići iz ove kuće i otići drugamo,

where we actually get paid for our dyeing."

gdje će nas platiti za bojenje."

It's estimated that more than 4,000 children

Procjenjuje se da je više od 4000 djece

are enslaved on Lake Volta,

porobljeno na jezeru Volta,

the largest man-made lake in the world.

najvećem umjetnom jezeru na svijetu.

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

Kad smo tek stigli, otišla sam baciti pogled.

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

Činilo mi se da sam vidjela obitelj kako peca u čamcu,

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

dva starija brata, nekoliko mlađih, ima smisla, ne?

Wrong. They were all enslaved.

Nema. Bili su porobljeni.

Children are taken from their families

Djecu su oteli iz obitelji

and trafficked and vanished,

te su prodani i zatim nestali,

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

i sada su prisiljeni odraditi bezbrojne sate u tim čamcima

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

na jezeru, iako ne znaju plivati.

This young child is eight years old.

Ovo dijete ima osam godina.

He was trembling when our boat approached,

Drhtao je kad se približio naš čamac,

frightened it would run over his tiny canoe.

prestrašen da ćemo prevrnuti njegov kanu.

He was petrified he would be knocked in the water.

Umirao je od straha da će pasti u vodu.

The skeletal tree limbs submerged in Lake Volta

Gole grane drveća potopljenog u jezeru Volta

often catch the fishing nets, and weary,

često zahvate mreže i umornu,

frightened children are thrown into the water

prestrašenu djecu bacaju u vodu

to untether the lines.

da otpetljaju mrežu.

Many of them drown.

Mnoga se utope.

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

Otkad zna za sebe, bio je prisiljen raditi

on the lake.

na jezeru.

Terrified of his master, he will not run away,

Smrtno se boji svojeg gazde pa neće pobjeći,

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

a budući da doživljava okrutnost cijelog svog života,

he passes that down to the younger slaves

tako se ponaša prema mlađim robovima

that he manages.

kojima zapovijeda.

I met these boys at five in the morning,

Ove sam dječake upoznala u pet sati ujutro,

when they were hauling in the last of their nets,

dok su podizali posljednje mreže,

but they had been working since 1 a.m.

s kojima su radili od 1 ujutro,

in the cold, windy night.

u hladnoj, vjetrovitoj noći.

And it's important to note that these nets weigh

Važno je napomenuti da su te mreže teške

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

više od 400 kg kad su pune ribe.

I want to introduce you to Kofi.

Želim vam predstaviti Kofija.

Kofi was rescued from a fishing village.

Kofi je spašen iz ribarskog sela.

I met him at a shelter where Free the Slaves

Upoznala sam ga u skloništu gdje organizacija "Oslobodite robove"

rehabilitates victims of slavery.

rehabilitira žrtve ropstva.

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

Ovdje je prikazan dok se kupa na vrelu,

pouring big buckets of water over his head,

izlijeva puna vedra vode po glavi,

and the wonderful news is,

a divna je stvar da,

as you and I are sitting here talking today,

dok mi ovdje sjedimo i razgovaramo,

Kofi has been reunited with his family,

Kofi je vraćen u svoju obitelj

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

i, što je još bolje, njegovoj su obitelji dali alat

to make a living and to keep their children safe.

kojim će zarađivati za život i omogućiti sigurnost svojoj djeci.

Kofi is the embodiment of possibility.

Kofi je utjelovljenje mogućnosti.

Who will he become because someone took a stand

Tko će on postati jer se netko zauzeo za njega

and made a difference in his life?

i promijenio mu život?

Driving down a road in Ghana

Dok smo se vozili cestom u Gani,

with partners of Free the Slaves,

s partnerima iz "Oslobodite robove",

a fellow abolitionist on a moped suddenly sped up

drugi je abolicionist na mopedu odjednom ubrzao

to our cruiser and tapped on the window.

do našeg džipa i pokucao na prozor.

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

Rekao nam je da ga slijedimo zemljanom cestom u džunglu.

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

Na kraju ceste, rekao je da iziđemo iz auta,

and told the driver to quickly leave.

a vozaču da brzo ode.

Then he pointed toward this barely visible footpath,

Zatim je pokazao prema jedva vidljivoj stazi

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

i rekao: "To je put, to je put. Idite."

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

Dok smo išli tim putem, razmicali smo lijane

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

koje su nam priječile put i nakon nekih sat vremena

found that the trail had become flooded by recent rains,

došli smo do dijela staze koji je kiša nedavno poplavila

so I hoisted the photo gear above my head

pa sam fotografsku opremu podigla iznad glave

as we descended into these waters up to my chest.

dok smo ulazili u tu vodu do visine prsa.

After another two hours of hiking, the winding trail

Nakon još dva sata, vijugava je staza

abruptly ended at a clearing, and before us

naglo završila na čistini,

was a mass of holes

a pred nama su bile rupe

that could fit into the size of a football field,

veličine nogometnog igrališta

and all of them were full of enslaved people laboring.

i sve su bile pune porobljenih ljudi koji su radili.

Many women had children strapped to their backs

Mnoge su žene na leđima imale privezanu djecu

while they were panning for gold,

dok su tražile zlato

wading in water poisoned by mercury.

i gazile uokolo u vodi otrovanoj živom.

Mercury is used in the extraction process.

Živa se koristi u procesu ekstrakcije.

These miners are enslaved in a mine shaft

Ovi su rudari porobljeni u rudarskom oknu

in another part of Ghana.

u drugom dijelu Gane.

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

Kad su izišli iz okna, bili su potpuno mokri

from their own sweat.

od vlastitog znoja.

I remember looking into their tired, bloodshot eyes,

Sjećam se kako sam im gledala umorne, krvave oči.

for many of them had been underground for 72 hours.

Mnogi od njih bili su pod zemljom i 72 sata.

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

Okna su duboka gotovo 100 metara, a oni iznose

heavy bags of stone that later will be transported

teške vreće pune kamena koji će se kasnije prevesti

to another area, where the stone will be pounded

u drugo područje, gdje će biti razbijen

so that they can extract the gold.

kako bi mogli izvući zlato.

At first glance, the pounding site seems full

Na prvi pogled, mjesto se čini punim

of powerful men, but when we look closer,

snažnih muškaraca, ali kad pobliže pogledamo,

we see some less fortunate working on the fringes,

vidimo da slabiji rade na rubovima,

and children too.

i djeca također.

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

Svi su oni pretrpjeli ozljede, bolesti i nasilje.

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

Zapravo, vrlo je vjerojatno da će ovaj snažan muškarac

will end up like this one here, racked with tuberculosis

završiti poput ovog, izmučen tuberkulozom

and mercury poisoning in just a few years.

i trovanjem živom za samo nekoliko godina.

This is Manuru. When his father died,

Ovo je Manuru. Kad mu je umro otac,

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

stric ga je prodao da radi u rudnicima.

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

Kad je i stric umro, Manuru je naslijedio njegov dug,

which further forced him into being enslaved in the mines.

koji ga je dalje prisiljavao na ropstvo u rudnicima.

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

Kad sam ga upoznala, radio je u rudnicima

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

14 godina, a ozljedu noge koju vidite

is actually from a mining accident,

zapravo je zadobio u nesreći u rudniku

one so severe doctors say his leg should be amputated.

i toliko je ozbiljna da liječnici kažu da nogu treba amputirati.

On top of that, Manuru has tuberculosis,

Uz to, Manuru ima i tuberkulozu,

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

a ipak je prisiljen raditi po cijele dane

in that mine shaft.

u tom rudarskom oknu.

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

Unatoč tome, sanja da će postati slobodan

and become educated with the help of local activists

i obrazovati se uz pomoć lokalnih aktivista

like Free the Slaves,

poput "Oslobodite robove".

and it's this sort of determination,

Upravo me takva odlučnost,

in the face of unimaginable odds,

unatoč nezamislivim okolnostima,

that fills me with complete awe.

ispunjava ogromnim strahopoštovanjem.

I want to shine a light on slavery.

Želim upozoriti na ropstvo.

When I was working in the field,

Kad sam radila na terenu,

I brought lots of candles with me,

nosila sam sa sobom mnogo svijeća

and with the help of my interpreter,

i uz pomoć prevoditelja

I imparted to the people I was photographing

davala sam ih ljudima koje sam fotografirala

that I wanted to illuminate their stories

i željela sam rasvijetliti njihove priče

and their plight,

i njihove teškoće.

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

Kad je bilo sigurno za njih i za mene,

I made these images.

napravila sam ove slike.

They knew their image would be seen

Znali su da će njihove slike vidjeti

by you out in the world.

ljudi u cijelome svijetu.

I wanted them to know that we will be bearing witness

Željela sam da znaju da ćemo posvjedočiti

to them, and that we will do whatever we can

za njih i da ćemo učiniti sve što možemo

to help make a difference in their lives.

kako bismo pomogli da im se životi promijene.

I truly believe, if we can see one another

Iskreno vjerujem da, ako vidimo jedni druge

as fellow human beings, then it becomes very difficult

kao jednaka ljudska bića, postat će vrlo teško

to tolerate atrocities like slavery.

tolerirati strahote kao što je ropstvo.

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

To na slikama nisu "problemi". To su ljudi,

real people, like you and me, all deserving

pravi ljudi, poput vas i mene, i zaslužuju

of the same rights, dignity and respect

jednaka prava, dostojanstvo i poštovanje

in their lives.

u svojem životu.

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

Ne prođe ni dan, a da ne pomislim

of these many beautiful, mistreated people

na te mnoge predivne, maltretirane ljude

I've had the tremendous honor of meeting.

koje mi je bila neizmjerna čast upoznati.

I hope that these images awaken a force

Nadam se da su ove slike probudile snagu

in those who view them, people like you,

u onima koji ih gledaju, u ljudima poput vas,

and I hope that force will ignite a fire,

i nadam se da će ta snaga zapaliti vatru

and that fire will shine a light on slavery,

i da će ta vatra baciti svjetlo na ropstvo,

for without that light, the beast of bondage

jer će bez tog svjetla zvijer sužanjstva

can continue to live in the shadows.

i dalje živjeti u sjeni.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)