Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Suzana Baric Recezent: Katarina Smetko

Photography has been my passion

Fotografija je moja strast

ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera,

otkad sam bio dovoljno star da uzmem fotoaparat u ruke,

but today I want to share with you

ali danas želim s vama podijeliti

the 15 most treasured photos of mine,

svojih 15 najdragocjenijih fotografija,

and I didn't take any of them.

od kojih ja nisam slikao niti jednu.

There were no art directors, no stylists,

Nije bilo umjetničkih direktora, stilista,

no chance for reshoots, not even any regard for lighting.

prilike za ponovno slikanje, nikakve rasvjete.

In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.

U biti, većinu su slikali nasumično odabrani turisti.

My story begins

Moja priča počinje

when I was in New York City for a speaking engagement,

kad sam bio u New Yorku kako bih održao jedan govor,

and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter

a žena me slikala kako držim svoju kćer

on her first birthday. We're on the corner of 57th and 5th.

na njen prvi rođendan. Na križanju smo 57. i 5. ulice.

We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later,

Točno godinu dana kasnije opet smo bili u New Yorku

so we decided to take the same picture.

pa smo odlučili slikati se na isti način.

Well you can see where this is going.

Možete pretpostaviti u kojem smjeru ovo ide.

Approaching my daughter's third birthday,

Kako se bližio treći rođendan moje kćeri,

my wife said, "Hey, why don't you take Sabina back to New York

moja je žena rekla: "Hej, zašto ne bi Sabinu opet odveo u New York

and make it a father-daughter trip, and continue the ritual?"

na jedan izlet oca i kćeri i nastavio ritual?"

This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.

Tad smo počeli tražiti turiste u prolazu da nas slikaju.

You know, it's remarkable how universal

Znate, neobično je kako je univerzalna gesta

the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger.

davanja svog fotoaparata strancu.

No one's ever refused, and luckily no one's ever run off with our camera.

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.

Tad nismo imali pojma koliko će taj izlet promijeniti naše živote.

It's really become sacred to us.

Postalo nam je sveto.

This one was taken just weeks after 9/11,

Ovo je slikano samo nekoliko tjedana nakon 11. rujna

and I found myself trying to explain what had happened that day

i pokušavao sam objasniti što se dogodilo tog dana

in ways a five-year-old could understand.

na način na koji bi petogodišnjakinja to mogla razumjeti.

So these photos are far more than proxies

Ove fotografije mnogo su više od simbola

for a single moment, or even a specific trip.

za jedan jedini trenutak ili čak određeni izlet.

They're also ways for us to freeze time

One su i način da se zaustavi vrijeme

for one week in October

na jedan tjedan u listopadu

and reflect on our times

i razmisli o našim danima

and how we change from year to year,

i načinu na koji se mijenjamo iz godine u godinu,

and not just physically, but in every way.

ne samo fizički, već i na svaki drugi način.

Because while we take the same photo,

Jer, iako slikamo jednake fotografije,

our perspectives change,

naše se perspektive mijenjaju,

and she reaches new milestones,

ona doživljava nove prekretnice,

and I get to see life through her eyes,

a ja mogu vidjeti život kroz njene oči,

and how she interacts with and sees everything.

kako dolazi u dodir sa svime te njeno poimanje istog.

This very focused time we get to spend together

Ovo vrlo usredotočeno vrijeme koje provedemo zajedno

is something we cherish and anticipate the entire year.

nešto je što cijenimo i iščekujemo cijele godine.

Recently, on one trip, we were walking,

Nedavno smo na jednom izletu hodali,

and she stops dead in her tracks,

a ona je stala kao ukopana

and she points to a red awning of the doll store

i pokazala na crvenu ceradu trgovine s lutkama

that she loved when she was little

koju je voljela kao dijete

on our earlier trips.

na našim ranijim izletima.

And she describes to me the feeling she felt

Opisala mi je kako se osjećala

as a five-year-old standing in that exact spot.

kao petogodišnjakinja stojeći na istom mjestu.

She said she remembers her heart bursting out of her chest

Rekla je da se sjeća kako joj je srce lupalo

when she saw that place for the very first time

kad je prvi put ugledala tu trgovinu

nine years earlier.

devet godina ranije.

And now what she's looking at in New York

A sad u New Yorku razgledava

are colleges,

sveučilišta,

because she's determined to go to school in New York.

zato što se želi školovati u New Yorku.

And it hit me: One of the most important things

I tad mi je sinulo: Jedna od najvažnijih stvari

we all make are memories.

koje svi stvaramo jesu uspomene.

So I want to share the idea of taking an active role

Želim podijeliti ideju preuzimanja aktivne uloge

in consciously creating memories.

svjesnim stvaranjem uspomena.

I don't know about you, but aside from these 15 shots,

Ne znam za vas, ali osim na ovih 15 slika,

I'm not in many of the family photos.

ja nisam na mnogo obiteljskih fotografija.

I'm always the one taking the picture.

Ja sam uvijek taj koji slika.

So I want to encourage everyone today

Danas želim potaknuti sve

to get in the shot,

da uđu u kadar.

and don't hesitate to go up to someone and ask,

Nemojte oklijevati prići nekome i pitati:

"Will you take our picture?"

"Hoćete li nas slikati?"

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala. (Pljesak)