Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Klavdija Cernilogar Reviewer: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

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

Nahajam se 45 metrov pod zemljo v ilegalnem rudniku v Gani.

The air is thick with heat and dust,

V od vročine in prahu gostem zraku

and it's hard to breathe.

je težko dihati.

I can feel the brush of sweaty bodies passing me

Čutim, kako mimo mene v temi gredo prepotena telesa,

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

kaj dosti drugega pa ne vidim.

I hear voices talking, but mostly the shaft

Slišim glasove, vendar jašek večinoma nudi le

is this cacophony of men coughing,

zmešnjavo kašljajočih mož

and stone being broken with primitive tools.

in zvokov kamna, ki ga lomijo s primitivnim orodjem.

Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight

Kot drugi, tudi jaz nosim utripajočo poceni svetilko,

tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,

pritrjeno na glavo z elastičnim natrganim trakom,

and I can barely make out the slick tree limbs

in komaj razpoznam tanka debla dreves,

holding up the walls of the three-foot square hole

ki podpirajo stene te ozke, pol kvadratnega metra široke luknje,

dropping hundreds of feet into the earth.

segajoče na stotine čevljev v zemljo.

When my hand slips, I suddenly remember a miner

Ko mi roka zdrsne, se spomnim rudarja,

I had met days before who had lost his grip

ki sem ga spoznala pred dnevi in ki mu je zdrsnilo

and fell countless feet down that shaft.

ter je padel globoko dol po rovu.

As I stand talking to you today,

In medtem ko jaz danes tule govorim z vami,

these men are still deep in that hole,

so ti možje še vedno globoko v jami

risking their lives without payment or compensation,

in tvegajo svoja življenja brez plačila ali odškodnine

and often dying.

ter pogosto izgubijo življenje.

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

Uspelo mi je splezati iz jaška in iti domov,

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

njim pa verjetno ne bo nikoli, saj so ujeti v suženjstvu.

For the last 28 years, I've been documenting

Zadnjih 28 let dokumentiram

indigenous cultures in more than 70 countries

prvobitne kulture v več kot 70 državah

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

na šestih celinah. Leta 2009 sem imela čast

of being the sole exhibitor at the Vancouver Peace Summit.

edina razstavljati na mirovnem vrhu v Vancouvru.

Amongst all the astonishing people I met there,

Med neverjetnimi ljudmi, ki sem jih tam spoznala,

I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO

je bil podpornik nevladne organizacije Free the Slaves,

dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery.

ki se zavzema za odpravo modernega suženjstva.

We started talking about slavery, and really,

Pogovarjala sva se o suženjstvu in dejansko

I started learning about slavery,

sem se začela učiti o tem,

for I had certainly known it existed in the world,

saj sem vedela, da suženjstvo obstaja,

but not to such a degree.

ampak ne, da je tako razširjeno.

After we finished talking, I felt so horrible

Po pogovoru sem se počutila grozno

and honestly ashamed at my own lack of knowledge

in iskreno osramočeno zaradi pomanjkanja znanja

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

o tej strahoti, ki se dogaja zdaj, in pomislila sem,

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

če jaz ne vem, koliko drugih ljudi tudi ne ve?

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

To me je začelo gristi in v nekaj tednih

I flew down to Los Angeles to meet with the director

sem poletela v Los Angeles in se srečala z direktorjem

of Free the Slaves and offer them my help.

organizacije Free the Slaves ter ponudila pomoč.

Thus began my journey into modern day slavery.

Tako se je začelo moje potovanje skozi moderno suženjstvo.

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

Zanimivo je, da sem bila v mnogih od teh krajev že prej.

Some I even considered like my second home.

Nekatere sem celo imela za svoj drugi dom.

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

A tokrat sem videla okostnjake v omari.

A conservative estimate tells us there are more than

Ocenjujejo, da je danes zasužnjenih

27 million people enslaved in the world today.

več kot 27 milijonov ljudi.

That's double the amount of people taken from Africa

To je dvakrat toliko ljudi kot jih je bilo iz Afrike odpeljanih

during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

v času čezatlantske trgovine s sužnji.

A hundred and fifty years ago, an agricultural slave

Pred 150 leti je suženj na kmetiji

cost about three times the annual salary

stal približno trikratno letno plačo

of an American worker.

ameriškega delavca.

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

To bi danes pomenilo okoli 50.000 USD.

Yet today, entire families can be enslaved for generations

Dandanes lahko zasužnijo cele generacije družin

over a debt as small as $18.

zaradi borih 18 USD dolga.

Astonishingly, slavery generates profits

Presenetljivo je, da suženjstvo po svetu prinaša

of more than $13 billion worldwide each year.

preko 13 milijard USD dobička letno.

Many have been tricked by false promises

Veliko ljudi so speljale lažne obljube

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

o dobri izobrazbi, boljši službi, znašli pa so se

that they're forced to work without pay

v delu brez plačila

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

pod grožnjo nasilja in brez možnosti odhoda.

Today's slavery is about commerce,

Današnje suženjstvo je trgovina,

so the goods that enslaved people produce have value,

blago, ki ga sužnji proizvajajo, ima vrednost,

but the people producing them are disposable.

vendar so ljudje kot taki brez vrednosti.

Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,

Suženjstvo obstaja skoraj povsod po svetu,

and yet it is illegal everywhere in the world.

čeprav je povsod prepovedano.

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

V Indiji in Nepalu sem se seznanila z opekarnami.

This strange and awesome sight was like

Ta čuden in nenavaden prizor me je spominjal

walking into ancient Egypt or Dante's Inferno.

na stari Egipt ali Dantejev Pekel.

Enveloped in temperatures of 130 degrees,

Pri temperaturah preko 50 stopinj Celzija

men, women, children, entire families in fact,

so moški, ženske, otroci, celotne družine,

were cloaked in a heavy blanket of dust,

stisnjeni v težak objem prahu

while mechanically stacking bricks on their head,

mehanično nalagali opeke na glave,

up to 18 at a time, and carrying them

do 18 naenkrat, in jih nosili

from the scorching kilns to trucks hundreds of yards away.

od vročih peči k tovornjakom stotine metrov stran.

Deadened by monotony and exhaustion,

Omrtvičeni od enoličnosti in izčrpanosti

they work silently, doing this task over and over

so delali v tišini ter ponavljali vedno isto nalogo

for 16 or 17 hours a day.

po 16 ali 17 ur na dan.

There were no breaks for food, no water breaks,

Ni bilo odmorov za hrano, za vodo,

and the severe dehydration made urinating

zaradi hude dehidracije je opravljanje potrebe

pretty much inconsequential.

postalo precej nesmiselno.

So pervasive was the heat and the dust

Vročina in prah sta bila tako vseprisotna,

that my camera became too hot to even touch

da je moj fotoaparat postal prevroč celo na dotik

and ceased working.

in je nehal delovati.

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

Vsakih 20 minut sem se morala vrniti k avtomobilu,

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

očistiti opremo in jo postaviti pod klimatsko napravo,

to revive it, and as I sat there,

da bi spet oživela. Ko sem sedela tam,

I thought, my camera is getting far better treatment

sem pomislila, da se mojemu fotoaparatu godi bolje

than these people.

kot tem ljudem.

Back in the kilns, I wanted to cry,

V opekarni mi je šlo na jok,

but the abolitionist next to me quickly grabbed me

a abolicionist poleg mene me je zgrabil

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

in rekel: "Lisa, nikar. Ne tukaj."

And he very clearly explained to me that emotional displays

Pojasnil mi je, da je izkazovanje čustev

are very dangerous in a place like this,

na takih mestih zelo nevarno,

not just for me, but for them.

ne le zame, pač pa zanje.

I couldn't offer them any direct help.

Nisem jim mogla neposredno pomagati.

I couldn't give them money, nothing.

Nisem jim mogla dati denarja, ničesar.

I wasn't a citizen of that country.

Nisem bila državljanka tiste države.

I could get them in a worse situation

Lahko bi jih spravila v še slabši položaj

than they were already in.

od trenutnega.

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

Zanesti sem se morala, da bodo Free the Slaves

within the system for their liberation,

znotraj sistema delovali za njihovo osvoboditev,

and I trusted that they would.

in verjela sem, da bodo.

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

Sama sem morala do vrnitve domov počakati,

to really feel my heartbreak.

da sem začutila pravo bolečino.

In the Himalayas, I found children carrying stone

V Himalaji sem našla otroke, ki so nosili kamne

for miles down mountainous terrain

milje daleč navzdol po gorskem terenu,

to trucks waiting at roads below.

vse do tovornjakov na cesti.

The big sheets of slate were heavier

Velike skale so bile težje

than the children carrying them,

od otrok, ki so jih nosili;

and the kids hoisted them from their heads

nadeli so si jih preko glave

using these handmade harnesses of sticks and rope

s pomočjo ročno izdelanih vzvodov iz palic in vrvi

and torn cloth.

ter strganega blaga.

It's difficult to witness something so overwhelming.

Težko je biti priča nečemu tako strašnemu.

How can we affect something so insidious,

Kako lahko vplivamo na nekaj tako zahrbtnega,

yet so pervasive?

a hkrati tako prisotnega?

Some don't even know they're enslaved,

Nekateri sploh ne vedo, da so zasužnjeni,

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

delajo po 16, 17 ur na dan brez plačila,

because this has been the case all their lives.

saj to počnejo že vse življenje.

They have nothing to compare it to.

Z ničimer se ne morejo primerjati.

When these villagers claimed their freedom,

Ko so ti vaščani zahtevali svobodo,

the slaveholders burned down all of their houses.

so sužnjelastniki zažgali vse njihove domove.

I mean, these people had nothing,

To ljudje že tako niso imeli ničesar

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

in bilo jih je tako strah, da so se hoteli vdati,

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

a ženska tule v sredini jih je nagovorila, naj vztrajajo,

and abolitionists on the ground

abolicionisti pa so jim

helped them get a quarry lease of their own,

pomagali najeti lasten kamnolom,

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

tako da lahko sedaj opravljajo isto uničujoče delo,

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

vendar to počnejo zase in so plačani

and they do it in freedom.

ter svobodni.

Sex trafficking is what we often think of

Spolno suženjstvo je nekaj, na kar pogosto pomislimo,

when we hear the word slavery,

ko slišimo besedo suženjstvo

and because of this worldwide awareness,

in zaradi te splošne ozaveščenosti

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

so me opozorili,da bom težko varno delala

within this particular industry.

znotraj te industrije.

In Kathmandu, I was escorted by women who had

V Katmanduju so me spremljale ženske, ki so

previously been sex slaves themselves.

bile nekoč same spolne sužnje.

They ushered me down a narrow set of stairs

Peljale so me navzdol po ozkih stopnicah

that led to this dirty, dimly fluorescent lit basement.

v umazano, šibko fluorescenčno osvetljeno klet.

This wasn't a brothel, per se.

Sam po sebi to ni bil bordel.

It was more like a restaurant.

Šlo je bolj za restavracijo.

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

Kabinske restavracije, kot jim pravijo v branži,

are venues for forced prostitution.

so kraji prisilne prostitucije.

Each has small, private rooms, where the slaves,

Vsaka ima majhne zasebne sobe, kjer so sužnji,

women, along with young girls and boys,

ženske, mlada dekleta in fantje,

some as young as seven years old,

nekateri stari le sedem let,

are forced to entertain the clients,

prisiljeni zabavati stranke

encouraging them to buy more food and alcohol.

in jih spodbujati, da kupijo več hrane in alkohola.

Each cubicle is dark and dingy,

Vsaka kabina je temna in umazana,

identified with a painted number on the wall,

razlikujejo se le po številki na zidu

and partitioned by plywood and a curtain.

in med seboj so ločene z vezanimi ploščami in zaveso.

The workers here often endure tragic sexual abuse

Delavci so tu pogosto žrtve tragičnih spolnih zlorab

at the hands of their customers.

v rokah svojih strank.

Standing in the near darkness, I remember feeling

V skoraj popolni temi sem čutila

this quick, hot fear, and in that instant,

ta hiter, vroč strah in v tistem trenutku

I could only imagine what it must be like

sem si lahko samo predstavljala, kako mora biti,

to be trapped in that hell.

če si ujet v tem peklu.

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

Sama sem imela en izhod: stopnice, po katerih sem se spustila noter.

There were no back doors.

Ni bilo stranskih vrat.

There were no windows large enough to climb through.

Ni bilo dovolj velikih oken, skozi katera bi se dalo splezati.

These people have no escape at all,

Ti ljudje nimajo izhoda

and as we take in such a difficult subject,

in ko govorimo o takih težkih temah,

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

se je treba zavedati, da se suženjstvo, vključno s spolnimi sužnji,

occurs in our own backyard as well.

dogaja tudi za zidovi okoli nas.

Tens of hundreds of people are enslaved in agriculture,

Na tisoče ljudi je zasužnjenih v kmetijstvu,

in restaurants, in domestic servitude,

v restavracijah, v prisilnem gospodinjskem delu,

and the list can go on.

seznam je brez konca.

Recently, the New York Times reported that

Pred kratkim je New York Times poročal,

between 100,000 and 300,000 American children

da vsako leto v spolno suženjstvo prodajo

are sold into sex slavery every year.

med 100.000 in 300.000 ameriških otrok.

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

Vse okoli nas je. Samo ne vidimo ga.

The textile industry is another one we often think of

Tekstilna industrija je še ena, na katero pogosto pomislimo,

when we hear about slave labor.

ko slišimo o suženjskem delu.

I visited villages in India where entire families were enslaved

Obiskala sem vasi v Indiji, kjer so celotne družine zasužnjene

in the silk trade.

v trgovini s svilo.

This is a family portrait.

To je družinski portret.

The dyed black hands are the father, while the blue

Črno obarvane roke so očetove, medtem ko so

and red hands are his sons.

modre in rdeče roke sinov.

They mix dye in these big barrels,

Barvo mešajo v velikih sodih,

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

v katere potem potopijo svilo do komolcev globoko,

but the dye is toxic.

vendar je barva strupena.

My interpreter told me their stories.

Prevajalec mi je povedal njihove zgodbe.

"We have no freedom," they said.

"Nismo svobodni," so dejali.

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

"A vseeno upamo, da bomo nekoč lahko zapustili to hišo

someday and go someplace else

in odšli kam drugam,

where we actually get paid for our dyeing."

kjer bomo plačani za barvanje."

It's estimated that more than 4,000 children

Ocenjujejo, da je več kot 4.000 otrok

are enslaved on Lake Volta,

sužnjev na jezeru Volta,

the largest man-made lake in the world.

največjem umetnem jezeru na svetu.

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

Ko smo prispeli, sem si kraj na hitro ogledala.

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

Kar sem videla, je izgledalo kot družina, ki ribari,

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

dva starejša brata, nekaj mlajših otrok, logično, ne?

Wrong. They were all enslaved.

Napaka. Vsi so bili sužnji.

Children are taken from their families

Otroke odvzamejo družinam

and trafficked and vanished,

in jih prodajo; otroci izginejo

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

in so neskončne ure prisiljeni delati na teh čolnih

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

na jezeru, čeprav ne znajo plavati.

This young child is eight years old.

Tale otrok je star osem let.

He was trembling when our boat approached,

Trepetal je, ko se je približal naš čoln,

frightened it would run over his tiny canoe.

od strahu, da bomo povozili njegov mali kanu.

He was petrified he would be knocked in the water.

Bal se je, da bo padel v vodo.

The skeletal tree limbs submerged in Lake Volta

Koščene veje dreves pod gladino jezera Volta

often catch the fishing nets, and weary,

pogosto ujamejo ribiške mreže

frightened children are thrown into the water

in preplašene otroke vržejo v vodo,

to untether the lines.

da bi jih odvozlali.

Many of them drown.

Veliko jih utone.

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

Kolikor daleč nazaj mu sega spomin, je moral delati

on the lake.

na jezeru.

Terrified of his master, he will not run away,

V hudem strahu pred gospodarjem ne pobegne

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

in ker so bili z njim vedno kruti,

he passes that down to the younger slaves

to prenaša na mlajše sužnje,

that he manages.

ki jih nadzoruje.

I met these boys at five in the morning,

Te fante sem srečala ob petih zjutraj,

when they were hauling in the last of their nets,

ko so iz mrež pobirali zadnje kose,

but they had been working since 1 a.m.

a delali so že od enih naprej,

in the cold, windy night.

v mrzli, vetrovni noči.

And it's important to note that these nets weigh

Treba je vedeti, da te mreže tehtajo

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

več kot petsto kilogramov, če so polne rib.

I want to introduce you to Kofi.

Rada bi vam predstavila Kofija.

Kofi was rescued from a fishing village.

Kofija so rešili iz ribiške vasi.

I met him at a shelter where Free the Slaves

Spoznala sem ga v zavetišču, v katerem Free the Slaves

rehabilitates victims of slavery.

rehabilitira žrtve suženjstva.

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

Tu ga vidimo, ko se kopa pri vodnjaku,

pouring big buckets of water over his head,

zlivajoč velika vedra vode preko glave,

and the wonderful news is,

in dobra vest je,

as you and I are sitting here talking today,

da je, medtem ko sedimo tukaj in govorimo,

Kofi has been reunited with his family,

Kofi spet pri svoji družini,

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

in kar je še bolje, družina je dobila orodje,

to make a living and to keep their children safe.

ki jim omogoča, da preživijo in da so njihovi otroci varni.

Kofi is the embodiment of possibility.

Kofi uteleša možnosti.

Who will he become because someone took a stand

Kaj bo postal, ker se je nekdo zavzel

and made a difference in his life?

in mu spremenil življenje?

Driving down a road in Ghana

Med vožnjo po Gani

with partners of Free the Slaves,

s partnerji iz Free the Slaves

a fellow abolitionist on a moped suddenly sped up

je eden od sodelavcev na motorju nenadoma pospešil

to our cruiser and tapped on the window.

do našega avtomobila in potrkal na okno.

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

Naročil nam je, naj mu sledimo po gozdni poti v džunglo.

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

Na koncu poti smo morali izstopiti,

and told the driver to quickly leave.

vozniku pa je naročil, naj odpelje stran.

Then he pointed toward this barely visible footpath,

Potem je pokazal na komaj vidno stezo

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

in dejal: "To je pot, to je pot. Pojdite."

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

Sprva smo med potjo morali odrivati veje,

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

ki so nas ovirale, in po približno uri hoje

found that the trail had become flooded by recent rains,

smo prišli do nedavno poplavljenega dela,

so I hoisted the photo gear above my head

zato sem fotografsko opremo dvignila nad glavo,

as we descended into these waters up to my chest.

preden sem se spustila v vodo, segajočo do prsi.

After another two hours of hiking, the winding trail

Po še dveh urah hoje se je zavita pot

abruptly ended at a clearing, and before us

nenadoma končala na čistini in pred nami

was a mass of holes

je bila množica lukenj,

that could fit into the size of a football field,

ki bi napolnile nogometno igrišče;

and all of them were full of enslaved people laboring.

vse so bile polne zasužnjenih delavcev.

Many women had children strapped to their backs

Veliko žensk je imelo na hrbtih privezane otroke,

while they were panning for gold,

medtem ko so iskale zlato,

wading in water poisoned by mercury.

hodeč po vodi, zastrupljeni s svincem.

Mercury is used in the extraction process.

Svinec uporabljajo v postopku pridobivanja zlata.

These miners are enslaved in a mine shaft

Ti rudarji so sužnji v rudniškem jašku

in another part of Ghana.

v nekem drugem delu Gane.

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

Ko so prišli iz jaška, so bili premočeni do kože

from their own sweat.

od lastnega znoja.

I remember looking into their tired, bloodshot eyes,

Spomnim se njihovih utrujenih, krvavih oči,

for many of them had been underground for 72 hours.

saj so bili mnogi pod zemljo 72 ur.

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

Jaški so globoki do 100 metrov, iz njih pa prinašajo

heavy bags of stone that later will be transported

težke vreče kamenja, ki ga transportirajo

to another area, where the stone will be pounded

na drugo območje, kjer ga razdrobijo

so that they can extract the gold.

in iz njega pridobivajo zlato.

At first glance, the pounding site seems full

Na prvi pogled nahajališče izgleda polno

of powerful men, but when we look closer,

močnih moških, a ko pogledamo od blizu,

we see some less fortunate working on the fringes,

vidimo, da ob strani delajo tisti z manj sreče

and children too.

ter otroci.

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

Vsi so žrtve poškodb, bolezni in nasilja.

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

Pravzaprav je zelo verjetno, da bo ta mišičnjak

will end up like this one here, racked with tuberculosis

končal kot eden od teh, s tuberkulozo

and mercury poisoning in just a few years.

in zastrupitvijo s svincem, in to v le nekaj letih.

This is Manuru. When his father died,

To je Manuru. Ko je njegov oče umrl,

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

ga je stric prodal za delo v rudnikih.

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

Ko je umrl še stric, je Manuru podedoval njegov dolg,

which further forced him into being enslaved in the mines.

kar ga je prisililo v suženjstvo v rudnikih.

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

Ko sem ga spoznala, je v rudnikih delal že

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

14 let in poškodba noge, ki jo vidite,

is actually from a mining accident,

je posledica rudarske nesreče.

one so severe doctors say his leg should be amputated.

Tako huda je, da zdravniki menijo, da je potrebna amputacija.

On top of that, Manuru has tuberculosis,

Poleg tega ima Manuru tuberkulozo,

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

vendar mora še vedno vse dni delati

in that mine shaft.

v tem rudniškem jašku.

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

Kljub vsemu sanja, da bo postal svoboden

and become educated with the help of local activists

in se bo izobrazil s pomočjo lokalnih aktivistov,

like Free the Slaves,

kakršni so Free the Slaves.

and it's this sort of determination,

Prav ta odločnost

in the face of unimaginable odds,

navkljub zelo majhni verjetnosti,

that fills me with complete awe.

me navdaja s popolnim občudovanjem.

I want to shine a light on slavery.

Luč želim usmeriti na suženjstvo.

When I was working in the field,

Ko sem delala na terenu,

I brought lots of candles with me,

sem s seboj jemala veliko sveč

and with the help of my interpreter,

in s pomočjo prevajalca

I imparted to the people I was photographing

sem ljudem, ki sem jih fotografirala,

that I wanted to illuminate their stories

razložila, da hočem osvetliti njihove zgodbe

and their plight,

in njihov boj.

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

Ko je bilo varno tako zanje kot zame,

I made these images.

sem posnela te fotografije.

They knew their image would be seen

Vedeli so, da jih boste videli

by you out in the world.

vi tukaj v tem svetu.

I wanted them to know that we will be bearing witness

Želela sem, da vedo, da bomo njihove priče

to them, and that we will do whatever we can

in da bomo naredili, karkoli je v naši moči,

to help make a difference in their lives.

da pomagamo spremeniti njihova življenja.

I truly believe, if we can see one another

Iskreno verjamem, da če lahko drug drugega vidimo

as fellow human beings, then it becomes very difficult

kot človeška bitja, potem postane zelo težko

to tolerate atrocities like slavery.

sprejemati grozodejstva, kakršno je suženjstvo.

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

To niso slike problemov. So slike ljudi,

real people, like you and me, all deserving

pravih ljudi, kakršni smo vi in jaz, ki si vsi zaslužijo

of the same rights, dignity and respect

enake pravice, dostojanstvo in spoštovanje

in their lives.

v življenju.

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

Ni dneva, da ne bi pomislila

of these many beautiful, mistreated people

na te številne lepe, zlorabljene ljudi,

I've had the tremendous honor of meeting.

ki sem jih imela čast spoznati.

I hope that these images awaken a force

Upam, da bodo te podobe zbudile silo

in those who view them, people like you,

v tistih, ki jih bodo videli, v ljudeh, kot ste vi,

and I hope that force will ignite a fire,

in upam, da bo ta sila prižgala ogenj,

and that fire will shine a light on slavery,

ki bo usmeril luč na suženjstvo;

for without that light, the beast of bondage

kajti brez te svetlobe se lahko pošastna nesvoboda

can continue to live in the shadows.

nadaljuje v senci.

Thank you very much.

Hvala lepa.

(Applause)

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