Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

Translator: Matej Divjak Reviewer: Klavdija Cernilogar

As an artist,

Kot umetnici mi je

connection is very important to me.

povezava zelo pomembna.

Through my work I'm trying to articulate

Skozi svoje delo skušam povedati,

that humans are not separate from nature

da ljudje niso ločeni od narave

and that everything is interconnected.

in da je vse medsebojno povezano.

I first went to Antarctica almost 10 years ago,

Na Antarktiko sem prvič šla pred skoraj desetimi leti,

where I saw my first icebergs.

kjer sem videla svoje prve ledene gore.

I was in awe.

Prevzelo me je strahospoštovanje.

My heart beat fast, my head was dizzy,

Srce mi je hitro bilo, v glavi se mi je vrtelo,

trying to comprehend what it was that stood in front of me.

ko sem poskušala razumeti, kaj je stalo pred mano.

The icebergs around me

Ledene gore okoli mene

were almost 200 feet out of the water,

so iz vode segale okoli 60 metrov.

and I could only help but wonder

In lahko sem si le predstavljala,

that this was one snowflake

da je to bila ena snežinka

on top of another snowflake,

na drugi snežinki,

year after year.

leto za letom.

Icebergs are born

Ledene gore nastanejo,

when they calve off of glaciers

ko se odlomijo od ledenikov

or break off of ice shelves.

ali od ledenih polic.

Each iceberg has its own individual personality.

Vsaka ledena gora ima svojo lastno osebnost.

They have a distinct way

Imajo različne načine

of interacting with their environment

medsebojnega vplivanja z okoljem

and their experiences.

in različne izkušnje.

Some refuse to give up

Nekatere se nočejo vdati

and hold on to the bitter end,

in vztrajajo do bridkega konca,

while others can't take it anymore

medtem ko druge ne zmorejo več

and crumble in a fit of dramatic passion.

in se sesujejo v dramatičnem pasijonu.

It's easy to think, when you look at an iceberg,

Ko pogledate ledeno goro, z lahkoto pomislite,

that they're isolated,

da so izolirane,

that they're separate and alone,

da so ločene in osamljene,

much like we as humans sometimes view ourselves.

tako kot ljudje včasih vidimo sebe.

But the reality is far from it.

Vendar je resnica daleč od tega.

As an iceberg melts,

Ko se ledena gora topi,

I am breathing in

vdihavam njeno

its ancient atmosphere.

starodavno atmosfero.

As the iceberg melts,

Ko se ledena gora topi,

it is releasing mineral-rich fresh water

sprošča svežo vodo bogato z minerali,

that nourishes many forms of life.

ki hrani veliko oblik življenja.

I approach photographing these icebergs

Te ledene gore fotografiram na način,

as if I'm making portraits of my ancestors,

kot da bi delala portrete svojih prednikov,

knowing that in these individual moments

vedoč, da v teh posameznih trenutkih

they exist in that way

obstajajo tako

and will never exist that way again.

in nikoli več ne bodo take.

It is not a death when they melt;

Ko se stopijo, ne gre za smrt;

it is not an end,

ni konec,

but a continuation

ampak nadaljevanje

of their path through the cycle of life.

njihove poti skozi življenjski cikel.

Some of the ice in the icebergs that I photograph is very young --

Nekaj ledu v ledenih gorah, ki jih fotografiram, je zelo mladega --

a couple thousand years old.

starega nekaj tisoč let.

And some of the ice

In nekaj ledu

is over 100,000 years old.

je starega več kot 100.000 let.

The last pictures I'd like to show you

Zadnje slike, ki bi vam jih rada pokazala,

are of an iceberg that I photographed

so slike ledene gore, ki sem jo fotografirala

in Qeqetarsuaq, Greenland.

v Kekertsuatsiaku na Grenlandiji.

It's a very rare occasion

Gre za zelo redko priložnost,

that you get to actually witness

ko si lahko dejansko priča

an iceberg rolling.

prevračanju ledene gore.

So here it is.

Tukaj je.

You can see on the left side a small boat.

Na levi strani lahko vidite majhen čoln.

That's about a 15-foot boat.

Je približno 5-metrski čoln.

And I'd like you to pay attention

Rada bi, da ste pozorni

to the shape of the iceberg

na obliko ledene gore

and where it is at the waterline.

in kje je ob gladini vode.

You can see here, it begins to roll,

Tu lahko vidite, da se je začela prevračati,

and the boat has moved to the other side, and the man is standing there.

čoln pa se je premaknil na drugo stran in tam stoji človek.

This is an average-size Greenlandic iceberg.

To je grenlandska ledena gora povprečne velikosti.

It's about 120 feet above the water,

Je okoli 120 čevljev nad vodo

or 40 meters.

ali 40 metrov.

And this video is real time.

In ta video je v realnem času.

(Music)

(glasba)

And just like that,

In kar tako

the iceberg shows you a different side of its personality.

vam ledena gora pokaže drugačno stran svoje osebnosti.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(aplavz)