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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Sara Rozic Reviewer: Tadej Pesjak

Photography has been my passion

Fotografija je bila moja strast

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

odkar sem zmogel držati fotoaparat.

but today I want to share with you

Danes bi rad z vami delil

the 15 most treasured photos of mine,

svojih petnajst najdragocenejših slik,

and I didn't take any of them.

a nobene nisem posnel sam.

There were no art directors, no stylists,

Ni bilo umetniških vodij,

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

možnosti ponovitve posnetka ali upoštevanja svetlobe.

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

Večino fotografij so posneli naključni turisti.

My story begins

Moja zgodba se prične,

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

ko sem bil v New Yorku zaradi nekega predavanja.

and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter

Moja žena je posnela tole fotografijo, kjer držim svojo hčer

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

na njen prvi rojstni dan. Bili smo na vogalu 57. ulice in 5. avenije.

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

Naključno smo se v New York vrnili točno leto dni kasneje

so we decided to take the same picture.

in se odločili, da posnamemo enako fotografijo.

Well you can see where this is going.

Najbrž veste, kaj sledi.

Approaching my daughter's third birthday,

Bližal se je hčerin tretji rojstni dan

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

in je žena predlagala, da se vrneva v New York

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

in nadaljujeva najino tradicijo.

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

Mimoidoče turiste sva prosila, da naju slikajo.

You know, it's remarkable how universal

Neverjetno, kako univerzalna je gesta,

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

s katero popolnega neznanca prosiš za fotografijo.

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

Nihče še ni odklonil ali pobegnil z našim fotoaparatom.

Back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives.

Takrat se nama ni sanjalo, da bo ta izlet spremenil najino življenje.

It's really become sacred to us.

Ta tradicija nama je postala zelo pomembna.

This one was taken just weeks after 9/11,

Tale je bila posneta le tedne po 11. septembru.

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

Svoji petletnici sem skušal razložiti,

in ways a five-year-old could understand.

kaj se je takrat zgodilo.

So these photos are far more than proxies

Te fotografije so mnogo več kot spomini

for a single moment, or even a specific trip.

na določen trenutek ali izlet.

They're also ways for us to freeze time

Omogočijo nama, da ustaviva čas

for one week in October

za teden dni v oktobru.

and reflect on our times

Da razmisliva, kaj sva doživela

and how we change from year to year,

in kako sva se spremenila.

and not just physically, but in every way.

V vsakem pogledu, ne le navzven.

Because while we take the same photo,

Ko posnameva enako fotografijo,

our perspectives change,

se najin pogled na svet spremeni.

and she reaches new milestones,

Hči dosega nove mejnike,

and I get to see life through her eyes,

jaz pa lahko vidim življenje skozi njene oči.

and how she interacts with and sees everything.

Spoznam, kako se sporazumeva in opazuje.

This very focused time we get to spend together

Tega časa, ki ga bova preživela skupaj,

is something we cherish and anticipate the entire year.

se veseliva celo leto.

Recently, on one trip, we were walking,

Na nedavnem izletu sva se sprehajala

and she stops dead in her tracks,

in ona se nenadoma ustavi.

and she points to a red awning of the doll store

S prstom pokaže na rdeč baldahin nad trgovino z igračami,

that she loved when she was little

ki jo je imela tako rada

on our earlier trips.

na naših prejšnjih izletih.

And she describes to me the feeling she felt

Povedala mi je, kako se je počutila,

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

ko je kot petletnica stala na tem kraju.

She said she remembers her heart bursting out of her chest

Rekla je, da ji je srce močno razbijalo,

when she saw that place for the very first time

ko je trgovino zagledala prvikrat

nine years earlier.

pred devetimi leti.

And now what she's looking at in New York

Zdaj pa v New Yorku išče

are colleges,

primerno fakulteto,

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

ker je odločena, da bo tam študirala.

And it hit me: One of the most important things

Zadelo me je. Ena najpomembnejših stvari

we all make are memories.

je ustvarjanje spominov.

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

Zato želim, da aktivno sodelujete

in consciously creating memories.

pri ustvarjanju spominov.

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

Če odštejem teh petnajst slik,

I'm not in many of the family photos.

sem redko prisoten na družinskih fotografijah.

I'm always the one taking the picture.

Ponavadi sem jaz tisti, ki fotografira.

So I want to encourage everyone today

Zato želim danes vse spodbuditi,

to get in the shot,

da stopite pred kamero tudi sami.

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

In naj vam ne bo nerodno neznanca vprašati:

"Will you take our picture?"

"Bi naju lahko fotografirali?"

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala. (Aplavz)