Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Biljana Zlatanovic Lektor: Sara Bgd

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

Nalazim se na 40 metara dubine u ilegalnom rudniku u Gani.

The air is thick with heat and dust,

Vazduh je težak od vrućine i prašine

and it's hard to breathe.

i jedva se diše.

I can feel the brush of sweaty bodies passing me

Osećam dašak oznojenih tela kako prolaze pored mene

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

u pomrčini, ali ne vidim mnogo više.

I hear voices talking, but mostly the shaft

Čujem glasove, ali većinom je to samo

is this cacophony of men coughing,

kakofonija muškaraca koji kašlju

and stone being broken with primitive tools.

i kamenja koje se lomi primitivnim alatima.

Like the others, I wear a flickering, cheap flashlight

Kao i ostali, nosim treperavo, jeftino svetlo,

tied to my head with this elastic, tattered band,

koje mi je zavezano za glavu elastičnom, dronjavom trakom

and I can barely make out the slick tree limbs

i jedva mogu da razlikujem klizave grane

holding up the walls of the three-foot square hole

koje podržavaju zidove ove rupe od pola metara kvadratnih,

dropping hundreds of feet into the earth.

koja zaranja stotinama metara duboko u zemlju.

When my hand slips, I suddenly remember a miner

Kada mi glava padne, odjednom se setim rudara

I had met days before who had lost his grip

koga sam upoznala nekoliko dana ranije, koji je izgubio ravnotežu

and fell countless feet down that shaft.

i pao nebrojeno mnogo metara niz to okno.

As I stand talking to you today,

Dok danas stojim ovde i dok vam govorim,

these men are still deep in that hole,

ovi muškarci su i dalje duboko u toj rupi,

risking their lives without payment or compensation,

rizikujući svoje živote bez plate ili kompenzacije

and often dying.

i često umiru.

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

Ja sam se popela uz tu rupu i otišla sam kući,

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

ali oni najverovatnije nikada neće, jer su u zamci ropstva.

For the last 28 years, I've been documenting

U poslednjih 28 godina zabeležila sam

indigenous cultures in more than 70 countries

autohtone kulture u preko 70 zemalja,

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

na šest kontinenata i 2009. godine imala sam posebnu čast

of being the sole exhibitor at the Vancouver Peace Summit.

da budem jedini izlagač na Mirovnom samitu u Vankuveru.

Amongst all the astonishing people I met there,

Među svim izuzetnim ljudima koje sam tamo upoznala,

I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO

upoznala sam i pristalicu nevladine organizacije Oslobodimo robove,

dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery.

koja je posvećena iskorenjivanju modernog ropstva.

We started talking about slavery, and really,

Počeli smo da razgovaramo o ropstvu i stvarno

I started learning about slavery,

sam počela da učim o ropstvu,

for I had certainly known it existed in the world,

jer sam zasigurno znala da ono postoji u svetu,

but not to such a degree.

ali ne u tim razmerama.

After we finished talking, I felt so horrible

Nakon što smo završili razgovor, osetila sam se ušasno

and honestly ashamed at my own lack of knowledge

i iskreno osramoćena sopstvenim neznanjem

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

da ovakvo zverstvo postoji u moje vreme i pomislila 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,

Počelo je da mi se kuva u stomaku, tako da sam nakon nekoliko nedelja

I flew down to Los Angeles to meet with the director

odletela u Los Anđeles da se nađem sa direktorom

of Free the Slaves and offer them my help.

Oslobodimo robove i ponudila im pomoć.

Thus began my journey into modern day slavery.

Odatle je započelo moje putovanje u moderno ropstvo.

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

Začuđujuće, već sam bila na mnogim od ovih mesta ranije.

Some I even considered like my second home.

Neke sam čak i smatrala svojim drugim domom.

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

Ali ovoga puta sam videla sve te skrivene stvari.

A conservative estimate tells us there are more than

Konzervativna procena nam govori da postoji preko

27 million people enslaved in the world today.

27 miliona ljudi koji su robovi danas u svetu.

That's double the amount of people taken from Africa

To je duplo više ljudi od onih koji su uzeti iz Afrike

during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

tokom cele preko-atlantske trgovine robljem.

A hundred and fifty years ago, an agricultural slave

Pre 150 godina, rob u poljoprivredi

cost about three times the annual salary

koštao je trećinu godišnje plate

of an American worker.

američkog radnika.

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

To je oko 50 000 dolara današnjeg novca.

Yet today, entire families can be enslaved for generations

Dok danas čitave porodice mogu biti porobljene generacijama

over a debt as small as $18.

zbog duga koji iznosi samo 18 dolara.

Astonishingly, slavery generates profits

Začuđujuće, ropstvo donosi zaradu

of more than $13 billion worldwide each year.

od više od 13 milijardi dolara svuda u svetu svake godine.

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, boljem poslu, da bi zatim saznali

that they're forced to work without pay

da su prisiljeni da rade bez novčane naknade,

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

pod pretnjama nasiljem i oni ne mogu tek tako da odu.

Today's slavery is about commerce,

Današnje ropstvo povezano je sa trgovinom,

so the goods that enslaved people produce have value,

tako da dobra koja robovi proizvode imaju vrednost,

but the people producing them are disposable.

dok su ljudi koji ih proizvode za jednokratnu upotrebu.

Slavery exists everywhere, nearly, in the world,

Ropstvo postoji skoro svuda u svetu,

and yet it is illegal everywhere in the world.

ali je ilegalno svuda u svetu.

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

U Indiji i Nepalu upoznata sam sa sušionicama.

This strange and awesome sight was like

Neobičan i sjajan prizor bio je kao

walking into ancient Egypt or Dante's Inferno.

ulaženje u antički Egipat ili Danteov pakao.

Enveloped in temperatures of 130 degrees,

Obavijeni temperaturama od 130 stepeni,

men, women, children, entire families in fact,

muškarci, žene, deca, zapravo cele porodice

were cloaked in a heavy blanket of dust,

bili su uvijeni u težak prekrivač prašine,

while mechanically stacking bricks on their head,

dok su mehanički slagali cigle na glave,

up to 18 at a time, and carrying them

do 18 cigala u isto vreme i nosili ih

from the scorching kilns to trucks hundreds of yards away.

od vrelih pećnica do kamiona udaljenih stotinama kilometara.

Deadened by monotony and exhaustion,

Iscrpljeni od monotonije i premora,

they work silently, doing this task over and over

rade u tišini, ponavljajući zadatak

for 16 or 17 hours a day.

16 ili 17 sati dnevno.

There were no breaks for food, no water breaks,

Nije bilo pauza za hranu, pauza za vodu

and the severe dehydration made urinating

i ozbiljna dehidratacija učinila je da uriniranje

pretty much inconsequential.

bude nepotrebno.

So pervasive was the heat and the dust

Vrućina i prašina su bile toliko sveprožimajuće

that my camera became too hot to even touch

da mi je kamera postala toliko vruća da nije mogla ni da se dodirne

and ceased working.

i prestala je da radi.

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

Svakih 20 minuta morala sam da trčim nazad do džipa

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

da očistim opremu i da je stavim ispod klime

to revive it, and as I sat there,

da je oživim i dok sam sedela tamo,

I thought, my camera is getting far better treatment

pomislila sam da se o mojoj kameri mnogo više vodi računa

than these people.

nego o ovim ljudima.

Back in the kilns, I wanted to cry,

Nazad u pećnici htela sam da zaplačem,

but the abolitionist next to me quickly grabbed me

ali me je abolicionist do mene brzo zgrabio

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

i rekao: "Lisa, nemoj to da radiš. Nemoj to ovde da radiš."

And he very clearly explained to me that emotional displays

Jasno mi je objasnio da je pokazivanje emocija

are very dangerous in a place like this,

vrlo opasno na ovakvom mestu,

not just for me, but for them.

ne samo za mene, već za njih.

I couldn't offer them any direct help.

Nisam mogla da im ponudim nikakvu direktnu pomoć.

I couldn't give them money, nothing.

Nisam mogla da im dam novac, ništa.

I wasn't a citizen of that country.

Nisam bila građanin te zemlje.

I could get them in a worse situation

Mogla sam da ih dovedem u goru situaciju

than they were already in.

od one u kojoj su već bili.

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

Morala sam da se oslonim na Oslobodimo robove da rade

within the system for their liberation,

u okvirima sistema za njihovo oslobađanje

and I trusted that they would.

i verovala sam da će uspeti.

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

Što se mene tiče, morala sam da čekam da dođem kući

to really feel my heartbreak.

da zaista osetim kako mi se srce slama.

In the Himalayas, I found children carrying stone

Na Himalajima, naišla sam na decu koja su nosila kamenje

for miles down mountainous terrain

kilometrima niz planinski teren,

to trucks waiting at roads below.

do kamiona koji su čekali na putevima dole.

The big sheets of slate were heavier

Velike ploče bile su teže

than the children carrying them,

od dece koja su ih nosila

and the kids hoisted them from their heads

i deca su ih dizala na glave,

using these handmade harnesses of sticks and rope

koristeći ručno pravljene pojaseve od štapa i kanapa

and torn cloth.

i iscepane odeće.

It's difficult to witness something so overwhelming.

Teško je posvedočiti nečemu toliko potresnom.

How can we affect something so insidious,

Kako možemo da utičemo na nešto tako podmuklo,

yet so pervasive?

a tako prožimajuće?

Some don't even know they're enslaved,

Neki ni ne znaju da su porobljeni,

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

ljudi koji rade 16, 17 sati dnevno bez bilo kakve plate,

because this has been the case all their lives.

jer je tako celog njihovog života.

They have nothing to compare it to.

Nemaju sa čim da uporede.

When these villagers claimed their freedom,

Kada su ovi seljaci zatražili svoju slobodu,

the slaveholders burned down all of their houses.

robovlasnici su im zapalili kuće.

I mean, these people had nothing,

Zaista, ovi ljudi nisu imali ništa

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

i bili su toliko prestrašeni, želeli su da odustanu,

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

ali žena u centru ih je ubeđivala da ne odustaju

and abolitionists on the ground

i abolicionisti na terenu

helped them get a quarry lease of their own,

su im pomogli da dobiju kamenolom u najam,

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

tako da sada rade isti posao koji slama kičmu,

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

ali sada to rade za sebe, plaćeni su za to

and they do it in freedom.

i rade u slobodi.

Sex trafficking is what we often think of

Obično pomislimo na trgovinu belim robljem

when we hear the word slavery,

kada čujemo reč ropstvo

and because of this worldwide awareness,

i zbog ove svesti rasprostranjene širom sveta

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

upozorili su me da će biti teško da radim bezbedno

within this particular industry.

baš u ovoj industriji.

In Kathmandu, I was escorted by women who had

U Katmanduu pratnja su mi bile žene koje

previously been sex slaves themselves.

su i same pre toga bile belo roblje.

They ushered me down a narrow set of stairs

Požurile su me niz uzano stepenište

that led to this dirty, dimly fluorescent lit basement.

koje je vodilo do prljavog, zadimljeno fluorescentno osvetljenog podruma.

This wasn't a brothel, per se.

Ovo nije bio bordel per se.

It was more like a restaurant.

Bio je više kao restoran.

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

Kabinski restorani, kako se za njih zna u ovom poslu,

are venues for forced prostitution.

su glavno mesto za prinudnu prostituciju.

Each has small, private rooms, where the slaves,

Svaki ima male, privatne sobe, gde su robovi,

women, along with young girls and boys,

žene sa mladim devojčicama i dečacima,

some as young as seven years old,

neki od njih imaju samo sedam godina,

are forced to entertain the clients,

naterani da zabavljaju mušterije

encouraging them to buy more food and alcohol.

i da ih ohrabruju da kupe još hrane i alkohola.

Each cubicle is dark and dingy,

Svaka kabina je mračna i prljava,

identified with a painted number on the wall,

prepoznaje se po naslikanom broju na zidu

and partitioned by plywood and a curtain.

i podeljena je šperpločom i zavesom.

The workers here often endure tragic sexual abuse

Radnice ovde obično pretrpe tragično, seksualno zlostavljanje

at the hands of their customers.

u rukama svojih mušterija.

Standing in the near darkness, I remember feeling

Dok sam stajala u gotovo potpunom mraku, sećam se da sam osećala

this quick, hot fear, and in that instant,

brzi, vreli strah i u tom trenutku

I could only imagine what it must be like

mogla sam samo da zamislim kako mora da je

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.

Imala sam samo jedan izlaz, stepenište odakle sam ušla.

There were no back doors.

Nisu postojala zadnja vrata.

There were no windows large enough to climb through.

Nije bilo dovoljno velikih prozora kroz koje bi moglo da se iskoči.

These people have no escape at all,

Ovi ljudi nisu imali uopšte izlaza

and as we take in such a difficult subject,

i dok razgovaramo o tako teškoj temi,

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

važno je primetiti da se ropstvo, uključujući i trgovinu belim robljem,

occurs in our own backyard as well.

dešava i u našem dvorištu.

Tens of hundreds of people are enslaved in agriculture,

Desetine stotina ljudi su porobljeni u poljoprivredi,

in restaurants, in domestic servitude,

u restoranima, u služenju po kućama

and the list can go on.

i lista može da se niže.

Recently, the New York Times reported that

Skoro je New York Times objavio da

between 100,000 and 300,000 American children

je između 100 000 i 300 000 američke dece

are sold into sex slavery every year.

prodato u belo roblje svake godine.

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

Svuda je oko nas. Mi samo ne vidimo.

The textile industry is another one we often think of

Tekstilna industrija je često još jedna industrija na koju pomislimo

when we hear about slave labor.

kada čujemo o ropstvu.

I visited villages in India where entire families were enslaved

Posetila sam sela u Indiji gde su čitave porodice porobljene

in the silk trade.

u industriji svile.

This is a family portrait.

Ovo je porodični portret.

The dyed black hands are the father, while the blue

Obojene crne ruke su očeve, dok su plave

and red hands are his sons.

i crvene, ruke njegovih sinova.

They mix dye in these big barrels,

Mešaju boju u ovim velikim buradima

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

i uranjaju svilu u tečnost do svojih laktova,

but the dye is toxic.

ali boja je otrovna.

My interpreter told me their stories.

Moj prevodilac mi je ispričao njihove priče.

"We have no freedom," they said.

"Nemamo slobodu", rekli su.

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

"Ipak se još uvek nadamo da ćemo moći da napustimo ovu kuću

someday and go someplace else

jednoga dana i da odemo negde drugde

where we actually get paid for our dyeing."

gde bismo bili plaćeni za bojenje."

It's estimated that more than 4,000 children

Procenjuje se da je više od 4 000 dece

are enslaved on Lake Volta,

porobljeno na jezeru Volta,

the largest man-made lake in the world.

najvećem veštačkom jezeru na svetu.

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

Čim smo stigli, htela sam samo da bacim pogled.

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

Videla sam nešto što je izgledalo kao porodica koja peca u čamcu,

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

dva starija brata, nekoliko mlađe dece, ima smisla, zar ne?

Wrong. They were all enslaved.

Pogrešno. Svi su bili robovi.

Children are taken from their families

Deca su uzeta od svojih porodica,

and trafficked and vanished,

prodata su i nestala,

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

primorana su da rade nebrojeno mnogo sati na ovim čamcima

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

na jezeru, iako ne znaju da plivaju.

This young child is eight years old.

Ovo dete ima osam godina.

He was trembling when our boat approached,

Tresao se kada mu se naš čamac približio,

frightened it would run over his tiny canoe.

prestrašen da će mu srušiti malecni kanu.

He was petrified he would be knocked in the water.

Uplašio se da ćemo ga prevrnuti u vodu.

The skeletal tree limbs submerged in Lake Volta

Skeletne grane drveta uranjale su u jezero Volte

often catch the fishing nets, and weary,

i često su hvatale ribolovačke mreže i premorenu,

frightened children are thrown into the water

prestrašenu decu bacaju u vodu

to untether the lines.

da otpetljaju mrežu.

Many of them drown.

Mnogi od njih se dave.

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

Od kad zna za sebe, terali su ga da radi

on the lake.

na jezeru.

Terrified of his master, he will not run away,

Preplašen od svog gazde, neće pobeći

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

i pošto su ga okrutno tretirali celog života,

he passes that down to the younger slaves

prenosi to mlađim robovima

that he manages.

kojima upravlja.

I met these boys at five in the morning,

Srela sam ove dečake u pet sati ujutru,

when they were hauling in the last of their nets,

kada su izvlačili jenu od poslednjih mreža,

but they had been working since 1 a.m.

s tim da su radili od jedan ujutru

in the cold, windy night.

po hladnoj, vetrovitoj noći.

And it's important to note that these nets weigh

Važno je naznačiti da su ove mreže teške

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

više od 400 kilograma kada su napunjene ribom.

I want to introduce you to Kofi.

Želim da vam predstavim Kofi.

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 gde Oslobodimo robove

rehabilitates victims of slavery.

rehabilituju žrtve ropstva.

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

Videli su ga kako se kupa na izvoru,

pouring big buckets of water over his head,

tako što se poliva velikim kofama preko glave

and the wonderful news is,

i predivna vest je,

as you and I are sitting here talking today,

dok vi i ja sedimo danas ovde i pričamo,

Kofi has been reunited with his family,

Kofi je ponovo sa svojom porodicom

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

i što je još bolje, njegovoj porodici su dali alate

to make a living and to keep their children safe.

da bi zaradili za život i da bi im deca bila bezbedna.

Kofi is the embodiment of possibility.

Kofi je otelotvorenje mogućnosti.

Who will he become because someone took a stand

Ko će postati jer se neko založio

and made a difference in his life?

i promenio nešto u njegovom životu?

Driving down a road in Ghana

Vozeći se putem u Gani

with partners of Free the Slaves,

sa partnerima iz Oslobodimo robove,

a fellow abolitionist on a moped suddenly sped up

partner abolicionist na motoru, odjednom je ubrzao

to our cruiser and tapped on the window.

do našeg džipa i pokucao nam na prozor.

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

Rekao nam je da ga pratimo niz prašnjavi put u džunglu.

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

Na kraju puta, požurio nas je da izađemo iz auta

and told the driver to quickly leave.

i rekao vozaču da brzo ode.

Then he pointed toward this barely visible footpath,

Zatim je pokazao na jedva vidljivu stazu

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

i rekao: "Ovo je staza, ovo je staza. Idite."

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

Kako smo išli niz stazu, gurali smo sa strane puzavicu,

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

koja je blokirala put i nakon skoro sat vremena hoda,

found that the trail had become flooded by recent rains,

otkrili smo da je staza poplavljena skorim kišama,

so I hoisted the photo gear above my head

podigla sam fotografsku opremu iznad glave

as we descended into these waters up to my chest.

dok smo se spuštali u ovu vodu koja mi je dosegla do grudi.

After another two hours of hiking, the winding trail

Nakon dodatnih dva sata hodanja, krivudava staza

abruptly ended at a clearing, and before us

se odjednom završila na proplanku i ispred nas

was a mass of holes

bilo je mnoštvo rupa,

that could fit into the size of a football field,

koje su mogle da stanu u veličinu fudbalskog terena

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 žene su imale decu zavezanu na leđima,

while they were panning for gold,

dok su one tražile zlato

wading in water poisoned by mercury.

i gacale po vodi otrovnoj od žive.

Mercury is used in the extraction process.

Živa se koristi u procesu vađenja.

These miners are enslaved in a mine shaft

Ovi rudari su porobljeni u oknu ridnika

in another part of Ghana.

u drugom delu Gane.

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

Kada su izašli iz okna, bili su mokri do gole kože

from their own sweat.

od sopstvenog znoja.

I remember looking into their tired, bloodshot eyes,

Sećam se da sam gledala njihove umorne, krvave oči,

for many of them had been underground for 72 hours.

mnogi su bili ispod zemlje 72 sata.

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

Okna su i do 90 metara duboka i oni iznose

heavy bags of stone that later will be transported

teške torbe kamenja, koje će kasnije biti prenesene

to another area, where the stone will be pounded

u drugu zonu, gde će kamen biti izlupan

so that they can extract the gold.

da bi se iz njega moglo izvući zlato.

At first glance, the pounding site seems full

Na prvi pogled, mesto za lupanje kamena izgleda puno

of powerful men, but when we look closer,

moćnih ljudi, ali kada bolje pogledamo,

we see some less fortunate working on the fringes,

vidimo neke manje srećne kako rade na ivici,

and children too.

kao i decu.

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

Svi oni su žrtve povreda, bolesti i nasilja.

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

Zapravo, vrlo je verovatno da će ova mišićava osoba

will end up like this one here, racked with tuberculosis

završiti kao ova ovde, iscrpljena od tuberkuloze

and mercury poisoning in just a few years.

i od trovanja živom za samo nekoliko godina.

This is Manuru. When his father died,

Ovo je Manuru. Kada mu je otac umro,

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

ujak ga je prodao da radi sa njim u rudnicima.

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

Kada mu je ujak umro, Manuru je nasledio dug svog ujaka,

which further forced him into being enslaved in the mines.

što ga je dodatno teralo da bude porobljen u rudnicima.

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

Kada sam ga upoznala, radio je u rudnicima

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

14 godina i povreda noge koju vidite ovde

is actually from a mining accident,

je zapravo od nezgode u rudniku,

one so severe doctors say his leg should be amputated.

koja je toliko ozbiljna, da doktori kažu da bi trebalo da bude amputirana.

On top of that, Manuru has tuberculosis,

I pored svega toga, Manuru ima tuberkulozu,

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

uprkos čemu ga teraju da radi stalno

in that mine shaft.

u tom rudničkom oknu.

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

Bez obzira na sve to, sanja da će postati slobodan

and become educated with the help of local activists

i postati obrazovan uz pomoć lokalnih aktivista,

like Free the Slaves,

kao što su Oslobodimo robove.

and it's this sort of determination,

I upravo me njegova odlučnost,

in the face of unimaginable odds,

uprkos nezamislivim okolnostima,

that fills me with complete awe.

ispunjava strahopoštovanjem.

I want to shine a light on slavery.

Želim da osvetlim ropstvo.

When I was working in the field,

Kada sam radila na polju,

I brought lots of candles with me,

donela sam mnogo sveća sa sobom

and with the help of my interpreter,

i uz pomoć mog prevodioca,

I imparted to the people I was photographing

podelila sam ljudima koje sam fotografisala,

that I wanted to illuminate their stories

čije sam priče želela da prosvetlim

and their plight,

i njihov položaj,

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

tako da sam, kada je bilo bezbedno za njih i za mene,

I made these images.

napravila ove slike.

They knew their image would be seen

Znali su da ćete njihovu sliku videti

by you out in the world.

vi koji ste negde u svetu.

I wanted them to know that we will be bearing witness

Želela sam da znaju da ćemo im biti živi svedoci

to them, and that we will do whatever we can

i da ćemo učiniti sve što možemo

to help make a difference in their lives.

da pomognemo da promenimo nešto u njihovim životima.

I truly believe, if we can see one another

Zaista verujem, ako možemo jedni druge da vidimo

as fellow human beings, then it becomes very difficult

kao jednaka ljudska bića, onda postaje vrlo teško

to tolerate atrocities like slavery.

tolerisati grozote kao što je ropstvo.

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

Ove slike nisu slike problema. To su slike ljudi,

real people, like you and me, all deserving

stvarnih ljudi, kao što smo vi i ja i svi zaslužuju

of the same rights, dignity and respect

jednaka prava, dostojanstvo i poštovanje

in their lives.

tokom svog života.

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

Nema dana da prođe, a da ne pomislim

of these many beautiful, mistreated people

na ove mnogobrojne, prelepe ljude prema kojima se loše ophodi,

I've had the tremendous honor of meeting.

a koje sam imala ogromnu čast da upoznam.

I hope that these images awaken a force

Nadam se da će ove slike da probude silu

in those who view them, people like you,

u onima koji ih vide, ljudima kao što ste vi

and I hope that force will ignite a fire,

i nadam se da će ta sila da raspali vatru

and that fire will shine a light on slavery,

i ta će vatra osvetliti ropstvo,

for without that light, the beast of bondage

jer bez te vatre, zver ropstva

can continue to live in the shadows.

može da nastavi da živi u senkama.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam puno.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)