Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

Prevodilac: Stevan Radanovic Lektor: Ivana Korom

I started my journey 30 years ago.

Započeo sam ovo putovanje pre 30 godina.

And I worked in mines. And I realized that

Slikao sam rudnike i shvatio da je to

this was a world unseen.

još uvek neviđeni svet.

And I wanted, through color and large format cameras

Želeo sam da putem boje i panoramskih fotoaparata

and very large prints,

i panoramskih reprodukcija,

to make a body of work that somehow

stvorim opus koji bi na neki način

became symbols of our

postao simbol načina na koji

use of the landscape,

koristimo zemljine predele,

how we use the land.

i zemlju uopšte.

And to me this was

Za mene je to bila

a key component that somehow, through this medium of photography,

ključna komponenta - medijum fotografije,

which allows us to contemplate these landscapes,

koja nas podstiče da razmatramo te predele,

that I thought photography was perfectly suited

i koju sam smatrao savršeno odgovarajućom

to doing this type of work.

za ovakvu vrstu posla.

And after 17 years of photographing large industrial landscapes,

Posle 17 godina fotografisanja velikih industrijskih predela,

it occurred to me that

palo mi je na pamet da je

oil is underpinning the scale and speed.

nafta to što prikazuje razmere i brzinu,

Because that is what has changed,

jer upravo se to promenilo -

is the speed at which we're taking all our resources.

brzina kojom crpimo sve resurse.

And so then I went out to develop a whole series

Tada sam započeo čitavu seriju

on the landscape of oil.

fotografija naftnih predela.

And what I want to do is to kind of map an arc

Želim na neki način zaokružiti tu celinu,

that there is extraction, where we're taking it from the ground,

vađenje, tamo gde je uzimamo iz zemlje,

refinement. And that's one chapter.

i prerada. To je prvo poglavlje.

The other chapter that I wanted to look at was

Naredno poglavlje koje sam hteo posmatrati je

how we use it -- our cities,

način na koji je koristimo, naši gradovi,

our cars, our motorcultures,

naši automobili, naše motorizovano društvo,

where people gather around the vehicle

gde se ljudi skupljaju oko vozila

as a celebration.

kao da je u pitanju slavlje.

And then the third one is this idea of the end of oil,

A zatim i treće poglavlje o ideji kraja naftnih zaliha,

this entropic end,

tom entropijskom kraju,

where all of our parts of cars, our tires,

gde su svi delovi naših automobila, naše gume,

oil filters,

naftni filtri,

helicopters, planes --

helikopteri, avioni -

where are the landscapes where all of that stuff ends up?

gde su predeli na kojima sve te stvari završavaju?

And to me, again, photography was

Ponavljam, fotografija je za mene

a way in which I could explore and research the world,

način na koji mogu istraživati i proučavati svet,

and find those places.

i pronaći ta mesta.

And another idea that I had as well,

Još jedna ideja koju sam imao,

that was brought forward by an ecologist --

a koju je predložio jedan ekolog -

he basically did a calculation where

u principu on je uzimajući u obzir

he took one liter of gas and said,

litru benzina proračunao i rekao:

well, how much carbon it would take, and how much organic material?

"Koliko je potrebno ugljenika i organskih jedinjenja?"

It was 23 metric tons for one liter.

Odgovor je 23 tone za jedan litar.

So whenever I fill up my gas,

Dakle, svaki put kada napunim rezervoar

I think of that liter, and how much carbon.

mislim o toj litri i svom tom ugljeniku.

And I know that oil comes from the ocean and phytoplankton,

I znam da naftu dobijamo iz okeana i fitoplanktona.

but he did the calculations for our Earth

On je zatim proračunao stanje za celu Zemlju

and what it had to do to produce that amount of energy.

i na koji način je u stanju da proizvede tu količinu energije.

From the photosynthetic growth,

Koristeći fotosintezu

it would take 500 years of that growth

bilo bi potrebno 500 godina

to produce what we use, the 30 billion barrels we use per year.

za proizvodnju 30 milijardi barela koje upotrebimo godišnje.

And that also brought me to the fact that

To me je prenulo da razmislim

this poses such a risk to our society.

koliki zapravo rizik to predstavlja za ljudsko društvo.

Looking at 30 billion per year,

Računajući sa tih 30 milijardi barela godišnje,

we look at our two largest suppliers,

pogledajmo dva najveća dobavljača -

Saudi Arabia and now Canada, with its dirty oil.

Saudijsku Arabiu, a zatim Kanadu sa "prljavom naftom".

And together they only form about 15 years of supply.

Skupa te rezerve su dovoljne za samo 15 godina isporuke.

The whole world, at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves,

Porcenjena vrednost rezervi celog sveta - 1,2 triliona barela

only gives us about 45 years.

je dovoljna za 45 godina.

So, it's not a question of if, but a question of when

Dakle, pitanje nije "da li će", već "kada će"

peak oil will come upon us.

doći do tačke maksimalne eksploatacije nafte.

So, to me, using photography --

Meni lično, korišćenje fotografije -

and I feel that all of us need to now begin to really

a mislim da već sada svi moramo početi da se

take the task of using our talents,

prihvatamo korišćenja naših talenata,

our ways of thinking,

našeg načina razmišljanja,

to begin to deal with what I think is probably

kako bi se uhvatili u koštac s onim što je verovatno

one of the most challenging issues of our time,

jedno od najizazovnijih pitanja našeg vremena -

how to deal with our energy crisis.

kako se nositi sa energetskom krizom.

And I would like to say that, on the other side of it,

Želeo bih da budem u stanju, kada se kriza završi,

30, 40 years from now, the children that I have,

za 30, 40 godina, da pogledam svoju decu u oči

I can look at them and say, "We did everything

i da im kažem: "Učinili smo sve što je

we possibly, humanly could do,

bilo u našoj moći, ljudski moguće,

to begin to mitigate this,

kako bismo počeli da ublažavamo posledice

what I feel is one of the most important and critical

onoga za šta osećam da je jedan od najvažnijih

moments in our time. Thank you.

i najkritičnijih momenata našeg vremena." Hvala vam.

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