The passing of time, caught in a single photo | Stephen Wilkes

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

I'm driven by pure passion

Pokreće me čista strast

to create photographs that tell stories.

da stvaram fotografije koje iznose priču.

Photography can be described as the recording of a single moment

Fotografija se može opisati kao zapis pojedinačnog trenutka

frozen within a fraction of time.

zamrznutog u deliću vremena.

Each moment or photograph represents a tangible piece

Svaki trenutak ili fotografija predstavlja opipljiv deo

of our memories as time passes.

naših sećanja dok vreme prolazi.

But what if you could capture more than one moment in a photograph?

Međutim, šta ako biste mogli da uhvatite više od jednog trenutka na fotografiji?

What if a photograph could actually collapse time,

Šta ako bi fotografija zapravo mogla da uruši vreme,

compressing the best moments of the day and the night

sažimajući najbolje trenutke dana i noći

seamlessly into one single image?

neprimetno u jednu sliku?

I've created a concept called "Day to Night"

Stvorio sam koncept zvani „iz dana u noć“

and I believe it's going to change

i smatram da će promeniti

the way you look at the world.

način na koji sagledavate svet.

I know it has for me.

Znam da jeste za mene.

My process begins by photographing iconic locations,

Moj proces započinje fotografisanjem upečatljivih lokacija,

places that are part of what I call our collective memory.

mesta koja su deo onoga što nazivam našim kolektivnim sećanjem.

I photograph from a fixed vantage point, and I never move.

Fotografišem sa fiksirane povoljne tačke i nikada se ne pomeram.

I capture the fleeting moments of humanity and light as time passes.

Beležim prolazne trenutke čovečanstva i svetlosti dok vreme prolazi.

Photographing for anywhere from 15 to 30 hours

Fotografišem negde između 15 do 30 sati

and shooting over 1,500 images,

i uslikam preko 1 500 slika,

I then choose the best moments of the day and night.

a zatim odaberem najbolje momente dana i noći.

Using time as a guide,

Koristeći vreme da me vodi,

I seamlessly blend those best moments into one single photograph,

neprimetno spojim te najbolje momente u jednu fotografiju,

visualizing our conscious journey with time.

vizualizujući naše svesno putovanje kroz vremene.

I can take you to Paris

Mogu vas odvesti u Pariz

for a view from the Tournelle Bridge.

da vidite pogled sa mosta Turnel.

And I can show you the early morning rowers

Mogu vam pokazati veslače u rano jutro

along the River Seine.

duž reke Sene.

And simultaneously,

U isto vreme

I can show you Notre Dame aglow at night.

vam mogu pokazati osvetljen Notr Dam noću.

And in between, I can show you the romance of the City of Light.

Između vam mogu pokazati romantiku grada svetlosti.

I am essentially a street photographer from 50 feet in the air,

Ja sam u suštini ulični fotograf sa 15 metara u vazduhu

and every single thing you see in this photograph

i baš sve što vidite na ovoj fotografiji

actually happened on this day.

zapravo se dogodilo ovog dana.

Day to Night is a global project,

„Iz dana u noć“ je globalni projekat,

and my work has always been about history.

a moj rad se uvek ticao istorije.

I'm fascinated by the concept of going to a place like Venice

Fasciniran sam konceptom odlaska na mesto poput Venecije

and actually seeing it during a specific event.

i zapravo je videti tokom specifičnog događaja.

And I decided I wanted to see the historical Regata,

Rešio sam da hoću da vidim istorijsku regatu,

an event that's actually been taking place since 1498.

događaj koji se održava od 1498 godine.

The boats and the costumes look exactly as they did then.

Čamci i kostimi izgledaju baš kao što su izgledali tada.

And an important element that I really want you guys to understand is:

Važan element koji zaista želim da razumete

je da ovo nije fotografija ubrzanog prolaska vremena,

this is not a timelapse,

this is me photographing throughout the day and the night.

već to ja fotografišem tokom celog dana i noći.

I am a relentless collector of magical moments.

Neumoran sam sakupljač čarobnih trenutaka.

And the thing that drives me is the fear of just missing one of them.

Ono što me pokreće je strah da ću propustiti samo jedan od njjih.

The entire concept came about in 1996.

Čitav koncept je nastao 1996. godine.

LIFE Magazine commissioned me to create a panoramic photograph

Časopis Lajf mi je naručio da napravim panoramsku fotografiju

of the cast and crew of Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet.

glumaca i ekipe na filmu „Romeo i Julija“ Baza Lurmana.

I got to the set and realized: it's a square.

Došao sam na postavku i shvatio da je u obliku kvadrata.

So the only way I could actually create a panoramic was to shoot a collage

Stoga je jedini način na koji sam mogao da napravim panoramu

bio da uslikam kolaž od 250 pojedinačnih slika.

of 250 single images.

So I had DiCaprio and Claire Danes embracing.

Imao sam Dikaprija i Kler Dejns u zagrljaju.

And as I pan my camera to the right,

Kako sam usmerio kameru nadesno,

I noticed there was a mirror on the wall

primetio sam ogledalo na zidu

and I saw they were actually reflecting in it.

i video sam njihov odraz u njemu.

And for that one moment, that one image

Za taj trenutak, za tu sliku,

I asked them, "Would you guys just kiss

upitao sam ih: „Da li biste se poljubili

for this one picture?"

samo sa ovu jednu sliku?“

And then I came back to my studio in New York,

Zatim sam se vratio u svoj studio u Njujorku

and I hand-glued these 250 images together

i ručno sam zalepio ovih 250 slika jednu za drugu,

and stood back and went, "Wow, this is so cool!

odmakao se i rekao: „Vau, ovo je tako kul!

I'm changing time in a photograph."

Menjam vreme na fotografiji.“

And that concept actually stayed with me for 13 years

Taj koncept sam zapravo zadržao 13 godina,

until technology finally has caught up to my dreams.

sve dok tehnologija konačno nije sustigla moje snove.

This is an image I created of the Santa Monica Pier, Day to Night.

Ovo je slika pristaništa Santa Monika koju sam stvorio, iz dana u noć.

And I'm going to show you a little video

Pokazaću vam mali snimak

that gives you an idea of what it's like being with me

koji vam daje predstavu o tome kako je biti sa mnom

when I do these pictures.

kada radim ovakve fotografije.

To start with, you have to understand that to get views like this,

Za početak, morate shvatiti da, da bih dobio ovakve poglede,

most of my time is spent up high, and I'm usually in a cherry picker

većinu svog vremena provodim u visinama i obično sam na dizalici sa korpom

or a crane.

ili na kranu.

So this is a typical day, 12-18 hours, non-stop

Ovo je tipičan dan, 12-18 sati,

neprekidno slikanje celog dana dok se odvija.

capturing the entire day unfold.

One of the things that's great is I love to people-watch.

Jedna od sjajnih stvari je to što volim da posmatram ljude.

And trust me when I tell you,

Verujte kada vam kažem,

this is the greatest seat in the house to have.

ovo je najbolje mesto koje možete imati.

But this is really how I go about creating these photographs.

Tako ja pristupam stvaranju ovih fotografija.

So once I decide on my view and the location,

Jednom kada donesem odluku o pogledu i lokaciji,

I have to decide where day begins and night ends.

moram da odlučim gde dan počinje i gde se noć završava.

And that's what I call the time vector.

To je ono što zovem „vektor vremena“.

Einstein described time as a fabric.

Ajnštajn je opisao vreme kao tkanje.

Think of the surface of a trampoline:

Zamislite površinu trampoline;

it warps and stretches with gravity.

krivi se i isteže usled gravitacije.

I see time as a fabric as well,

Vreme, takođe, sagledavam kao tkanje,

except I take that fabric and flatten it, compress it into single plane.

izuzev što uzmem to tkanje i poravnam ga, sabijem ga u jednu ravan.

Jedan od jedistvenih aspekata ovog rada je takođe,

One of the unique aspects of this work is also,

if you look at all my pictures,

ako pogledate sve moje slike,

the time vector changes:

da se vektor vremena menja -

sometimes I'll go left to right,

ponekad ću ići sleva nadesno,

sometimes front to back, up or down, even diagonally.

ponekad spolja ka nazad, gore ili dole, čak i dijagonalno.

I am exploring the space-time continuum

Istražujem prostorno-vremenski kontinuum

within a two-dimensional still photograph.

u okviru dvodimenzionalne nepokretne fotografije.

Now when I do these pictures,

Kada radim ovakve slike,

it's literally like a real-time puzzle going on in my mind.

bukvalno kao da mi se u umu odvija slagalica u realnom vremenu.

I build a photograph based on time,

Pravim fotografiju na osnovu vremena,

and this is what I call the master plate.

a ovo je ono što nazivam glavnom podlogom.

This can take us several months to complete.

Može nam biti potrebno nekoliko meseci da završimo.

The fun thing about this work is

Ono što je zabavno u vezi sa ovim radom

I have absolutely zero control when I get up there

je to da nemam apsolutno nikakvu kontrolu kada se tamo podignem

on any given day and capture photographs.

bilo kog dana i slikam fotografije.

So I never know who's going to be in the picture,

Dakle, nikada ne znam ko će biti na slici,

if it's going to be a great sunrise or sunset -- no control.

da li će biti sjajan izlazak ili zalazak sunca - nemam kontrolu.

It's at the end of the process,

Tek na kraju procesa,

if I've had a really great day and everything remained the same,

ako sam imao zaista sjajan dan i sve je ostalo isto,

that I then decide who's in and who's out,

tada odlučujem ko ostaje, a ko ne,

and it's all based on time.

a to je sve zasnovano na vremenu.

I'll take those best moments that I pick over a month of editing

Uzimam te najbolje trenutke koje biram tokom mesec dana uređivanja

and they get seamlessly blended into the master plate.

i oni se neprimetno spoje sa glavnom podlogom.

I'm compressing the day and night

Sabijam dan i noć

as I saw it,

onako kako sam ih video,

creating a unique harmony between these two very discordant worlds.

stvarajući jedinstvenu harmoniju između ova dva vrlo oprečna sveta.

Painting has always been a really important influence in all my work

Slikarstvo je oduvek predstavljalo zaista veliki uticaj u celokupnom mom radu

and I've always been a huge fan of Albert Bierstadt,

i oduvek sam bio veliki obožavatelj Alberta Birštata,

the great Hudson River School painter.

velikog slikara škole reke Hadson.

He inspired a recent series that I did on the National Parks.

On je inspirisao seriju

o nacionalnim parkovima koju sam nedavno uradio.

This is Bierstadt's Yosemite Valley.

Ovo je Birštatova „Dolina Josemiti“.

So this is the photograph I created of Yosemite.

Ovo je fotografija Josemitija koju sam ja napravio.

This is actually the cover story of the 2016 January issue

To je zapravo naslovna priča

sa izdanja Nacionalne geografije iz januara 2016. godine.

of National Geographic.

I photographed for over 30 hours in this picture.

Fotografisao sam preko 30 sati na ovoj slici.

I was literally on the side of a cliff,

Bio sam bukvalno sa strane litice,

capturing the stars and the moonlight as it transitions,

hvatajući zveze i mesečinu dok prave prelaz,

the moonlight lighting El Capitan.

mesečinu koja osvetljava El Kapitan.

And I also captured this transition of time throughout the landscape.

Takođe sam uhvatio ovu promenu vremena kroz čitav predeo.

The best part is obviously seeing the magical moments of humanity

Najbolji deo očigledno predstavlja videti čarobne trenutke čovečanstva

as time changed --

dok se vreme menja,

from day into night.

iz dana u noć.

And on a personal note,

Što se mene lično tiče,

I actually had a photocopy of Bierstadt's painting in my pocket.

zapravo sam imao fotokopiju Birštatove slike u svom džepu.

And when that sun started to rise in the valley,

Kada je sunce počelo da se pomalja u dolini,

I started to literally shake with excitement

bukvalno sam počeo da drhtim od uzbuđenja

because I looked at the painting and I go,

jer sam pogledao sliku i rekao:

"Oh my god, I'm getting Bierstadt's exact same lighting

„O bože, dobijam potpuno isto osvetljenje

100 years earlier."

kao i Birštat pre 100 godina.“

Day to Night is about all the things,

„Iz dana u noć“ se odnosi na sve stvari,

it's like a compilation of all the things I love

poput zbirke je svih stvari koje volim

about the medium of photography.

u vezi sa medijem fotografije.

It's about landscape,

Tiče se pejzaža,

it's about street photography,

ulične fotografije,

it's about color, it's about architecture,

boje, arhitekture,

perspective, scale -- and, especially, history.

perspektive, razmere i, pogotovo, istorije.

This is one of the most historical moments

Ovo je jedan od trenutaka najprožetijih istorijom

I've been able to photograph,

koje sam mogao da fotografišem,

the 2013 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama.

predsednička inauguracija Baraka Obame 2013. godine.

And if you look closely in this picture,

Ako pogledate pažljivo ovu sliku,

you can actually see time changing

možete zapravo da vidite kako se menja vreme

in those large television sets.

na tim velikim televizijskim prijemnicima.

You can see Michelle waiting with the children,

Možete videti Mišel koja čeka sa decom,

the president now greets the crowd,

predsednik sada pozdravlja gomilu,

he takes his oath,

polaže zakletvu,

and now he's speaking to the people.

a sada se obraća ljudima.

There's so many challenging aspects when I create photographs like this.

Postoji mnogo problematičnih aspekata kada stvaram ovakve fotografije.

For this particular photograph,

Konkretno za ovu fotografiju,

I was in a 50-foot scissor lift up in the air

bio sam 15 metara u vazduhu na platformi na makaze

and it was not very stable.

i nije baš bila stabilna.

So every time my assistant and I shifted our weight,

Zato, svaki put kada bismo moj asistent i ja prebacivali težinu,

our horizon line shifted.

menjala nam se linija horizonta.

So for every picture you see,

Stoga za svaku sliku koju vidite,

and there were about 1,800 in this picture,

a bilo ih je oko 1 800 na ovoj slici,

we both had to tape our feet into position

obojica smo morali da zalepimo stopala u određenom položaju

every time I clicked the shutter.

svaki put kada bih okinuo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I've learned so many extraordinary things doing this work.

Naučio sam toliko toga izuzetnog kroz ovaj rad.

I think the two most important are patience

Mislim da su dve najvažnije stvari

bile strpljenje i moć posmatranja.

and the power of observation.

When you photograph a city like New York from above,

Kada fotografišete grad kao što je Njujork odozgo,

I discovered that those people in cars

otkrio sam da ti ljudi u automobilima

that I sort of live with everyday,

sa kojima na neki način živim iz dana u dan

they don't look like people in cars anymore.

ne izgledaju više kao ljudi u automobilima.

They feel like a giant school of fish,

Deluju kao ogromno jato riba.

it was a form of emergent behavior.

To je kao vrsta ponašanja koje se javlja.

And when people describe the energy of New York,

Kada ljudi opisuju energiju Njujorka,

I think this photograph begins to really capture that.

mislim da ova fotografija počinje da to zaista obuhvata.

When you look closer in my work,

Kada pogledate pažljivije moj rad,

you can see there's stories going on.

možete videti da se tu odvijaju priče.

You realize that Times Square is a canyon,

Shvatate da je Tams skver kanjon,

it's shadow and it's sunlight.

senka i sunčeva svetlost.

So I decided, in this photograph, I would checkerboard time.

Odlučio sam da ću, na ovoj fotografiji, napraviti šahovsku tablu vremena.

So wherever the shadows are, it's night

Gde god se nalaze senke, noć je,

and wherever the sun is, it's actually day.

a gde god je sunce, tu je dan.

Time is this extraordinary thing

Vreme je izvanredna stvar

that we never can really wrap our heads around.

koju nikad ne možemo zaista da pojmimo.

But in a very unique and special way,

Ipak, na vrlo jedinstven i specijalan način,

I believe these photographs begin to put a face on time.

smatram da ove fotografije počinju da daju predstavu o vremenu.

They embody a new metaphysical visual reality.

One oličavaju novu metafizičku vizualnu stvarnost.

When you spend 15 hours looking at a place,

Kada provedete 15 sati gledajući jedno mesto,

you're going to see things a little differently

posmatraćete stvari malo drugačije

nego da smo vi ili ja prišli sa kamerom,

than if you or I walked up with our camera,

took a picture, and then walked away.

uslikali i odšetali dalje.

This was a perfect example.

Ovo je bio savršen primer.

I call it "Sacré-Coeur Selfie."

Nazivam je „Sakre ker selfi“.

I watched over 15 hours

Posmatrao sam preko 15 sati sve ove ljude

all these people not even look at Sacré-Coeur.

koji čak ni ne gledaju Sakre ker.

They were more interested in using it as a backdrop.

Više ih zanima da ga iskoriste kao pozadinu.

They would walk up, take a picture,

Prišli bi, napravili sliku

and then walk away.

i zatim otišli.

And I found this to be an absolutely extraordinary example,

Smatram da je to apsolutno izuzetan primer,

a powerful disconnect between what we think the human experience is

snažna nepovezanost između onoga što mislimo da je ljudski doživljaj

versus what the human experience is evolving into.

naspram onoga u šta se on pretvara.

The act of sharing has suddenly become more important

Čin deljenja je odjednom postao važniji

than the experience itself.

od samog iskustva.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And finally, my most recent image,

Konačno, moja najskorija slika,

which has such a special meaning for me personally:

koja ima posebno značenje za mene lično.

this is the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Ovo je nacionalni park Serengeti u Tanzaniji.

And this is photographed in the middle of the Seronera,

Ovo je fotografisano usred Seronere;

this is not a reserve.

to nije rezervat.

I went specifically during the peak migration

Išao sam specijalno tokom vrhunca migracije

to hopefully capture the most diverse range of animals.

u nadi da ću uhvatiti najraznovrsnije životinje.

Unfortunately, when we got there,

Nažalost, kada smo stigli tamo,

there was a drought going on during the peak migration,

suša je nastupila za vreme maksimuma migracije,

a five-week drought.

suša od pet nedelja.

So all the animals were drawn to the water.

Stoga je sve životinje privukla voda.

I found this one watering hole,

Našao sam ovo pojilo

and felt if everything remained the same way it was behaving,

i osetio da, ako sve ostane isto tako kako se odvija,

I had a real opportunity to capture something unique.

imam pravu priliku da zabeležim nešto jedinstveno.

We spent three days studying it,

Proveli smo tri dana u izučavanju

and nothing could have prepared me

i ništa me nije moglo pripremiti

for what I witnessed during our shoot day.

za ono čemu sam prisustvovao za vreme našeg dana za slikanje.

I photographed for 26 hours

Fotografisao sam 26 sati

in a sealed crocodile blind, 18 feet in the air.

u zatvorenom zaklonu krokodila, 5,5 metara u vazduhu.

What I witnessed was unimaginable.

Ono čemu sam prisustvovao bilo je nezamislivo.

Frankly, it was Biblical.

Iskreno rečeno, bilo je biblijski.

We saw, for 26 hours,

Gledali smo kako, tokom 26 sati,

all these competitive species share a single resource called water.

sve te konkurentne vrste dele jedan izvor zvani voda.

The same resource that humanity is supposed to have wars over

Isti izvor oko koga će čovečanstvo navodno ratovati

during the next 50 years.

tokom narednih 50 godina.

The animals never even grunted at each other.

Životinje nisu čak ni zaroktale jedna na drugu.

They seem to understand something that we humans don't.

Izgleda da one razumeju nešto što mi ljudi ne razumemo -

That this precious resource called water

da je ovaj dragoceni izvor zvani voda

is something we all have to share.

nešto što svi moramo da delimo.

When I created this picture,

Kada sam stvorio ovu sliku,

I realized that Day to Night is really a new way of seeing,

shvatio sam da je „Iz dana u noć“ zapravo novi način sagledavanja,

compressing time,

sažimanja vremena,

exploring the space-time continuum within a photograph.

istraživanja kontinuuma prostor-vreme u okviru fotografije.

As technology evolves along with photography,

Kako se tehnologija bude razvijala uporedo sa fotografijom,

photographs will not only communicate a deeper meaning of time and memory,

fotografije ne samo da će saopštavati dublje značenje vremena i pamćenja,

but they will compose a new narrative of untold stories,

već će sačiniti novi narativ neispričanih priča,

creating a timeless window into our world.

stvarajući vanvremenski prozor u naš svet.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)