Taryn Simon photographs secret sites

102,235 views ・ 2009-09-24

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翻译人员: Zhihua Dong 校对人员: Jenny Yang
00:18
Okay, so
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好的,
00:20
90 percent of my photographic process
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事实上,我摄影过程的百分之九十,
00:23
is, in fact, not photographic.
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不仅仅只是照相。
00:25
It involves a campaign of letter writing,
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它是一个包涵了写信,
00:28
research and phone calls
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研究以及电话联系得以接触拍摄对象
00:30
to access my subjects,
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的复杂过程。
00:32
which can range from Hamas leaders in Gaza
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我的拍摄对象的范围可以从加沙地区的哈马斯领导人,
00:35
to a hibernating black bear in its cave
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到西弗吉尼亚州一只蛰伏于洞穴中的黑熊。
00:38
in West Virginia.
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到西弗吉尼亚州一只蛰伏于洞穴中的黑熊。
00:41
And oddly, the most notable
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奇怪的是,我所收到的所有拒信中,
00:44
letter of rejection I ever received
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最值得注意的一封,
00:46
came from Walt Disney World,
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来自于迪斯尼世界,
00:48
a seemingly innocuous site.
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一个看起来完全无害的地方。
00:50
And it read -- I'm just going to read a key sentence:
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我只打算读读最关键的一句:
00:53
"Especially during these violent times,
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“尤其实在现在这样一个恐怖时期,
00:56
I personally believe
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我个人相信,
00:58
that the magical spell cast upon guests who visit our theme parks
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在游览我们主题公园的客人们身上带有的神奇魔力,
01:02
is particularly important to protect
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特别重要, 它为帮助
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and helps to provide them with an important fantasy
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人们实现逃离现实进入一个想象中的神奇世界
01:07
they can escape to."
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提供了保障。”
01:09
Photography threatens fantasy.
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摄影会威胁想象力。
01:12
They didn't want to let my camera in
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他们不想让我的照相机进入迪斯尼,
01:14
because it confronts constructed realities, myths and beliefs,
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因为照相机能挑战了他们所建立的现实、神秘以及信仰,
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and provides what appears to be
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并提供了真正
01:21
evidence of a truth.
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事实的证据。
01:23
But there are multiple truths attached to every image,
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但每幅照片,都被赋予了不止一个真相,
01:26
depending on the creator's intention, the viewer
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这取决于拍摄者的目的,以及观看者
01:29
and the context in which it is presented.
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以及照片本身所处的环境。
01:33
Over a five year period following September 11th,
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在911之后的五年多,
01:36
when the American media and government were seeking
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当美国媒体和政府在寻找
01:38
hidden and unknown sites
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美国境外
01:40
beyond its borders,
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隐藏的和不为人所知的地点
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most notably weapons of mass destruction,
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和著名的大规模杀伤武器,
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I chose to look inward at that which was integral
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我选择去探究一些更深层次的东西——
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to America's foundation,
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它们对美国的国家基础、
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mythology and daily functioning.
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神话和国家机能来说,是不可或缺的。
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I wanted to confront the boundaries of the citizen,
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我自愿并真诚地
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self-imposed and real,
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希望去突破公民的边界,
01:57
and confront the divide between privileged
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突破特权和公共介入信息之间的鸿沟,
02:00
and public access to knowledge.
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突破特权和公共介入信息之间的鸿沟,
02:04
It was a critical moment in American history
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这在美国历史乃至世界历史上,
02:07
and global history
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都是重要的时刻——
02:09
where one felt they didn't have access to accurate information.
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人们发现他们无法触及精确的信息。
02:12
And I wanted to see the center with my own eyes,
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我希望我能亲眼看见这一切的核心,
02:16
but what I came away with is a photograph.
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但随我上路的,只是一部相机。
02:19
And it's just another place from which to observe,
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那只是另一个让我观察的地方,
02:21
and the understanding that
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并让我了解到,
02:23
there are no absolute, all-knowing insiders.
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世上没有绝对的、无所不知的知情人。
02:26
And the outsider can never really reach the core.
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而局外人则永远也无法真正触及事情的核心。
02:31
I'm going to run through some of the photographs in this series.
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我将展示这一系列中的一些相片。
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It's titled, "An American Index
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这个系列取名为:
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of the Hidden and Unfamiliar,"
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探寻隐藏的美国。
02:39
and it's comprised of nearly 70 images.
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它由将近70幅照片组成。
02:42
In this context I'll just show you a few.
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在今天的演讲里,我只能展示其中的一些。
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This is a nuclear waste storage and encapsulation facility
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这是一个存储、封装核废料的基地
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at Hanford site in Washington State,
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位于华盛顿州的汉福德,
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where there are over 1,900
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这里有超过1900个浸入于水中的
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stainless steel capsules containing nuclear waste
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不锈钢容器,
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submerged in water.
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它们盛有核废料。
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A human standing in front of an unprotected capsule would die instantly.
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如果一个人站在毫无任何保护措施的容器前,他将立刻死亡。
03:01
And I found one section amongst all of these
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我发现其中的一部分
03:04
that actually resembled the outline
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正好勾勒出了美国领土的轮廓。
03:06
of the United States of America,
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正好勾勒出了美国领土的轮廓。
03:08
which you can see here.
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你可以在这里看到。
03:10
And a big part of the work that is
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在这样的情况下,
03:12
sort of absent in this context is text.
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作品里缺失的,是文字。
03:16
So I create these two poles.
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因此,我创建了两个部分:
03:18
Every image is accompanied with a very detailed factual text.
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每幅图片都配有一段非常详尽的、确凿的文字说明。
03:22
And what I'm most interested in
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而我最感兴趣的是,
03:24
is the invisible space between a text
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存在于文字和对应图片之间的
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and its accompanying image,
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隐形的距离,
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and how the image is transformed by the text
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以及照片如何被转述为文字,
03:32
and the text by the image.
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文字又如何由照片阐释。
03:34
So, at best, the image is meant to float away
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所以,最理想的情况,照片也注定要转变为
03:36
into abstraction and multiple truths and fantasy.
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抽象的概念、真相和想象。
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And then the text functions as this cruel anchor
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而文字则如同锐利的锚
03:43
that kind of nails it to the ground.
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将这些漂浮的东西牢牢地按在地上。
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But in this context I'm just going to read
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今天时间有限,
03:48
an abridged version of those texts.
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我只能读缩略的版本。
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This is a cryopreservation unit,
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这是一个冷冻保存单元
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and it holds the bodies of the wife and mother
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里面保存了人体冷冻法先驱
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of cryonics pioneer Robert Ettinger,
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罗伯特爱丁格的妻子和母亲的尸体。
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who hoped to be awoken one day to extended life
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罗伯特希望有一天能唤起并延续她们的生命,
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in good health, with advancements in science and technology,
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用先进的科学技术使她们重新获得健康。
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all for the cost of 35 thousand dollars, for forever.
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这项技术一次性收费35000美元。
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This is a 21-year-old Palestinian woman
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这是一个21岁的巴勒斯坦女性,
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undergoing hymenoplasty.
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她正在接受处女膜修复手术。
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Hymenoplasty is a surgical procedure which restores the virginal state,
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处女膜成形术是一项用来恢复处女之身的手术,
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allowing her to adhere to certain cultural expectations
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这使她能够满足特定的
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regarding virginity and marriage.
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贞洁观和婚姻观的要求。
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So it essentially reconstructs a ruptured hymen,
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这项手术基本上就是修复已经破裂的处女膜,
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allowing her to bleed upon having sexual intercourse,
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使得她能在性交的时候流血,
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to simulate the loss of virginity.
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来模拟失去贞操的过程。
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This is a jury simulation deliberation room,
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这是一个陪审团审理模拟房间,
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and you can see beyond that two-way mirror
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你可以看到在双向玻璃镜后面,
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jury advisers standing in a room behind the mirror.
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陪审团顾问站在镜子后的另一个房间里。
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And they observe deliberations
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在模拟审判后,
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after mock trial proceedings
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顾问们会观察审判的过程,
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so that they can better advise their clients how to adjust their trial strategy
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这样他们就能更好地为他们的客户提建议,告诉他们如何调整审判的策略,
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to have the outcome that they're hoping for.
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以达到他们所期望的结果。
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This process costs 60,000 dollars.
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这个过程需要60000美元。
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This is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection room,
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这是美国海关和边境保护局的一个房间,
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a contraband room, at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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位于约翰肯尼迪机场,用来存放查处的走私品。
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On that table you can see 48 hours' worth
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在那张桌子上,你可以看到48小时之内
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of seized goods from passengers entering in to the United States.
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从入境美国的乘客身上搜查出的物品。
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There is a pig's head and African cane rats.
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这里有一个猪头和非洲蔗鼠
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And part of my photographic work
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我的摄影工作的一部分是,
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is I'm not just documenting what's there.
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我并不只是记录下那里有什么,
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I do take certain liberties and intervene.
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我还行使了一定的自由权力和介入。
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And in this I really wanted it to resemble
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在这幅照片中,
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an early still-life painting,
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我希望它看起来能像一副早期的静物画。
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so I spent some time with the smells and items.
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因此我花了一些时间来忍受其间的各种味道和奇怪的物品。
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This is the exhibited art on the walls of the CIA
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这是展示在美国中央情报局墙上的艺术品,
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in Langley, Virginia, their original headquarters building.
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位于弗吉尼亚州兰利,是中央情报局的最初的总部大楼。
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And the CIA has had a long history
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美国中央情报局无论在隐秘的,还是公开的文化外交努力上
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with both covert and public cultural diplomacy efforts.
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都具有悠久的历史。
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And it's speculated that some of their interest in the arts
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据推测,他们对于艺术的喜好
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was designed to counter Soviet communism
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是有意对抗苏联共产主义,
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and promote what it considered to be pro-American
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来推进他们所代表的先进的美国的
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thoughts and aesthetics.
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思想和审美。
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And one of the art forms that elicited the interest of the agency,
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其中一种艺术引起情报局的兴趣,
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and had thus come under question, is abstract expressionism.
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并因此引发争议的艺术形式,是抽象表达艺术。
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This is the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility,
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这是一个辨证人类学研究的场景。
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and on a six acre plot
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在一个6英亩的土地上,
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there are approximately 75 cadavers at any given time
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任一时间内都有大约75具尸体
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that are being studied by forensic anthropologists
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供辨证人类学家研究,
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and researchers who are interested in monitoring
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他们对观察尸体
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a rate of corpse decomposition.
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腐烂的速度很感兴趣。
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And in this particular photograph the body of a young boy
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在这幅图上,一个男孩的尸体
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has been used to reenact a crime scene.
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被用来再现一个犯罪的场景。
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This is the only federally funded site
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这是唯一一个联邦政府支持的
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where it is legal to cultivate cannabis
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合法制造大麻的地方。
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for scientific research in the United States.
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所制造的大麻用作全美范围内的相关科学研究。
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It's a research crop marijuana grow room.
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这是一个研究用大麻的种植房间。
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And part of the work that I hope for
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我的一部分工作的目的是,
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is that there is a sort of disorienting entropy
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因为现在存在一种令人迷失的信息混乱,
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where you can't find any discernible formula in how these things --
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你无法找到任何可识别的模式,
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they sort of awkwardly jump from government to science
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来解释这些东西是如何笨拙地从政府跳到科学
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to religion to security --
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又跳到宗教继而跳到安全领域——
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and you can't completely understand
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你根本无法完全理解
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how information is being distributed.
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信息是如何被传播开来的。
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These are transatlantic submarine communication cables
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这些是跨大西洋的水下通信电缆,
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that travel across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean,
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它们横跨了整个大西洋海底,
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connecting North America to Europe.
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将北美和欧洲联结起来。
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They carry over 60 million simultaneous voice conversations,
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它们同时传递着超过6千万个音频通话。
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and in a lot of the government and technology sites
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在许多政府和科技场所
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there was just this very apparent vulnerability.
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它们看起来非常地脆弱。
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This one is almost humorous because it feels like I could
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这一个近乎滑稽,因为看起来好像我只要
07:25
just snip all of that conversation in one easy cut.
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轻轻一剪,就可以随时中断所有通话。
07:28
But stuff did feel like it could have been taken
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但是工作人员们认为它已经启用了30或40年了,
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30 or 40 years ago, like it was locked in the Cold War era
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正如它在冷战时代就已经锁定,
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and hadn't necessarily progressed.
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必然没有改进。
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This is a Braille edition of Playboy magazine.
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这是一个盲文版本的《花花公子》杂志。
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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And this is ... a division of the Library of Congress
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这是来自美国国会图书馆的一个部门
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produces a free national library service
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为盲人和视觉受损人士
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for the blind and visually impaired,
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提供的一项全国免费图书馆服务。
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and the publications they choose to publish
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他们对出版读物的选择
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are based on reader popularity.
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是基于读者群的分布。
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And Playboy is always in the top few.
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而《花花公子》总是遥遥领先的几个之一。
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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But you'd be surprised, they don't do the photographs. It's just the text.
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但你一定会感到意外,他们并不刊印图片,只有文字。
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(Laughter)
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(笑)
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This is an avian quarantine facility
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这是一个鸟类检疫隔离装置。
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where all imported birds coming into America
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所有入境的鸟
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are required to undergo a 30-day quarantine,
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都需要进行30天的检疫隔离。
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where they are tested for diseases
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在这里,它们需要被检疫各种疾病,
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including Exotic Newcastle Disease
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包括稀有的新城病
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and Avian Influenza.
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和禽流感。
08:21
This film shows
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这个短篇展现了
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the testing of a new explosive fill on a warhead.
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一个新的爆炸性核弹头测试。
08:29
And the Air Armament Center
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位于佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地的
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at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida
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航空武器中心
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is responsible for the deployment and testing
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负责研发和测试
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of all air-delivered weaponry
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所有美国的空投武器。
08:38
coming from the United States.
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所有美国的空投武器。
08:42
And the film was shot on 72 millimeter, government-issue film.
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这个短篇是用官方制定的72厘米胶片拍摄的。
08:46
And that red dot is a marking on the government-issue film.
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那个红点就是官方制定胶片上的标志。
08:50
All living white tigers in North America
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所有生活在北美的白虎
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are the result of selective inbreeding --
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都是通过选择性近亲交配所繁殖的。
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that would be mother to son,
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这意味着母亲和儿子,
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father to daughter, sister to brother --
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父亲和女儿,姐妹和兄弟交配——
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to allow for the genetic conditions
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保证基因的条件
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that create a salable white tiger.
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能交配出能出售的白虎。
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Meaning white fur, ice blue eyes, a pink nose.
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这也就是要白色的皮毛,冰蓝色的眼睛和粉红的鼻子。
09:08
And the majority of these white tigers
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而这些白虎中的大多数,
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are not born in a salable state
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都不能天生满足出售的条件,
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and are killed at birth.
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在出生时就被杀死了。
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It's a very violent process that is little known.
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这是一个鲜为人知的、非常残忍的过程。
09:18
And the white tiger is obviously celebrated in several forms of entertainment.
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白虎在很多娱乐形式中都非常有名。
09:23
Kenny was born. He actually made it to adulthood.
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肯尼出生并长到成年,
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He has since passed away,
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它已经过世了,
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but was mentally retarded
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但它智力发展迟缓
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and suffers from severe bone abnormalities.
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并有严重的骨头异常。
09:34
This, on a lighter note, is at
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这个用淡色便签做成的东西,
09:36
George Lucas' personal archive.
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是乔治卢卡斯的个人收藏。
09:39
This is the Death Star.
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这是一个死去的星球。
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And it's shown here in its true orientation.
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展示的是它真实的方向。
09:44
In the context of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,"
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在星球大战之绝地归来中,
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its mirror image is presented.
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展示了它的镜像图。
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They flip the negative.
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它们反响旋转。
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And you can see the photoetched brass detailing,
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你可以看到光刻黄铜的细节,
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and the painted acrylic facade.
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以及塑料表面上的图画。
09:55
In the context of the film,
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在电影中,
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this is a deep-space battle station of the Galactic Empire,
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它是银河帝国的深空大战发生的地方,
10:00
capable of annihilating planets and civilizations,
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能够消灭星球和文明。
10:04
and in reality it measures about four feet by two feet.
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而在现实中,它只有大约四尺乘以两尺大小。
10:07
(Laughter)
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(笑)
10:11
This is at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.
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这是在肯塔基州的福特坎贝尔。
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It's a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain site.
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这是一个“城市化地区”的军事行动
10:17
Essentially they've simulated a city
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总体上,他们模拟了一个城市,
10:20
for urban combat,
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来模拟城市的战斗。
10:22
and this is one of the structures that exists in that city.
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而这是那个城市里的许多结构中的一个。
10:24
It's called the World Church of God.
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它叫做“上帝的世界教堂”。
10:27
It's supposed to be a generic site of worship.
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它本应是一个用作礼拜的普通教堂。
10:30
And after I took this photograph,
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在我拍了这幅照片之后,
10:33
they constructed a wall around the World Church of God
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他们在“上帝的世界教堂”周围筑起了一面墙,
10:35
to mimic the set-up of mosques in Afghanistan or Iraq.
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来模仿在阿富汗或伊拉克建起的清真寺。
10:40
And I worked with Mehta Vihar
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我与迈塔维亚,
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who creates virtual simulations for the army
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他为军队的战术训练
10:45
for tactical practice.
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创建了这些模拟环境。
10:47
And we put that wall around the World Church of God,
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我们在“上帝的世界教堂”周围筑起围墙,
10:49
and also used the characters and vehicles and explosions
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并使用了人物、交通工具和爆炸效果,
10:53
that are offered in the video games for the army.
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这些都是为制造军用电子游戏的提供的
10:56
And I put them into my photograph.
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于是我把他们都装进了我的照片。
11:00
This is live HIV virus
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这是在哈佛医学院拍摄的活的艾滋病病毒。
11:02
at Harvard Medical School, who is working with the U.S. Government
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哈佛医学院正与美国政府合作,
11:04
to develop sterilizing immunity.
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研制可以灭菌的免疫过程。
11:08
And Alhurra is a U.S. Government- sponsored
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Alhurra是一个美国政府支助的
11:11
Arabic language television network
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阿拉伯语电视网络。
11:14
that distributes news and information to over 22 countries in the Arab world.
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它为阿拉伯世界超过22个国家提供新闻和信息。
11:19
It runs 24 hours a day, commercial free.
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它每天运行24个小时,并且是免费的。
11:22
However, it's illegal to broadcast Alhurra within the United States.
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然而,在美国境内播放Alhurra是违法的。
11:27
And in 2004, they developed a channel called Alhurra Iraq,
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在2004年,他们开发了一个叫做"Alhurra 伊拉克"的频道,
11:30
which specifically deals with events occurring in Iraq
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专门报道发生在伊拉克的事件,
11:33
and is broadcast to Iraq.
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并对伊拉克播放。
11:36
Now I'm going to move on to another project I did.
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现在,我要介绍我做的另一个项目。
11:38
It's titled "The Innocents."
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名字叫做“无辜的人”。
11:41
And for the men in these photographs,
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对于这些照片上的人来说,
11:43
photography had been used to create a fantasy.
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摄影已经成为了制造幻想的工具。
11:46
Contradicting its function as evidence of a truth,
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不仅仅反驳了事实,
11:49
in these instances it furthered the fabrication of a lie.
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摄影在这些事例中更沦为编织谎言的工具。
11:53
I traveled across the United States
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我穿越了整个美国,
11:55
photographing men and women who had been wrongfully convicted
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拍摄那些被误判的人们,
11:58
of crimes they did not commit, violent crimes.
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他们被迫承认他们并没有犯下的暴力罪行。
12:02
I investigate photography's ability to blur truth and fiction,
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我调查了摄影混淆是非的能力,
12:06
and its influence on memory,
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以及它对于记忆的影响。
12:08
which can lead to severe, even lethal consequences.
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这样的影响可以导致非常严重,甚至致命的结果。
12:12
For the men in these photographs,
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对于这些照片里的人,
12:14
the primary cause of their wrongful conviction
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造成他们误判的主要原因,
12:16
was mistaken identification.
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是错误的指认。
12:19
A victim or eyewitness identifies
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一个目击者
12:21
a suspected perpetrator
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通过法律强制使用的影像
12:23
through law enforcement's use of images.
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来指认嫌疑犯。
12:26
But through exposure to composite sketches,
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但看完混合草图、
12:28
Polaroids, mug shots and line-ups,
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宝丽来一次成像、脸部图像和一排人的图像后,
12:31
eyewitness testimony can change.
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目击者的证词可能会改变。
12:33
I'll give you an example from a case.
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我将给你一个这样的例子。
12:36
A woman was raped and presented with a series of photographs
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一个妇女被强奸了,而后警方给了她一系列的照片,
12:39
from which to identify her attacker.
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要她从中指认出强奸她的人。
12:41
She saw some similarities in one of the photographs,
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她对其中的一张照片有点眼熟,
12:45
but couldn't quite make a positive identification.
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但并不能完全确定这个人就是罪犯。
12:47
Days later, she is presented with another photo array
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几天后,
12:51
of all new photographs,
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警方又给她一个新的照片系列。
12:53
except that one photograph that she had some draw to
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不过第一列照片中只有之前她表示眼熟的照片,
12:56
from the earlier array is repeated in the second array.
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重新出现在第二系列中。
12:59
And a positive identification is made
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于是,她做出了一个十分肯定的指认,
13:02
because the photograph replaced the memory,
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因为即使她真的有记忆,
13:04
if there ever was an actual memory.
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照片也取代了记忆。
13:08
Photography offered the criminal justice system
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于是,照片为犯罪裁决系统
13:11
a tool that transformed innocent citizens into criminals,
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提供了一个能把无辜的人变成罪犯的工具。
13:14
and the criminal justice system failed to recognize the limitations
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而犯罪裁决系统并不能意识到
13:18
of relying on photographic identifications.
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倚靠照片来指认的缺陷。
13:22
Frederick Daye, who is photographed at his alibi location,
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我为弗里德雷在这个由13名目击证人
13:26
where 13 witnesses placed him at the time of the crime.
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指认他犯罪的地方照了这张照片。
13:29
He was convicted by an all-white jury
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他被一个由白人组成的陪审团
13:32
of rape, kidnapping and vehicle theft.
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宣判犯有强奸、绑架和盗窃车辆罪。
13:34
And he served 10 years of a life sentence.
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他为此被判了10年的监禁。
13:38
Now DNA exonerated Frederick
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现在,DNA洗清了弗里德雷的罪行,
13:40
and it also implicated another man
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这还牵涉到另一个
13:42
who was serving time in prison.
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彼时在监狱服刑的人。
13:44
But the victim refused to press charges
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但是目击者拒绝为此负责,
13:46
because she claimed that law enforcement
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她声称法律机关强制使用的弗里德雷的照片,
13:48
had permanently altered her memory through the use of Frederick's photograph.
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已经永久性地修改了她的记忆。
13:53
Charles Fain was convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder
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查尔斯 费恩被判有绑架、强奸和谋杀
13:57
of a young girl walking to school.
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一名上学途中的女孩的罪名。
13:59
He served 18 years of a death sentence.
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他为此被判死刑,服刑18年
14:02
I photographed him at the scene of the crime
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我为他在爱达华的蛇河边照了相,
14:04
at the Snake River in Idaho.
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这就是案件发生的地方。
14:06
And I photographed all of the wrongfully convicted
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我为所有这些被误判的人们,
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at sites that came to particular significance
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在他们被误判的历史中十分重要的
14:15
in the history of their wrongful conviction.
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地方拍了照片。
14:17
The scene of arrest, the scene of misidentification,
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这些是指他们被逮捕的地方,他们被错误指认的地方,
14:19
the alibi location.
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以及他们在案发当时所在的地方。
14:21
And here, the scene of the crime, it's this place
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而这里——犯罪现场,
14:23
to which he's never been, but changed his life forever.
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是他从来没有到过,却永远地改变了他的命运的地方。
14:27
So photographing there, I was hoping to highlight
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所以,在那里照相,我希望能
14:29
the tenuous relationship between truth and fiction,
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强调在他的生命,以及在照片中,
14:32
in both his life and in photography.
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是非之间脆弱的关系。
14:37
Calvin Washington was convicted of capital murder.
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凯文华盛顿被宣判犯有蓄意谋杀罪。
14:40
He served 13 years of a life sentence in Waco, Texas.
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他在德州瓦克度过了13年的监禁岁月。
14:45
Larry Mayes, I photographed at the scene of arrest,
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我为拉里梅在印第安纳州盖里拍了这张照片。
14:48
where he hid between two mattresses in Gary, Indiana,
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这是他被捕的地方,当时就在这个房间里,藏在两个床垫之间,
14:50
in this very room to hide from the police.
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躲避警察的抓捕。
14:54
He ended up serving 18 and a half years
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他因强奸和抢劫罪,被判了80年监禁,
14:56
of an 80 year sentence for rape and robbery.
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最后服刑18年半。
14:59
The victim failed to identify Larry
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目击证人在两次排队照片中
15:01
in two live lineups
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没有指认出拉里,
15:03
and then made a positive identification, days later,
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却在几天之后从一系列照片中
15:06
from a photo array.
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肯定了拉里是罪犯。
15:09
Larry Youngblood served eight years of a 10 and half year sentence
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拉里杨伯德被判在一个嘉年华上
15:12
in Arizona for the abduction and repeated sodomizing
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拐骗和鸡奸一名10岁男童罪
15:16
of a 10 year old boy at a carnival.
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他在亚利桑那州服了10年监禁中的8年。
15:19
He is photographed at his alibi location.
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他在案发当时他所在的地方照了相。
15:23
Ron Williamson. Ron was convicted of the rape and murder
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罗威廉姆森被判强奸并杀害
15:27
of a barmaid at a club,
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一名酒吧女服务员,
15:29
and served 11 years of a death sentence.
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并被判死刑,服刑了11年。
15:32
I photographed Ron at a baseball field
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我为罗在一个棒球场照了相,
15:34
because he had been drafted to the Oakland A's
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因为就在他被判有罪之前,
15:36
to play professional baseball just before his conviction.
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他刚刚加入奥克兰棒球队,准备开始职业棒球生涯。
15:40
And the state's key witness in Ron's case
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而最后才证实,
15:43
was, in the end, the actual perpetrator.
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罗的案子中最重要的目击证人,才是真正的罪犯。
15:48
Ronald Jones served eight years of a death sentence
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罗纳德琼斯因强奸并杀害一名28岁女子
15:52
for rape and murder of a 28-year-old woman.
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而被判死刑,服刑8年。
15:54
I photographed him at the scene of arrest in Chicago.
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我为他在芝加哥被捕地点照了一张相。
15:59
William Gregory was convicted of rape and burglary.
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威廉格里格雷被判为强奸和入室盗窃罪,监禁70年。
16:03
He served seven years of a 70 year sentence in Kentucky.
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他在肯塔基州过了其中7年的牢狱生活。
16:08
Timothy Durham, who I photographed at his alibi location
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我为蒂姆德伦在案发时他不在的地方照了相。
16:11
where 11 witnesses placed him at the time of the crime,
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而11名目击证人指正他在这里犯下强奸和抢劫罪。
16:14
was convicted of 3.5 years
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他因此被判3220年监禁,
16:16
of a 3220 year sentence,
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服刑了3年半。
16:21
for several charges of rape and robbery.
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服刑了3年半。
16:23
He had been misidentified by an 11-year-old victim.
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他是被一名11岁的证人错误指认的。
16:28
Troy Webb is photographed here at the scene of the crime in Virginia.
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卓伊韦伯在弗吉尼亚的犯罪现场被拍摄了这张照片。
16:32
He was convicted of rape, kidnapping and robbery,
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他被判有强奸、绑架和抢劫罪,
16:35
and served seven years of a 47 year sentence.
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在监狱里度过了47年刑罚中的7年。
16:39
Troy's picture was in a photo array
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卓伊是在一系列照片中被证人指认的,
16:41
that the victim tentatively had some draw toward,
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证人对这个指认并不十分确定,
16:43
but said he looked too old.
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认为卓伊看起来太老了一点。
16:46
The police went and found a photograph of Troy Webb
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于是警察就去找了一张卓伊
16:49
from four years earlier,
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四年前的照片,
16:51
which they entered into a photo array days later,
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几天后把它放进照片系列里,
16:54
and he was positively identified.
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于是卓伊就被指认了。
16:58
Now I'm going to leave you with a self portrait.
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现在,我要最后展示一个我的自拍照。
17:02
And it reiterates that distortion is a constant,
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它继续说明了相片的失真是经常发生的,
17:06
and our eyes are easily deceived.
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而我们的眼睛非常容易受到欺骗。
17:19
That's it. Thank you.
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