Kristen Ashburn: Heartrending pictures of AIDS

譯者: Shang-Hsi Huang 審譯者: Yu-Ju Chiang

When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe,

當我第一次到美麗的辛巴威時

it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population

我很難想像這個國家有35%的人口

is HIV positive.

感染愛滋病毒

It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people

直到我受邀進入那些病患的家裡

that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.

我才開始了解人類為傳染病所付出的代價

For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.

舉個例子，這是Herbert跟他的祖母

When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.

當我第一次看到他時，他坐在他祖母的大腿上

He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,

他因為雙親死於愛滋而成為孤兒

and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.

然後他的祖母照顧他直到他也死於愛滋

He liked to sit on her lap

他喜歡坐在她的大腿上

because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.

因為他說躺在床上會覺得痛

When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap

當祖母起身去泡茶時，她把Herbert放在我的大腿上

and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.

我從來沒有抱過這麼瘦弱的孩子

Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.

在我離開前，我問他是否想要什麼

I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,

我原本以為他會想要玩具或是糖果之類

and he asked me for slippers,

但他想要的卻是拖鞋

because he said that his feet were cold.

因為他說他的腳會冷

This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.

這是Joyce 21歲時的照片

Single mother, HIV positive.

她是單親媽媽，也感染了愛滋病毒

I photographed her before and after

我在她生下寶貝女兒 Issa

the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.

的前、後都替她拍照

And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan

當我上禮拜走在曼哈頓的拉法葉街時

and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,

接到一通我不認識的女人打來的電話

but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away

她跟我說Joyce

at the age of 23.

在23歲時過世

Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,

現在是Joyce的媽媽在照顧她的女兒

like so many other Zimbabwean children

就像很多因傳染病變成孤兒

who've been orphaned by the epidemic.

的辛巴威兒童一樣

So a few of the stories.

這是眾多案例中的幾個故事

With every picture,

但在每張照片中

there are individuals who have full lives

每位都有值得被傳頌的

and stories that deserve to be told.

生命歷程和故事

All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.

所有照片都來自辛巴威

Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,

Chris Anderson：Kirsten，能不能請你花個一分鐘

just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?

簡單的告訴我們你怎麼會想去非洲的故事

Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.

Kirsten Ashburn：嗯....

CA: Just --

CA：只要...

KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production

KA：事實上，我那時候正為一位時尚攝影師

for a fashion photographer.

做製作的工作

And I was constantly reading the New York Times,

那時我一直都在看紐約時報

and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.

對愛滋病相關的統計和數字感到震驚

It was just frightening.

那些資料非常嚇人

So I quit my job

所以我辭掉工作

and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.

決定從事我真正想做的主題

And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --

2000年的十二月我花了一整個月

this is in December 2000 --

待在Botswana

then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,

然後再去辛巴威待了一個半月

and then went back again this March 2002

接著在2002年的三月我又回去辛巴威

for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.

待了一個半月

CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.

CA：那是個很棒的故事，謝謝你的分享

KB: Thanks for letting me show these.

謝謝你給我機會分享