TED演讲 拍摄神秘的世界(3)

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And the Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida is responsible for the deployment¹ and testing of all air-delivered weaponry coming from the United States. 位于佛罗里达州埃格林空军基地的航空武器中心负责研发和测试所有美国的空投武器。所有美国的空投武器。

And the film was shot on 72 millimeter, government-issue film.  这个短篇是用官方制定的72厘米胶片拍摄的。

And that red dot is a marking on the government-issue film.  那个红点就是官方制定胶片上的标志。

All living white tigers in North America are the result of selective inbreeding that would be mother to son, 所有生活在北美的白虎都是通过选择性近亲交配所繁殖的。这意味着母亲和儿子，

father to daughter, sister to brother to allow for the genetic² conditions that create a salable³ white tiger.  父亲和女儿，姐妹和兄弟交配保证基因的条件能交配出能出售的白虎。

Meaning white fur, ice blue eyes, a pink nose.  这也就是要白色的皮毛，冰蓝色的眼睛和粉红的鼻子。

And the majority of these white tigers are not born in a salable state and are killed at birth. 而这些白虎中的大多数，都不能天生满足出售的条件，在出生时就被杀死了。

It's a very violent process that is little known.  这是一个鲜为人知的、非常残忍的过程。

And the white tiger is obviously celebrated⁴ in several forms of entertainment.  白虎在很多娱乐形式中都非常有名。

Kenny was born. He actually made it to adulthood⁵.  肯尼出生并长到成年，

He has since passed away,  它已经过世了，

but was mentally retarded⁶ and suffers from severe bone abnormalities. 但它智力发展迟缓并有严重的骨头异常。

This, on a lighter⁷ note, is at George Lucas' personal archive.  这个用淡色便签做成的东西，是乔治卢卡斯的个人收藏。

This is the Death Star.  这是一个死去的星球。

And it's shown here in its true orientation⁸.  展示的是它真实的方向。

In the context of Star Wars:Return of the Jedi,  在星球大战之绝地归来中，

its mirror image is presented.  展示了它的镜像图。

They flip⁹ the negative.  它们反响旋转。

And you can see the photoetched brass¹⁰ detailing,  你可以看到光刻黄铜的细节，

and the painted acrylic facade¹¹.  以及塑料表面上的图画。

In the context of the film,  在电影中，

this is a deep-space battle station of the Galactic Empire,  它是银河帝国的深空大战发生的地方，

capable of annihilating¹² planets and civilizations,  能够消灭星球和文明。

and in reality it measures about four feet by two feet.  而在现实中，它只有大约四尺乘以两尺大小。

This is at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.  这是在肯塔基州的福特坎贝尔。

It's a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain¹³ site.  这是一个城市化地区的军事行动。

Essentially¹⁴ they've simulated a city for urban combat, 总体上，他们模拟了一个城市，来模拟城市的战斗。

and this is one of the structures that exists in that city.  而这是那个城市里的许多结构中的一个。

It's called the World Church of God.  它叫做上帝的世界教堂。

It's supposed to be a generic¹⁵ site of worship.  它本应是一个用作礼拜的普通教堂。

And after I took this photograph,  在我拍了这幅照片之后，

they constructed a wall around the World Church of God to mimic¹⁶ the set-up of mosques¹⁷ in Afghanistan or Iraq.  他们在上帝的世界教堂周围筑起了一面墙，来模仿在阿富汗或伊拉克建起的清真寺。

And I worked with Mehta Vihar who creates virtual simulations for the army for tactical practice. 我与迈塔维亚，他为军队的战术训练创建了这些模拟环境。

And we put that wall around the World Church of God,  我们在上帝的世界教堂周围筑起围墙，

and also used the characters and vehicles and explosions that are offered in the video games for the army. 并使用了人物、交通工具和爆炸效果，这些都是为制造军用电子游戏的提供的。

And I put them into my photograph.  于是我把他们都装进了我的照片。

This is live HIV virus. 这是在哈佛医学院拍摄的活的艾滋病病毒。

at Harvard Medical School, who is working with the U.S. Government to develop sterilizing¹⁸ immunity¹⁹.  哈佛医学院正与美国政府合作，研制可以灭菌的免疫过程。

And Alhurra is a U.S. Government-sponsored Alhurra Arabic language television network that distributes news and information to over 22 countries in the Arab world. 是一个美国政府支助的阿拉伯语电视网络。它为阿拉伯世界超过22个国家提供新闻和信息。

It runs 24 hours a day, commercial free.  它每天运行24个小时，并且是免费的。

However, it's illegal to broadcast Alhurra within the United States.  然而，在美国境内播放Alhurra是违法的。

And in 2004, they developed a channel called Alhurra Iraq,  在2004年，他们开发了一个叫做Alhurra伊拉克的频道，

which specifically deals with events occurring in Iraq and is broadcast to Iraq. 专门报道发生在伊拉克的事件，并对伊拉克播放。

Now I'm going to move on to another project I did.  现在，我要介绍我做的另一个项目。

It's titled The Innocents.  名字叫做无辜的人。

And for the men in these photographs,  对于这些照片上的人来说，

photography had been used to create a fantasy.  摄影已经成为了制造幻想的工具。

Contradicting its function as evidence of a truth,  不仅仅反驳了事实，

in these instances it furthered the fabrication of a lie.  摄影在这些事例中更沦为编织谎言的工具。

I traveled across the United States photographing men and women who had been wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit, violent crimes. 我穿越了整个美国，拍摄那些被误判的人们，他们被迫承认他们并没有犯下的暴力罪行。

I investigate photography's ability to blur²⁰ truth and fiction,  我调查了摄影混淆是非的能力，

and its influence on memory,  以及它对于记忆的影响。

which can lead to severe, even lethal²¹ consequences.  这样的影响可以导致非常严重，甚至致命的结果。

For the men in these photographs,  对于这些照片里的人，

the primary cause of their wrongful conviction was mistaken identification. 造成他们误判的主要原因，是错误的指认。

A victim or eyewitness²² identifies a suspected perpetrator through law enforcement's use of images. 一个目击者通过法律强制使用的影像来指认嫌疑犯。

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