ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Steven Addis - Brand strategist
Steven Addis is a father and photography buff who, by day, harnesses the power of branding for social change.

Why you should listen

In the late ‘80s, Steven Addis imagined a creative agency that merged strategy and design, breaking down the walls between strategists, copywriters and designers. That vision evolved into Addis Creson, a brand strategy firm set on creating positive change by working with clients to market meaningful products and to improve their social benefit. The firm is behind the rapid rise of Kashi, the naming of Shutterfly and the launching of the sustainably raised salmon brand, Verlasso.

A photographer, film buff and writer, Addis began documenting the evolution of branding as the online world took shape. An avid traveler and supporter of the arts, he also advises businesses and non-profits through board work for the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive and MapLight.

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Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

Steven Addis: Veza između oca i kćeri, sliku po sliku

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Jednom davno u New Yorku, Steve Addis stajao je na uglu ulice i držao svoju jednogodišnju kćer u naručju; njegova ih je žena fotografirala. Slika je nadahnula godišnji ritual između oca i kćeri u kojem Addis i njegova kći svake godine poziraju za istu sliku, na istom uglu. Addis pokazuje 15 dragih fotografija iz tog niza te istražuje zašto taj mali ritual koji se ponavlja ima tako veliko značenje.
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PhotographyFotografije has been my passionstrast
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Fotografija je moja strast
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ever sinceod I was oldstar enoughdovoljno to pickodabrati up a camerafotoaparat,
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otkad sam bio dovoljno star
da uzmem fotoaparat u ruke,
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but todaydanas I want to sharePodjeli with you
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ali danas želim s vama podijeliti
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the 15 mostnajviše treasureddragocjen photosfotografije of minerudnik,
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svojih 15 najdragocjenijih fotografija,
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and I didn't take any of them.
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od kojih ja nisam slikao niti jednu.
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There were no artumjetnost directorsdirektori, no stylistsstilista,
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Nije bilo umjetničkih direktora, stilista,
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no chanceprilika for reshootsponovno snimanje, not even any regardobzir for lightingrasvjeta.
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prilike za ponovno slikanje, nikakve rasvjete.
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In factčinjenica, mostnajviše of them were takenpoduzete by randomslučajan touriststuristi.
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U biti, većinu su slikali nasumično odabrani turisti.
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My storypriča beginspočinje
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Moja priča počinje
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when I was in NewNovi YorkYork CityGrad for a speakinggovor engagementangažman,
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kad sam bio u New Yorku
kako bih održao jedan govor,
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and my wifežena tookuzeo this pictureslika of me holdingdržanje my daughterkći
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a žena me slikala kako držim svoju kćer
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on her first birthdayrođendan. We're on the cornerugao of 57thth and 5thth.
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na njen prvi rođendan.
Na križanju smo 57. i 5. ulice.
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We happeneddogodilo to be back in NewNovi YorkYork exactlytočno a yeargodina laterkasnije,
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Točno godinu dana kasnije opet smo bili u New Yorku
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so we decidedodlučio to take the sameisti pictureslika.
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pa smo odlučili slikati se na isti način.
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Well you can see where this is going.
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Možete pretpostaviti u kojem smjeru ovo ide.
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ApproachingSe približava my daughter'skćeri thirdtreći birthdayrođendan,
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Kako se bližio treći rođendan moje kćeri,
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my wifežena said, "Hey, why don't you take SabinaSabina back to NewNovi YorkYork
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moja je žena rekla: "Hej, zašto ne bi
Sabinu opet odveo u New York
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and make it a father-daughterotac-kćer tripputovanje, and continuenastaviti the ritualritual?"
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na jedan izlet oca i kćeri i nastavio ritual?"
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This is when we startedpočeo askingtraži passingpretjecanje touriststuristi to take the pictureslika.
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Tad smo počeli tražiti turiste u prolazu da nas slikaju.
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You know, it's remarkableizvanredan how universaluniverzalan
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Znate, neobično je kako je univerzalna gesta
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the gesturegest is of handingpredavanje your camerafotoaparat to a totalukupno strangerstranac.
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davanja svog fotoaparata strancu.
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No one'sjedan je ever refusedodbio, and luckilysrećom no one'sjedan je ever runtrčanje off with our camerafotoaparat.
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Nitko nikad nije odbio i, srećom,
nitko nije pobjegao s našim fotoaparatom.
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Back then, we had no ideaideja how much this tripputovanje would changepromijeniti our livesživot.
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Tad nismo imali pojma koliko će
taj izlet promijeniti naše živote.
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It's really becomepostati sacredsvet to us.
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Postalo nam je sveto.
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This one was takenpoduzete just weeksTjedni after 9/11,
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Ovo je slikano samo nekoliko
tjedana nakon 11. rujna
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and I foundpronađeno myselfsebe tryingtežak to explainobjasniti what had happeneddogodilo that day
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i pokušavao sam objasniti što se dogodilo tog dana
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in waysnačine a five-year-oldpet godina could understandrazumjeti.
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na način na koji bi
petogodišnjakinja to mogla razumjeti.
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So these photosfotografije are fardaleko more than proxiesproksiji
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Ove fotografije mnogo su više od simbola
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for a singlesingl momenttrenutak, or even a specificspecifično tripputovanje.
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za jedan jedini trenutak ili čak određeni izlet.
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They're alsotakođer waysnačine for us to freezezamrznuti time
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One su i način da se zaustavi vrijeme
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for one weektjedan in OctoberTravanj
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na jedan tjedan u listopadu
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and reflectodraziti on our timesputa
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i razmisli o našim danima
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and how we changepromijeniti from yeargodina to yeargodina,
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i načinu na koji se mijenjamo iz godine u godinu,
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and not just physicallytjelesno, but in everysvaki way.
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ne samo fizički, već i na svaki drugi način.
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Because while we take the sameisti photofoto,
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Jer, iako slikamo jednake fotografije,
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our perspectivesperspektive changepromijeniti,
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naše se perspektive mijenjaju,
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and she reachesdoseže newnovi milestonesprekretnice,
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ona doživljava nove prekretnice,
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and I get to see life throughkroz her eyesoči,
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a ja mogu vidjeti život kroz njene oči,
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and how she interactskomunicira with and seesvidi everything.
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kako dolazi u dodir sa svime
te njeno poimanje istog.
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This very focusedusmjerena time we get to spendprovesti togetherzajedno
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Ovo vrlo usredotočeno vrijeme
koje provedemo zajedno
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is something we cherishnjegovati and anticipatepredvidjeti the entirečitav yeargodina.
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nešto je što cijenimo i iščekujemo cijele godine.
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RecentlyNedavno, on one tripputovanje, we were walkinghodanje,
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Nedavno smo na jednom izletu hodali,
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and she stopszaustavlja deadmrtav in her trackspjesme,
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a ona je stala kao ukopana
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and she pointsbodova to a redcrvena awningnadstrešnica of the dolllutka storedućan
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i pokazala na crvenu ceradu trgovine s lutkama
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that she lovedvoljen when she was little
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koju je voljela kao dijete
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on our earlierranije tripsputovanja.
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na našim ranijim izletima.
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And she describesopisuje to me the feelingosjećaj she feltosjećala
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Opisala mi je kako se osjećala
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as a five-year-oldpet godina standingstajati in that exacttočno spotmjesto.
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kao petogodišnjakinja stojeći na istom mjestu.
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She said she rememberspamti her heartsrce burstingpucanja out of her chestgrudi
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Rekla je da se sjeća kako joj je srce lupalo
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when she saw that placemjesto for the very first time
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kad je prvi put ugledala tu trgovinu
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ninedevet yearsgodina earlierranije.
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devet godina ranije.
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And now what she's looking at in NewNovi YorkYork
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A sad u New Yorku razgledava
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are collegesfakulteti,
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sveučilišta,
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because she's determinedodlučan to go to schoolškola in NewNovi YorkYork.
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zato što se želi školovati u New Yorku.
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And it hithit me: One of the mostnajviše importantvažno things
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I tad mi je sinulo: Jedna od najvažnijih stvari
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we all make are memoriessjećanja.
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koje svi stvaramo jesu uspomene.
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So I want to sharePodjeli the ideaideja of takinguzimanje an activeaktivan roleuloga
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Želim podijeliti ideju preuzimanja aktivne uloge
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in consciouslysvjesno creatingstvaranje memoriessjećanja.
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svjesnim stvaranjem uspomena.
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I don't know about you, but asideu stranu from these 15 shotssnimke,
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Ne znam za vas, ali osim na ovih 15 slika,
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I'm not in manymnogi of the familyobitelj photosfotografije.
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ja nisam na mnogo obiteljskih fotografija.
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I'm always the one takinguzimanje the pictureslika.
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Ja sam uvijek taj koji slika.
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So I want to encourageohrabriti everyonesvatko todaydanas
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Danas želim potaknuti sve
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to get in the shotšut,
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da uđu u kadar.
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and don't hesitateoklijevati to go up to someonenetko and askpitati,
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Nemojte oklijevati prići nekome i pitati:
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"Will you take our pictureslika?"
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"Hoćete li nas slikati?"
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Thank you. (ApplausePljesak)
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Hvala. (Pljesak)
Translated by Suzana Barić
Reviewed by Katarina Smetko

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Steven Addis - Brand strategist
Steven Addis is a father and photography buff who, by day, harnesses the power of branding for social change.

Why you should listen

In the late ‘80s, Steven Addis imagined a creative agency that merged strategy and design, breaking down the walls between strategists, copywriters and designers. That vision evolved into Addis Creson, a brand strategy firm set on creating positive change by working with clients to market meaningful products and to improve their social benefit. The firm is behind the rapid rise of Kashi, the naming of Shutterfly and the launching of the sustainably raised salmon brand, Verlasso.

A photographer, film buff and writer, Addis began documenting the evolution of branding as the online world took shape. An avid traveler and supporter of the arts, he also advises businesses and non-profits through board work for the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive and MapLight.

More profile about the speaker
Steven Addis | Speaker | TED.com