ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination

Louie Schwartzbeg: A beleza oculta da polinização

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Polinização: é vital para a vida na Terra, mas quase nunca vista pelo olho humano. O cineasta Louie Schwartzberg nos mostra o intricado mundo do pólen e polinizadores com maravilhosas imagens em alta velocidade do seu filme "Wings of Life" [Asas da Vida], inspirado pelo deseparecimento de uma das principais polinizadoras da natureza, a abelha.
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It's great being here at TED.
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É ótimo estar aqui no TED.
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You know, I think there might be some presentations
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Acho que existem algumas apresentações
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that will go over my head,
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que passam pela minha cabeça,
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but the most amazing concepts
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mas os mais incríveis conceitos
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are the ones that go right under my feet.
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são os que estão presentes na nossa vida.
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The little things in life,
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As pequenas coisas da vida,
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sometimes that we forget about,
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que muitas vezes esquecemos,
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like pollination, that we take for granted.
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como polinização, que não damos devida consideração.
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And you can't tell the story about pollinators --
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E não é possível contar a história dos polinizadores -
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bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --
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abelhas, morcegos, beija-flores, borboletas -
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without telling the story about the invention of flowers
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sem contar a história sobre a invenção das flores
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and how they co-evolved
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e como elas co-evoluíram
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over 50 million years.
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ao longo de 50 milhões de anos.
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I've been filming time-lapse flowers
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Tenho filmado flores com lapso de tempo
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24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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24 horas por dia, sete dias por semana,
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for over 35 years.
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por mais de 35 anos.
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To watch them move
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Olhá-las se moverem
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is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.
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é uma dança da qual nunca ficarei cansado.
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It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.
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Me enche de encanto, e abre o meu coração.
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Beauty and seduction, I believe,
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Beleza e sedução, eu acredito,
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is nature's tool for survival,
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são as ferramentas de sobrevivência da natureza,
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because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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porque iremos proteger algo pelo qual nos apaixonamos.
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Their relationship
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A relação delas
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is a love story that feeds the Earth.
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é uma história de amor que alimenta a Terra.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature,
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Nos lembra que fazemos parte da natureza,
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and we're not separate from it.
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e não estamos separados dela.
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When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,
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Quando eu soube do desaparecimento de abelhas, o Distúrbio do Colapso das Colônias,
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it motivated me to take action.
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isso me motivou a fazer algo.
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We depend on pollinators
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Nós dependemos dos polinizadores
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for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.
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para mais de um terço das frutas e vegetais que comemos.
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And many scientists believe
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E muitos cientistas acreditam
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it's the most serious issue facing mankind.
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que é o problema mais sério da raça humana.
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It's like the canary in the coalmine.
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É como um aviso de algo muito ruim.
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If they disappear, so do we.
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Se elas desaparecerem, nós também iremos.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature
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Nos lembra que fazemos parte da natureza
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and we need to take care of it.
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e precisamos cuidar dela.
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What motivated me to film their behavior
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O que me motivou a filmar seu comportamento
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was something that I asked my scientific advisers:
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foi algo que eu perguntei aos meus conselheiros científicos:
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"What motivates the pollinators?"
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O que motiva os polinizadores?
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Well, their answer was,
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Bem, a resposta deles foi:
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"It's all about risk and reward."
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"Tem a ver com risco e recompensa."
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Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"
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Como uma criança curiosa, eu disse, "Por quê?"
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And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."
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E eles responderam, "Bem, porque eles querem sobreviver."
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I go, "Why?"
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Eu disse, "Por quê?"
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"Well, in order to reproduce."
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"Bem, para se reproduzirem."
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"Well, why?"
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"Bem, por quê?"
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And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."
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E eu achei que eles diriam, "Bem, só por sexo."
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And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,
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E Chip Taylor, nosso especialista em boboletas-monarca,
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he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.
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respondeu, "Nada dura para sempre.
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Everything in the universe wears out."
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Tudo no universo se acaba."
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And that blew my mind.
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E aquilo me impressionou.
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Because I realized
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Porque eu percebi
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that nature had invented reproduction
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que a natureza tinha inventado a reprodução
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as a mechanism for life to move forward,
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como um mecanismo para a vida seguir adiante,
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as a life force that passes right through us
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como uma força de vida que passa por nós
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and makes us a link in the evolution of life.
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e nos transforma em um elo na evolução da vida.
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Rarely seen by the naked eye,
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Raramente vista a olho nu,
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this intersection
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esse cruzamento
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between the animal world and the plant world
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entre o mundo animal e o mundo vegetal
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is truly a magic moment.
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é de fato um momento mágico.
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It's the mystical moment
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É o momento místico
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where life regenerates itself,
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onde a vida se regenera,
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over and over again.
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de novo e de novo.
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So here is some nectar from my film.
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Então aqui vai um néctar do meu filme.
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I hope you'll drink, tweet
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Espero que você bebam, tuítem,
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and plant some seeds
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e plantem algumas sementes
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to pollinate a friendly garden.
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para polinizar um jardim amigável.
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And always take time to smell the flowers,
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E sempre tirem tempo para cheirar as flores,
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and let it fill you with beauty,
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e deixe-as enchê-los de beleza,
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and rediscover that sense of wonder.
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e que vocês redescubram o senso de encanto.
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Here are some images from the film.
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Aqui estão algumas imagens do filme.
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(Música)
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigado.
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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Translated by Fers Gruendling
Reviewed by Belucio Haibara

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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