ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds.

Why you should listen

Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in Siberia. 

Seaman's photographs have been published in Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal and more, and she has self-published many books on themes like “My China” and “Melting Away: Polar Images” through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, The Last Iceberg, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.

Read the TED Blog's Q&A with Camille Seaman >>

Browse a gallery of stormcloud photos >>

More profile about the speaker
Camille Seaman | Speaker | TED.com
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Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Camille Seaman: 追風者影相

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攝影師 Camille Seaman 已經追逐風暴多過五年。呢場演講裏面,佢展示描寫天空擾動嘅驚人、超現實攝影作品。
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TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio

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Everything is interconnected互聯.
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所有嘢都係有關係嘅
作為一個辛納科克印度人
我從小就知道呢一點
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As a ShinnecockShinnecock Indian印度, I was raised提出 to know this.
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我哋喺一個細嘅釣魚部落
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We are a small fishing釣魚 tribe部落
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就近紐約南安普敦、長島嘅東南部
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situated位於 on the southeastern東南部 tip貼士 of Long Island
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near附近 the town of Southampton南安普敦 in New新增功能 York約克.
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When I was a little girl女孩,
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我細嘅時候
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my grandfather祖父 took me to sit outside外面 in the sun太陽 on a hot summer夏天 day.
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我爺爺會喺夏天帶我坐喺太陽之下
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There were no clouds in the sky天空.
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天空完全冇雲
過咗一段時間,我開始流汗
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And after a while I began初時 to perspire出汗.
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And he pointed指出 up to the sky天空, and he said,
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我爺爺就向天指著話:
「你睇下,見唔見到嗰個啊?
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"Look, do you see that?
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That's part部分 of you up there.
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嗰個就係你嘅一部分。
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That's your water that helps幫手 to make the cloud
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嗰嚿就係由你汗水形成嘅雲,
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that becomes成為 the rain that feeds飼料 the plants植物
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將來化成雨來灌溉植物,同養動物。」
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that feeds飼料 the animals動物."
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In my continued繼續 exploration探索 of subjects科目 in nature自然
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之後我繼續探索大自然裏面
「生命互連」嘅事物
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that have the ability能力 to illustrate the interconnection互連 of all life,
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我個女同我講:
「媽媽,妳應該去追風」
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I started初時 storm風暴 chasing in 2008
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after my daughter女兒 said, "Mom亞媽, you should do that."
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所以 2008 年,我就開始追風
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And so three days later之後, driving very fast快速,
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因此我三日之後,渣得好快
為嘅就係追一個叫「超大胞」嘅巨雲
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I found發現 myself自己 stalking吊住 a single type類型 of giant巨大 cloud called the super超級 cell細胞,
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capable可以 of producing生產 grapefruit-size葡萄柚大小 hail冰雹
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呢種巨雲能夠製造柚咁大嘅冰雹
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and spectacular壯觀 tornadoes龍捲風,
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同壯觀嘅龍捲風
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although雖然 only two percent百分比 actually講真 do.
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但其實只有 2% 「超大胞」
落到大冰雹
呢的雲可以闊成 50 英里
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These clouds can grow成長 so big, up to 50 miles英里 wide
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高度可以有 65,000 呎
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and reach達到 up to 65,000 feet隻腳 into the atmosphere氣氛.
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佢哋大到可以阻擋所有陽光
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They can grow成長 so big, blocking阻塞 all daylight日光,
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令到下面嘅事物好黑暗、好不祥
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making決策 it very dark黑暗 and ominous不祥 standing under them.
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追風係一個非常有質感嘅經驗
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Storm風暴 chasing is a very tactile觸覺 experience經驗.
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There's a warm溫暖, moist潮濕 wind blowing at your back
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溫暖同潮濕嘅風吹著你嘅背脊
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and the smell氣味 of the earth地球, the wheat小麥, the grass, the charged指控 particles粒子.
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泥土、小麥、青草和帶電粒子帶住氣味
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And then there are the colors顏色 in the clouds
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雲層呈現唔同色彩
形成冰雹嘅雲層,有綠色、綠松藍
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of hail冰雹 forming形成, the greens綠色 and the turquoise綠松石 blues藍調.
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我學識咗對閃電產生敬畏
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I've learned to respect尊重 the lightning閃電.
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My hair頭髮 used to be straight.
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因為我嘅頭髮以前係直㗎
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I'm just kidding講笑.
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講笑咋
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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What really excites激發 me about these storms風暴
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真正令我興奮嘅係風暴嘅動態
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is their佢哋 movement運動, the way they swirl旋流 and spin自旋 and undulate,
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即佢哋會同熔岩燈形狀嘅乳狀雲
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with their佢哋 lava熔岩 lamp-like燈狀 mammatus乳狀 clouds.
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一齊旋動、自轉同起伏
佢哋就好似可愛嘅怪獸一樣
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They become成為 lovely得意 monsters怪物.
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When I'm photographing拍攝 them,
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當我影相嘅時候
我無啦啦記返我爺爺教過我嘅嘢
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I cannot唔可以 help but remember記得 my grandfather's祖父嘅 lesson.
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As I stand under them,
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當我企喺雲嘅下面
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I see not just a cloud,
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我唔單止見到一嚿雲
我仲明白到我有幸目睹嘅現象
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but understand理解 that what I have the privilege特權 to witness證人
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is the same相同 forces力量, the same相同 process過程 in a small-scale小規模 version版本
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係由製造我哋銀河、太陽系、太陽
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that helped幫手 to create創建 our galaxy星系, our solar太陽 system系統, our sun太陽
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甚至我哋地球嘅同一個力量所造成
雲團只係呢股力量嘅迷你版
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and even this very planet星球.
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All my relations關係. Thank you.
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所以全部嘢都係有關嘅。多謝
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Michelle Ho
Reviewed by Michael Ge 葛叔

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds.

Why you should listen

Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in Siberia. 

Seaman's photographs have been published in Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal and more, and she has self-published many books on themes like “My China” and “Melting Away: Polar Images” through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, The Last Iceberg, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.

Read the TED Blog's Q&A with Camille Seaman >>

Browse a gallery of stormcloud photos >>

More profile about the speaker
Camille Seaman | Speaker | TED.com