VOA标准英语2014--Photos as Window on the World 照片成了解世界的窗口

 

Photos as Window on the World 照片成了解世界的窗口

LOS ANGELES — Photography offers a window on the world, and a recent photo exhibition shows how the camera is bringing people together globally.  

Artist Joy Feuer is arranging an art installation that combines objects from the site of a California wildfire with photography.  They include door knobs¹, latches² and other household items.

“Somehow the collision of hearing people say repeatedly, 'There is nothing left,' I kind of thought, what if we could put something beautiful back into the nothing," said Feuer.

The objects have been frozen³ in a block of ice, which is photographed repeatedly as the ice melts and the composition changes.  It is a project of the group ART from the Ashes, which Feuer founded in 2007.  

After a natural disaster, like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami⁴ of 2011 or Hurricane Sandy, the severe 2012 storm that struck the Eastern United States, the artworks are displayed in an exhibition that raises funds for victims.

“We all know that disasters happen, tragedy happens.  We can not control Mother Nature, we can not control people, but what we can do is create an answer with art," said Feuer.

The recent show called "Photo LA" explored the boundaries of photography and art.  

Another of the show's displays was from a nonprofit group called Thuto, featuring photographs taken by children in Botswana.  The word "Thuto" means “education” in the Setswana language, and money raised from the project will help educate children in a Botswana village called Mathangwane.

Annelize Bester spearheaded the project and distributed inexpensive cameras to the children.  She chose 32 of their photographs for the show.

“We got at least 1,000 images, not all good, as I said, but I am very excited.  Of the ones that are up at the show, I am very excited about it," said Bester.

Faces from around the world are in another exhibit from the group Women in Photography International.  Photographer Callie Biggerstaff says these photos from women in dozens of countries show similarities as they portray⁵ children, family members and friends.

“We have the same moments, regardless of the country, regardless of the clothing, regardless of anything.  We all can relate.  And that is what is lovely about it," said Biggerstaff.

 

She says photos like these, collected in exhibitions and shared in online forums⁶, are creating new communities and helping⁷ photographers around the world showcase their talent.

1 knobs   

小块( knob的名词复数 )； （收音机等的）旋钮； （门、抽屉的）球形把手； 疙瘩

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house. 我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• We have replaced the knobs on all the doors. 我们将门上所有的把手都换了。

2 latches   

n.（门窗的）门闩( latch的名词复数 )；碰锁v.理解( latch的第三人称单数 )；纠缠；用碰锁锁上（门等）；附着（在某物上）

参考例句：

• The virus latches onto the red blood cells. 这种病毒附着在红细胞上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The opposite end latches onto the pathogen. 相对的一端锁在病原体上。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器

3 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

4 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

5 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

6 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。