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Visiting Yosemite was an epiphany for Adams,
拜訪約塞米蒂對(duì)亞當(dāng)斯來(lái)說(shuō)是一種頓悟
like falling in love.
宛如墜入愛(ài)河
Gradually, the music faded
漸漸地 音樂(lè)褪去
and surrendering to the drama of the Sierra Nevada light,
屈服于內(nèi)華達(dá)山脈富于變化的光線
photography became everything.
攝影就是生命中的一切
Ansel Adams' miracle moment came in 1927.
安塞爾.亞當(dāng)斯的奇跡時(shí)刻發(fā)生于1927年
He climbed to 4,000 feet in deep snow,
他在厚厚的雪中爬了一千多米
to the precipitous spot known as the Diving Board.
到達(dá)了一個(gè)被稱為"跳水板"的險(xiǎn)峻地方
With the light failing and down to one glass plate,
隨著光線暗淡 投射到了一張玻璃板底片上
he had the inspired idea
他突發(fā)奇想
of using a dark red filter to turn the sky almost black,
用一張暗紅色濾光鏡將天空幾乎變成黑色
and create an extreme contrast between snow and mountain.
從而營(yíng)造出雪與山之間極度的對(duì)比
And he produced one of the greatest masterpieces
他創(chuàng)造出了一幅最偉大的杰作
of American, or any other art.
不論是在美國(guó) 還是其它藝術(shù)領(lǐng)域
Adams called it his visualisation.
亞當(dāng)斯稱其為 他的可視化
Not what his eye
不是他的眼睛
but the inner lens of his imagination, could see.
是他的想象力如同他內(nèi)在的鏡頭 具象化了
He became not just Yosemite's photographer
他不僅成為了約塞米蒂的攝影家
but its great artist,
更是偉大的藝術(shù)家
the high priest of its temple,
是能將這片土地上的廟宇 巨石 水
of its stone, its light and its water.
傳神表達(dá)的大祭司
And what he produced in those landscape altarpieces -
這些自然風(fēng)景曾經(jīng)肯定是祭品
because that's what they surely were -
亞當(dāng)斯通過(guò)它們表達(dá)的
was an America irradiated with luminous majesty.
是美國(guó)閃耀著萬(wàn)丈光芒的雄偉
Taller than the highest skyscraper,
比最高的摩天大樓還要高大
more powerful than the mightiest business corporation.
比最強(qiáng)大的商業(yè)公司更強(qiáng)大
And he wanted Yosemite to be for everyone.
他希望約塞米蒂成為每個(gè)人的
This is our land.
這是我們的土地
This land is your land
這是你的土地
And this land is my land
也是我的土地
From California
從加利福尼亞州
To the New York island
一直到紐約島
It was in the 1950s that Adams' photographs
二十世紀(jì)五十年代 亞當(dāng)斯的攝影作品
built into a mission for mankind,
被用于一份對(duì)全人類(lèi)的布道中
a protest against the damage that could be done to the Earth
那是一份抗議 針對(duì)由于人類(lèi)對(duì)金錢(qián)的貪欲
by the lust for a fast buck.
而可能會(huì)對(duì)地球造成的危害
It culminated in This Is The American Earth,
這份抗議在"這是美國(guó)人的土地"中達(dá)到高潮
a hymn to the beauty of the natural world,
這是一首對(duì)自然之美的贊美詩(shī)
and an instant bestseller.
也是一本瞬間火爆的暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)
