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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.57,0:00:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Photography has been my passion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.06,0:00:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.83,0:00:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today I want to share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.19,0:00:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 15 most treasured photos of mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.48,0:00:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't take any of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.07,0:00:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no art directors, no stylists,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.96,0:00:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no chance for reshoots, not even any regard for lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.40,0:00:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.67,0:00:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My story begins
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.19,0:00:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in New York City for a speaking engagement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.70,0:00:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.47,0:00:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her first birthday. We're on the corner of 57th and 5th.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.90,0:00:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.44,0:00:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we decided to take the same picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.84,0:00:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well you can see where this is going.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.09,0:00:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Approaching my daughter's third birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.83,0:00:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife said, "Hey, why don't you take Sabina back to New York
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.27,0:00:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it a father-daughter trip, and continue the ritual?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.40,0:00:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.43,0:00:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's remarkable how universal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.74,0:01:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.86,0:01:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's ever refused, and luckily no one's ever run off with our camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.76,0:01:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.42,0:01:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really become sacred to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.43,0:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one was taken just weeks after 9/11,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.06,0:01:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found myself trying to explain what had happened that day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.27,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways a five-year-old could understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these photos are far more than proxies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a single moment, or even a specific trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.78,0:01:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're also ways for us to freeze time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.94,0:01:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one week in October
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.86,0:01:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reflect on our times
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.21,0:01:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we change from year to year,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.36,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just physically, but in every way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because while we take the same photo,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.85,0:01:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our perspectives change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.06,0:01:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she reaches new milestones,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.41,0:01:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I get to see life through her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.89,0:01:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how she interacts with and sees everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.61,0:02:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This very focused time we get to spend together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.38,0:02:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something we cherish and anticipate the entire year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.86,0:02:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, on one trip, we were walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.92,0:02:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she stops dead in her tracks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.10,0:02:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she points to a red awning of the doll store
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.57,0:02:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she loved when she was little
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.99,0:02:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our earlier trips.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.26,0:02:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she describes to me the feeling she felt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.89,0:02:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a five-year-old standing in that exact spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.28,0:02:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said she remembers her heart bursting out of her chest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.31,0:02:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she saw that place for the very first time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.97,0:02:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nine years earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.64,0:02:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now what she's looking at in New York
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.77,0:02:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are colleges,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.69,0:02:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she's determined to go to school in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.99,0:02:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it hit me: One of the most important things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.87,0:02:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all make are memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.88,0:02:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to share the idea of taking an active role
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.11,0:02:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in consciously creating memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.04,0:02:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know about you, but aside from these 15 shots,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.82,0:02:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not in many of the family photos.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.47,0:03:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always the one taking the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.97,0:03:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I want to encourage everyone today
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.43,0:03:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get in the shot,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.52,0:03:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and don't hesitate to go up to someone and ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.30,0:03:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Will you take our picture?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.35,0:03:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Applause)