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Fei-Fei Li: How we're teaching computers to understand pictures

When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are getting smart enough to do that too. What's next? In a thrilling talk, computer vision expert Fei-Fei Li describes the state of the art -- including the database of 15 million photos her team built to "teach" a computer to un...
https://www.ted.com/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures

Rachel Sussman | TED Speaker

Rachel Sussman is on a quest to celebrate the resilience of life by identifying and photographing continuous-living organisms that are 2,000 years or older, all around the world.
Artist, photographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rachel_sussman

Caroline Catlin: Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss

The only thing as powerful as our grief is the love we have for those we've lost, says photographer Caroline Catlin. In this meditation on the intersection of life and death, Catlin shares how her personal journey with loss drove her to capture the elusive moments of grace and beauty that exist even in the hardest moments imaginable.
https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_catlin_why_i_photograph_the_quiet_moments_of_grief_and_loss

James Nachtwey | TED Speaker

Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Photojournalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_nachtwey

Playlist: Secret realities (10 talks)

Delve into talks that explore the hidden communities and unseen places that exist just off the beaten path of our everyday lives.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/secret_realities

Erin Sullivan: Does photographing a moment steal the experience from you?

When we witness something amazing, many of us instinctively pull out our phones and snap pictures. Is this obsession with photographing everything impacting our experiences? In a meditative talk, Erin Sullivan reflects on how being more intentional with her lens enhanced her ability to enjoy the moment -- and could help you do the same, too.
https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_sullivan_does_photographing_a_moment_steal_the_experience_from_you

Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war

Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.
https://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey_america_s_native_prisoners_of_war

Becci Manson: (Re)touching lives through photos

In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.
https://www.ted.com/talks/becci_manson_re_touching_lives_through_photos

Kitra Cahana: My father, locked in his body but soaring free

In 2011 Ronnie Cahana suffered a severe stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome: completely paralyzed except for his eyes. While this might shatter a normal person’s mental state, Cahana found peace in “dimming down the external chatter,” and “fell in love with life and body anew.” In a somber, emotional talk, his daughter Kitra shares how ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kitra_cahana_my_father_locked_in_his_body_but_soaring_free

David Carson: Design and discovery

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_design_and_discovery

Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things

Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_sussman_the_world_s_oldest_living_things

Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash

Let's admit it: aerial photo drones and UAVs are a little creepy, and they come with big regulatory and safety problems. But aerial photos can be a powerful way of telling the truth about the world: the size of a protest, the spread of an oil spill, the wildlife hidden in a delta. Sergei Lupashin demos Fotokite, a nifty new way to see the world ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sergei_lupashin_a_flying_camera_on_a_leash

Riitta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth: Nature, folklore and serendipitous photo collaborations

Inspired by Nordic folklore, artists Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen collaborate with local elders -- farmers, fishermen, cosmologists and more -- to create richly imaginative portraits that explore humanity's connection to nature. Discover their serendipitous artistic practice as they share a selection of fantastical imagery where nature and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/riitta_ikonen_and_karoline_hjorth_nature_folklore_and_serendipitous_photo_collaborations

Shirin Neshat: Art in exile

Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile: a voice for her people, but unable to go home. In her work, she explores Iran pre- and post-Islamic Revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shirin_neshat_art_in_exile

Will Marshall: The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface

What if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? Will Marshall and his team at Planet use the world's largest fleet of satellites to image the entire Earth every day. Now they're moving on to a new project: using AI to index all the objects on the planet over time -- which could make ships, trees, houses an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/will_marshall_the_mission_to_create_a_searchable_database_of_earth_s_surface

George Steinmetz: Photos of Africa, taken from a flying lawn chair

George Steinmetz's spectacular photos show Africa from the air, taken from the world's slowest, lightest aircraft. Join Steinmetz to discover the surprising historical, ecological and sociopolitical patterns that emerge when you go low and slow in a flying lawn chair.
https://www.ted.com/talks/george_steinmetz_photos_of_africa_taken_from_a_flying_lawn_chair

Julie Burstein: 4 lessons in creativity

Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair, writer Richard Ford, sculptor Richard Serra and photographer Joel Meyerowitz.
https://www.ted.com/talks/julie_burstein_4_lessons_in_creativity

JR: Undocumented lives, inside out

JR launched the participatory art project INSIDE OUT to highlight our shared humanity. Travel with a group of people who packed up their lives and got on the INSIDE OUT bus, crossing the United States to capture portraits of undocumented people and those that support them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jr_undocumented_lives_inside_out

Blaise Agüera y Arcas | TED Speaker

Blaise Agüera y Arcas works on machine learning at Google. Previously a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, he has worked on augmented reality, mapping, wearable computing and natural user interfaces.
Software architect
https://www.ted.com/speakers/blaise_aguera_y_arcas

Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water

"Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit," says surf photographer Chris Burkard, as he explains his obsession with the coldest, choppiest, most isolated beaches on earth. With jawdropping photos and stories of places few humans have ever seen -- much less surfed -- he draws us into his "personal crusad...
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water

Rick Guidotti: From stigma to supermodel

Rick Guidotti is a fashion photographer with a passion project: finding and sharing the beauty of kids with albinism and other conditions that affect their physical appearance -- and the way society treats them. At TEDxPhoenix, he shares some of their stories and the empowering effects of a little glamour as he redefines their beauty in a flash.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rick_guidotti_from_stigma_to_supermodel

Paul Snelgrove: A census of the ocean

Oceanographer Paul Snelgrove shares the results of a ten-year project with one goal: to take a census of all the life in the oceans. He shares amazing photos of some of the surprising finds of the Census of Marine Life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_snelgrove_a_census_of_the_ocean

Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats

Beverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals -- and their quest to save the big cats from human threats.
https://www.ted.com/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats

James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss

Hank Willis Thomas | TED Speaker

Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history and popular culture.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hank_willis_thomas

Brian Skerry: The ocean's glory -- and horror

Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change.
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_skerry_the_ocean_s_glory_and_horror

Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from wellhead to pipeline to car engine -- and then beyond to the projected peak-oil endgame.
https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_burtynsky_photographing_the_landscape_of_oil

Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world

Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look away -- or back.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_klein_photos_that_changed_the_world

LaToya Ruby Frazier: A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

Artist and TED Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier spent five months living in Flint, Michigan, documenting the lives of those affected by the city's water crisis for her photo essay "Flint is Family." As the crisis dragged on, she realized it was going to take more than a series of photos to bring relief. In this inspiring, surprising talk, she shares t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/latoya_ruby_frazier_a_creative_solution_for_the_water_crisis_in_flint_michigan

Leo Lanna | TED Speaker

Leo Lanna searches for praying mantises in tropical rainforests. With a flashlight and camera, he unveils a vibrantly alien universe of wonder.
Artistic entomologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/leo_lanna
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