NguTom Peaks @MrPeaksNValleys
Ngaphansi kwetende elikhulu, kunjalo Elia Berthoud !! Imodeli yamazwe ngamazwe, ene-aura eyinkimbinkimbi nezwe, u-Elia, ungase ushaqeke lapho ufunda, yachitha iminyaka eyishumi esekisini. Uma othile ethi u-Elia uyahlekisa, kungase kudingeke ukuba uwathathe njengoba enjalo. Waziwa ngomhlathi wakhe okhangayo nezindebe ezithambile, u-Elia ubhekwa kangcono njengemodeli wesilisa kunomdlalo ocashe ngaphansi kwezimonyo. Nakuba, ngicabanga ukubuka ubuso nomzimba wakhe oqinile uhamba ngentambo eqinile kungase kujabulise. Mhlawumbe othile angenza ukuthwebula isithombe sakhe enza imisebenzi ye-acrobatic! U-Elia ojabulisayo unobuntu obukhazimulayo futhi obunezici eziningi njengesizinda sakhe.
Muva nje, odumile waseSwitzerland u-Elia wenze isithombe se-NYC-based UJoseph Lally okwePnV/Fashionably Male. Kade singabalandeli bomsebenzi kaLally. Ithalente elidumile, elicabangayo, u-Lally usebenza ezinkundleni zemidiya eziningi kanye namamodeli nama-ejensi amakhulu kakhulu emhlabeni.
UJoseph Lally ungumenzi wefilimu we-avant-garde, umthwebuli wezithombe zemfashini nomlobi onomsebenzi wakhe uwukudala ‘ubuhle obuyenga iso nokuqukethwe okwephula ukulinganiselwa kwengqondo.’ Qiniseka ukuthi ubheka isixhumanisi esingezansi ukuze ubuke amafilimu akhe athakazelisayo .
Okwamanje, jabulela ingxoxo yethu no-Elia Berthoud ngezithombe ezintsha zikaJoseph Lally:
Ngakho, okokuqala izisekelo ezithile, Elia. Ingakanani iminyaka yakho, isisindo, nobude? Izinwele/umbala wamehlo? Usuku lokuzalwa? Yiziphi izinhlaka ezimele wena? Liyini idolobha lakho nendawo ohlala kuyo manje?
Okokuqala, ngiyabonga Peaks N Valleys ngokuba nale ngxoxo nami. Ngineminyaka engu-23 ubudala, 175 pounds futhi 6'1' ubude'. Izinwele zami zinsundu, futhi nginamehlo aluhlaza. Ngazalwa zi-1/31/1993. Ngimelwe yi-d1 New York, d1 London, Major Milan, kanye nabanye abambalwa emhlabeni jikelele. Idolobhana lakithi yidolobhana elincane elibizwa ngokuthi iHinwil, eliseduze neZurich, futhi okwamanje ngihlala eNew York.
Ngakho-ke, ukhulele emaphandleni amahle eduze kwaseZurich, eSwitzerland. Kuzwakala njengezulu kimi? Ngitshele mayelana nokushaqeka kwamasiko okuba se-NYC? Uthuthele nini e-US? Ingabe uyazikhumbula izindawo ezivulekile e-Switzerland ngokungafani ne-concrete ne-sky scrapers ye-NYC?
Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngivakashela eNew York ngezwa sengathi leli dolobha likhulu kakhulu kimi. Kodwa lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba ngihlale eBeijing, eChina futhi ngihamba ngomkhombe e-Asia. Manje njengoba sengihambe isikhathi eside futhi ngabona izindawo eziningi, iNew York ibonakala ilingana nosayizi ophelele, ayincane kakhulu ayinkulu kakhulu. Ngakho uma kuqhathaniswa neSwitzerland ngiphuthelwa imigwaqo ehlanzekile kanye nezinga eliphezulu lokuphila abantu baseSwitzerland abalijabulelayo (noma mhlawumbe abangajabuleli ngokwanele). Kodwa uma ngiphuthelwa indawo evulekile, ngithanda ukuthatha uhambo eCentral Park noma ku-Hudson River Greenway. Ukuhamba nakanjani kungenze ngalithokozela ikhaya lami kunanini ngaphambili futhi ngaqonda ukuthi yonke indawo kufanele inikeze izinto ezihlukile. Ngakho angiqondi ukuthi kungani abantu bekhononda. Ukukhononda kuyisimo sengqondo esintekenteke, lapho ugxila kokubi esikhundleni sokubheka okuhle.
Kwenzeka kanjani ukuba ube nekhono elingaka olimini? Ukhuluma njengezilimi ezingama-73 noma okuthize. Haha. Sitshele ngalokho. Kufanele ube yinhloli kahulumeni!
Haha. Nokho, ngikhuluma isiJalimane, isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane nesiNgisi kahle, futhi njengamanje ngifunda iSpanishi nesiJapane. Akuwona umgomo wami ukukhuluma ngawo wonke ngokuphelele, kodwa ngifuna ukuqonda nokuxhumana nabantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka. Abazali bami babehlale bengitshela ukuthi kubalulekile ukufunda ngamasiko ahlukahlukene kanye nokusebenzela ukuthula emhlabeni. ISwitzerland iyizwe elisenkabeni yeYurophu, ephakathi kwamazwe acebile nampofu kakhulu. Ngemva kwezimpi eziningi ezizungeze imingcele yaseSwitzerland, iSwitzerland yanikeza inqwaba yababaleki indawo yokukhosela. Umama wayezama njalo ukufunda amagama ambalwa kuzo zonke izilimi ongazicabanga, ukuze akwazi ukwamukela ababaleki nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lomuntu wangaphandle owayenquma ukuhlala nokusebenza eSwitzerland. Nami ngenza kanjalo. Abantu abaningi bayabesaba abantu bakwamanye amazwe, kuwo wonke amazwe engiwavakashele kuze kube manje. Kodwa kungaba ngcono ukufaka abantu emphakathini futhi ubanike ikhaya. Wonke umuntu uyalihlonipha futhi alivikele ikhaya lakhe futhi uma abantu bakwamanye amazwe bezolihlonipha futhi balivikele ikhaya labo elisha akekho oyobesaba.
Ngakho-ke, u-Elia…usebenze iminyaka EYISHUMI esekisini! Siphe indaba. Uqale nini? Kanjani? Futhi wenzeni?
Yebo, ngempela, ngakhulela esiteji nesekisi. Ngaqala ngineminyaka engu-6 nodadewethu ababili abadala. Kwakuyisekisi lezingane, elaliqondiswa uthisha kadadewethu omdala ngaleso sikhathi. Kwakufana nokuzilibazisa, kodwa sasiba nemibukiso engaba ngu-40 ngonyaka, okwakwenza kwaba yinto enkulu kakhulu kithi ngaleso sikhathi esincane. Kule minyaka engu-10 ngenze zonke izinombolo ongase uzicabange: ngangiwumlingo, umhlengikazi, i-juggler, i-fakir, i-tightrope walker, i-unicyclist, futhi sasinezinombolo ezimbalwa ezengeziwe engingazi ngisho nokuhunyushwa kwesiNgisi. Izintandokazi zami kwakuyizinombolo njengomculi we-trapeze, engikwenze iminyaka engu-9.
Ugcine kanjani ukumodela? Sitshele ukuthi lokho kwenzeka kanjani futhi nini? Yini eyakukhuthaza?
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-10 yesekisi, abangani bami abaningi basesekisi baqala ukusebenza futhi baba nesikhathi esincane sokwenza umzamo wangempela ezinombolweni futhi ngezwa sengathi kwase kuyisikhathi sokwenza okuthile okusha. Ngakhethelwa iqembu elimangalisayo lomdanso elalixhaswe ngabakwaPuma engangibadansele, baze bahlukana ngemva nje kwesikhashana. Phakathi nakho konke ebuntwaneni bami, kuze kube yileso sikhathi ngase ngenza izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene futhi ngiqeqeshelwa imidlalo nobuciko obuhlukahlukene, futhi manje ngangingasenalutho. Ngakhumbula umngane kamama wami ngaphambilini engitshela ukuthi kufanele ngizame ukumodela, ngakho ngaqala ukuhlela ukuthwebula kwami izithombe futhi ngakha iphothifoliyo yami yokuqala.
Sitshele mayelana nokushutha kwakho kokuqala. Kwenzeka kanjani? Ubuthukile?
Ukuthwebula kwami kokuqala kwaba isiqephu sezingubo zokubhukuda namantombazane amabili, kumagazini wesiJalimane. Ngithole isikhangiso somsebenzi engosini yamamodeli. Ngangingathukile. Njengezinto eziningi engizenzile empilweni yami ngazizwa ngijabule ngokuba nethuba elihle lokuhamba nokusebenza ezindaweni ezingaziwa. Ngalokhu kudubula, ngavakashela eMunich, eJalimane, futhi ekugcineni inkokhelo yayifana ncamashi nezindleko zami zokuhamba. Ngakho inkokhelo yayiyimbi, kodwa ngaba nolwazi lwami lokuqala nesikhathi esihle, ngakho ngangihlose ukwenza ukumodela kube ingxenye yekusasa lami eliseduze.
Umzila wezindiza ohambayo futhi ucela amaphrinti. Bahluke kakhulu akunjalo? Ukhetha kuphi, Elia? Uzilungiselela kanjani ngokwengqondo?
Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, angicabangi ukuthi leyo misebenzi ihluke kakhulu. Okungenani zidinga amakhono afanayo. Imodeli idinga ubuso obushintshile, umzimba kanye nokubukeka komsebenzi. Uma lezo zinto ezintathu zilingana, imodeli ingenza noma yimuphi umsebenzi. Kimina, ngokwami, kubalulekile ukuthi ngibe sesimweni sokujabula nobungane lapho ngisebenza, ukuze wonke umuntu ajabule futhi neqembu likwazi ukudala imiphumela ebalulekile.
Yini oyithandayo ngokumodela? Ubuhlala usesekisini...uyadansa. Ingabe lokho kuyisizinda esihambisanayo sokulungiselela ukumodela? Uwuhlaziya ngokujulile kangakanani umkhiqizo wokugcina lapho uphuma?
Ngiyakujabulela ukuhlangana nokusebenza nabantu abaningi banoma yiluphi uhlobo nsuku zonke. Usuku ngalunye luwusuku olusha kanye neqembu elihlukile lomsebenzi ohlukile. Isizinda sami asidingeki, kodwa ngokuvamile ngiyakwazi ukuzuza ekuhlangenwe nakho kwami kwesikhathi esidlule, ikakhulukazi mayelana nokuguquguquka kweqembu kanye nokuphelela. Amakhono ami e-acrobatic ayengavamile ukubonakala emsebenzini wami kuze kube manje, kodwa ngithemba ukuthola amathuba okuwasebenzisa esikhathini esizayo. Ngigxeka kakhulu ngawo wonke umsebenzi engiwenzayo. Akulula ukwanelisa umuntu ofuna ukuphelela. Haha.
Ikuphi okukodwa noma okubili okuvelele emsebenzini wakho wokumodela kuze kube manje?
Lapho ngibuyela eMilan, ngathola ithuba lokudubula ngenganekwane yangempela. Igama lakhe nguGiampaolo Barbieri. Empeleni kwakungesonto eledlule, lapho engicela ukuthi ngiphinde ngithwebule incwadi yakhe ezayo.
Futhi okunye okugqamile kwaba, lapho ngithola i-visa yami yokusebenza yase-USA ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, eyangivumela ukuthi ekugcineni ngihlale futhi ngisebenze eNew York!
Obani abanye abathwebuli bezithombe ongaphupha uthwebula nabo?
Hmm, umbuzo onzima… Kunenqwaba yabathwebuli bezithombe engingathanda ukuhlangana nabo futhi ngithwebule nabo. Ukubala abambalwa nje: u-Ellen von Unwerth, uSteven Klein, uBruce Weber, uBenjamin Lenox, uPartick Demarchelier, uSteven Meisel, uMert noMarcus.
Elia, yiziphi izinjongo zakho zesikhathi eside? Kungaba yini iphupho lakho lokugcina lokumodela? Ingabe unethemba lokuhlala unomphela e-USA?
Bengihlala ngithanda izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokwenza, futhi ngiyakuthanda ukuthwebula izithombe nokwenza amafilimu. Imigomo yami yesikhathi eside iwukusebenzisana nabaculi abanobuciko futhi ngithole izindlela zokukhuthaza abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuthi bavule izingqondo zabo, baphile kahle futhi benze ukubaluleka ezimpilweni zabo.
Angifuni ukuhlala endaweni eyodwa kuphela, inhloso yami ukuqhubeka ngihamba, futhi ngihlale ngithintana nabo bonke abantu abakhulu engihlangana nabo emhlabeni wonke futhi nginezindawo eziningi engingazibiza ngokuthi yikhaya.
Uyawuthanda umdanso nokufunda i-ballet? Ikuphi ukugcwaliseka okutholayo kulokho?
Angiyena umlandeli omkhulu wokukopisha izinto abanye abantu abake bazichaza njengeziphelele. Ngakho-ke i-ballet iwukuzivocavoca nje kimi. Kepha kuyangisiza ukuthi ngisebenze ekumeni kwami futhi kungumsebenzi omuhle wokuphuma. Uma ngiyophinde ngidanse esiteji futhi, ngeke kube yinoma yiluphi uhlobo lomdanso wakudala.
Futhi ungumBuddha, u-Elia. Ukuthole nini lokho empilweni yakho? Ikulethelani? Ingabe ngezinye izikhathi kukhona ukungqubuzana nenkolo nendlela yokuphila yemodeli wesilisa?
Abazali bami baba amaBuddha ngingakazalwa, futhi lapho ngineminyaka eyishumi nanye ngaqala umkhuba wami wansuku zonke. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami kokuqala ngale filosofi kwakushintsha ngokoqobo ukuphila, ngakho angikaze ngiyeke.
Ngokungafani nazo zonke izinkolo ezinkulu ezimisiwe, ubuBuddha baseMahayana abuphikisani nendlela yokuphila eyimodeli. I-Buddhism ikhuthaza ukuthula futhi yakhiwe ngokunengqondo futhi ayiphelelwa yisikhathi. Kwakuyinkolo yokuqala eyake yakhuthaza ukulingana ngokobulili (eminyakeni engu-3000 edlule eyayinoguquko) futhi ikhuthaza wonke umsebenzi ukuba aziphendulele ngempilo yakhe, esikhundleni sokwenqabela uhlu lwezono. Awekho futhi amandla angaphandle, njengonkulunkulu kuBuddhism, okwenza le filosofi ihluke futhi iqinisekiswe ngokunengqondo.
“Indaba yezenkolo yindaba enkulu engenze ngayo inhlolokhono yehora elilodwa emsakazweni waseSwitzerland ehlobo eledlule. Ngakho-ke cishe akunakwenzeka ukungena ngemininingwane lapha. Kodwa ngingancoma ukuthi ucwaninge kabanzi ngeBuddhism. Ikakhulukazi ubuBuddha bukaNichiren, engibenzayo, bunezinguquko eziphawulekayo.” —Elia
Ibe yini impendulo yomndeni nabangane basekhaya mayelana no-Elia wabo wokuba yisibonelo? Ingabe uthola usizi olukhulu ngezithombe ezishisayo?
Awu, umbuzo omuhle. Abazali bami babecabanga ukuthi ngizijabulisa nje futhi ngiyavilapha, kodwa selokhu ngaqala ukuzikhokhela izikweletu bangiyeka ngenze izinto zami. Manje njengoba sengithole i-visa yami yeciko lase-US, wonke umuntu uyangeseka kakhulu. Ugogo wayehlale eziqhenya ngami, njengoba wayemodela esemncane eSwitzerland.
Ungasichaza kanjani isitayela sakho semfashini, Elia?
Ngiyathanda ukugqoka izinto ezilula nezisebenzayo.Ngikhetha izindwangu ezinethezekile kanye nokusikeka kwangempela phezu kwamaphrinti.
Lapho uzindla, chaza ubuntu bakho.
Ngizama ukuthatha yonke into ibe serious, ngikhombise inhlonipho kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi ngingumuntu onengqondo futhi ocabangayo onengqondo, kodwa futhi onothando olujabulisayo, ozenzakalelayo, onama-adventure kanye nemizwa.
Kuthiwani ngo-Elia Berthoud okungamangaza abantu ukwazi?
Ngemuva kwale ngxoxo ngicabanga ukuthi akukho engingakutshela ngakho ngami, haha.
Ngemva kokuchitha isikhathi e-USA, dlala uchungechunge lwezibukeli ezinenhloso. Yini oyitholayo ehamba phambili...futhi okufanele igujwe ngeMelika? Ngaso leso sikhathi, ucabanga ukuthi yimaphi amaphutha noma ubuthakathaka obungase bube khona ezweni lakithi?
Ngikuthola kuphawuleka, ukuthi abafundi bakhuthazwa kakhulu ukuthi bagxile kwezemidlalo eminyakeni yabo yesikole. E-Switzerland, izikole zizohluleka uma ugxila kwezinye izinto ngaphandle kokufunda kakhulu.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinkinga enkulu ukuthi imfundo nokunakekelwa kwezempilo akukhona mahhala ezifundazweni.
Manje i-Flash Bulb Round…..izimpendulo ezisheshayo, ezilula:
—Amafilimu esikhathi sonke ayintandokazi: a) ifilimu yesenzo/yamaphupho b) amahlaya c) i-tearjerker?
Amanye amamuvi engiwathandayo yiNymphomaniac, Planet Terror ne-Osage County. Ungitshele ukuthi iyiphi ifilimu ekusiphi isigaba ?
- Yiziphi izindawo ezi-2 okufanele isivakashi sokuqala eSwitzerland sizivakashele?
I-ski resort LAAX/FLIMS/FALERA, i-HR Giger Museum e-Gruyere.
-Izivivinyo ezi-2 ozithola zizuzisa kakhulu kuwe?
Hlala, uvemvane
-Impahla yangaphansi oyintandokazi nesitayela?
Izingoma ze-hip zikaCalvin Klein
-Izindawo ezimbili lapho ungathanda ukuthwebula izithombe ngolunye usuku?
Ukundiza ngendiza enophephela emhlane nanoma yikuphi lapho u-Ellen von Unwerth angathanda ukungidubula ?
— Yini ojwayele ukuyigqoka uma ulala?
Izingoma ze-hip zikaCalvin Klein
-Iluphi udaba lwezepolitiki olungakugqugquzela ukuthi ube isishoshovu?
Imfundo yamahhala yawo wonke umuntu.
- Inhloso yakho enkulu?
Ukuntula isineke.
-Iziphi izici EZIMBILI ezibonakalayo abantu abakuncoma ngazo kakhulu?
Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso ngifisa sengathi ngabe kungumzimba wami, kodwa ngithola ukunconywa kakhulu ngomugqa wami womhlathi nezindebe zami.
–-Clowns…ipholile, iyahlekisa, noma iyathusa?
Hmm ngangiyinhlekisa!! Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kwakukuhle eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, kodwa ezinye zazo zingaba zimbi kakhulu.
Yiziphi izindlela ezingcono kakhulu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuze abantu bafinyelele kuwe?
Ngifunde wonke ama-DM ami. Ngakho uma othile enesizotha futhi ecabangela, ngithanda ukuphendula.
Ungathola u-Elia Berthoud ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ku:
https://www.instagram.com/eliaberthoud/
https://twitter.com/eliaberthoud
Ungathola umthwebuli wezithombe UJoseph Lally kwe :
https://www.instagram.com/lallypop421/
https://twitter.com/LallyPopArt
Iwebhusayithi http://lallypop421.com/
Amafilimu kaLally: https://vimeo.com/channels/828523.