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Hlangana nomlingisi/Imodeli u-Jordan Woods Ingxenye I
by @MrPeaksNValleys
Amehlo agcwele izinkanyezi! Inhliziyo egcwele amaphupho! U-Jordan Woods uza e-struttin 'ezansi kwe-boulevard-umgwaqo wezinkanyezi-nombono wegama lakhe ekukhanyeni okukhanyayo' ezimotweni! namandla amahle, iJordani yenze izinguquko ezinkulu emsebenzini esikhathini esiyizinyanga. Umuntu othanda ukuphelela endaweni onobungani basedolobheni elincane namaphupho afuna ukuvelela, u-Jordan ubesebenza njalo njengesengezo ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezidumile. Njengamanje, unendima ku-hit show, "Empire", njengomdansi. Ngamaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene aseMelika aseyathuthukiswa, uthatha ikhefu eHollywood ukuze aye e-Bollywood. Kulungile! U-Jordan ulibangise eMumbai, e-India ukuyosebenza kumaphrojekthi ambalwa kule Ntwasahlobo nasehlobo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uphendulela amakhanda amaningi ezifundazweni ngephothifoliyo yakhe emangalisayo yokumodela.
Namuhla, njengoba ngethula INGXENYE YOKUQALA yengxoxo yami yase-Jordan njengoba sikulethela izithombe ezishuthwe ikakhulukazi ze-PnV/Fashionably Male ngumthwebuli wezithombe waseChicago onekhono nozinikele, Joem Bayawa . Ezithombeni eziningi, uJordani ugqoke izingubo zangaphansi ezivela UMarcuse Australia . Asihlangane noJordan ngamazwi nangezithombe. Jabulela!
Ngakho, kuqala ezinye izisekelo. Ingakanani iminyaka yakho, isisindo, nobude? Izinwele/umbala wamehlo? Iyiphi i-ejensi emele wena? Liyini idolobha lakho nendawo ohlala kuyo manje?
Ngineminyaka engu-21. Ngima ku-6’ ngqo futhi ngilinganisa ngo-175 lbs. Izinwele zami namehlo kokubili kunsundu ngokumnyama kakhulu. Ziyakhanya ehlobo ngenxa yelanga, kodwa ebusika amehlo ami nezinwele kucishe kubonakale kumnyama. Idolobhana lakithi liyidolobhana elincane kakhulu e-Indiana elibizwa ngokuthi iBrookston. Kungamakhilomitha ayi-15 eNyakatho yeNyuvesi yasePurdue. Okwamanje ngisahlala edolobheni lakithi, kodwa isikhathi sami esiningi ngisichitha eChicago. Ngike ngacabanga ukuzitholela eyami indawo, kodwa ngeke kusize ngalutho ngalesi sikhathi emsebenzini wami ngoba ngizohambela phesheya kaningi. Njengamanje, futhi bengilokhu ngimelwe yi-Evolution Talent eLondon. Ngisanda kusayina ku-Urban Model Management e-India, ngakho-ke ngizoba lapho izinyanga ezi-3-6 entwasahlobo/ehlobo lika-2016.
Kunini lapho unqume khona ukuthi ufuna ukulingisa nokumodela?
Ngenza isinqumo sami sokujaha amaphupho ami okuba imodeli nomlingisi isikhathi esigcwele ehlobo lika-2015. Lona unyaka wokuqala empilweni yami yonke ukuthi ngingayanga esikoleni. Ekuqaleni bekuzwakala kuyinqaba, kepha angikhonondi neze !! Bengifunda ePurdue University for pre-chiropractic. Bengicabanga ukuthi ukuba yi-chiropractor kuwumsebenzi wami wephupho, kodwa sikhula njalo njengabantu. Asilokothi sithuthukise ubuntu bethu bangempela kuze kube sekupheleni kweminyaka engama-20, ngakho-ke sivame ukushintsha imiqondo yethu ezigabeni zethu zokuqala zokukhula. Ngiyaqiniseka manje ukuthi yilokhu engikushisekelayo, futhi okuwukuphela kwento engizisola ngayo ukungathathi isinyathelo ngokushesha.
Wangena kanjani ekungeneni ekulingiseni? Ukumodela?
Ngangihlale nginephupho lokuba imodeli, ngakho-ke nginqume ukuthi ngizoyidubula ngoba ngangihlale ngitshelwa ukuthi nginakho ukubukeka kwayo. Hhayi-ke, ngenze isithombe sami sokuqala sokuthwebula nomthwebuli wezithombe omangalisayo, u-Pat Lee. Lapho ngithola lezo zithombe zivela kuPat, ngazifaka kusizindalwazi esidumile sokufakwa kuhlu kwamamodeli. Ukusuka lapho, ngatholwa nguLeon Burton, oyi-ejenti/umphathi wami kwa-Evolution Talent. Ungithathe wangifaka ngaphansi kwephiko lakhe futhi ubeke amahora amaningi ekungakheni ngifinyelele kumodeli/umlingisi okhokhelwayo enginguye namuhla. Uhlale ebheka umsebenzi wami wesikhathi eside hhayi nje manje. Ama-ejenti amaningi namuhla abheka amamodeli njengemali, hhayi ukuthi angenza kanjani umsebenzi wawo uphumelele esikhathini eside. Kungakho ngiyohlale ngiyayazisa futhi ngiyihlonipha indlela kaLeon yokuphatha umsebenzi wami ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi unentshisekelo yami enhle enhliziyweni yami. Empeleni uyena kuphela isizathu sokuba ngingene ekulingiseni, futhi ngibonga kakhulu ngokuthi ungiphushe kanzima ukuthi ngenze njalo. Uma ukulo mkhakha, uyazi-ke ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukuphila ngemali etholwa yimodeli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsebenzi wamamodeli mfushane kakhulu, lapho ungaba noma yimuphi unyaka wokusebenza. Yingakho angincenga ukuthi ngingenele ukulingisa. Ngisebenze ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezahlukahlukene ezishuthelwe eChicago. Nginezinto eziningi ezisemisebenzini, kodwa ngizonazisa nonke kuzo uma izinto seziqinisekisiwe.
Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathanda ukuba yisizinda sokunakwa, Jordan. Ingabe uthando lwakho lokudlalela ikhamera lujula kunalokho?
Anginayo inkinga yokuvuma iqiniso lokuthi ngiyakuthanda ukuba isizinda sokunakwa, kodwa ngokweqiniso ngingumuntu omnandi futhi ozithobe kunabo bonke oyoke uhlangane naye. Angiyena umlingisi/umlingisi ngoba ngifuna udumo noma imali, kudlula lokho. Ngikhethe lo msebenzi ngoba yiwona engiwuthanda kakhulu. Lokhu kuwubuciko ngempela futhi akuwona wonke umuntu ongakwenza lokhu. Into engizama ukuyizuza uma ngithwebula izithombe noma izikhathi engikholwa ukuthi ziveza lokho engiyikho njengomuntu. Ukubukeka kwami kumsulwa futhi kufana nomfana, ngakho-ke ngihlala ngigcina umsebenzi wami usezingeni futhi umnandi. Kuhlala kuyinselele uma kufanele uveze imizwa eyahlukene ngoba akunakwenzeka ukuyikhohlisa. Kufanele ube nazo zonke izingxenye zomzimba wakho ukholelwa ukuthi imizwa ingokoqobo, yingakho ngicabanga ukuthi lobu ubuciko ngempela. Kufanele uziyise endaweni owayizwa ngayo leyo mizwelo, futhi yona ngokwayo izokufaka esimilweni. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu ezenza wonke amamodeli azame ukulingisa ngoba kwenza ukumodela kube lula kakhulu!
Wenze ukubonakala okuningi njengokwengeziwe ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezidumile ezifana ne-Empire, i-Chicago Fire, i-Chicago Med ne-Shameless. Sitshele ukuthi kunjani ukuba yinto eyengeziwe.
Ukuba i-extra kunezinzuzo nezingozi zakho. Kuyisenzo esimangalisayo ukubona konke okwenzekayo ekuqophelweni komdlalo omkhulu we-TV. Kukunikeza ukwazisa kwangempela kwabalingisi ngoba kuthatha amahora amade ukwenza yonke into iphelele. Ngenkathi ngenza isiqephu se-Empire, sasisethelwe cishe amahora angama-22, futhi lokho akuvamile. Ngemva kokuba extra, ngibahlonipha kakhulu ngoba ngempela umsebenzi onzima. Ngokusobala ukuba nendima enkulu kumnandi kakhulu, kodwa ngiyajabula ngokuthi ngikwazile ukuzwa ukuthi kunjani ukuba yinto eyengeziwe ngoba nginokwazisa okujulile ngomsebenzi wabo. Ngaphandle kokwengeziwe, uhlelo lwe-TV noma imuvi ngeke kwenzeke ngoba bekuzoba nesikhala esiningi esingenalutho. Ngakho-ke, qaphela lokho ngokuzayo.
Ikuphi ukubukeka kwakho okuthandayo lapho uthole khona isikhathi esiningi sekhamera esiqeshini sohlelo lwe-TV?
Indima engangiyithanda kakhulu yayilapho ngenza indima yami eyinhloko ethi “Empire.” Bengingumdansi ohlelweni, kodwa ngebhadi ngeke ngikwazi ukukuchaza ngokugcwele ngoba bekungakadlalwa. Kuzomele ulinde kuze kuphume isiqephu sami :). Kuhlale kumnandi ukusebenza ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezinamagama amakhulu ngoba wazi konke okuzokwenzeka, ngakho ukubuka iziqephu ezedlule kukuvumela ukuthi ucabange ukuthi isigcawu sakho sizoba kanjani. Futhi, indima engiyithokozela kakhulu ngeyohlelo lukamabonakude i-“MIA” oluzoqoshwa ngo-Agasti eNorth Carolina. Ngizobe ngidlala iphoyisa okuthiwa ngu-Officer Scott. Lokho kuzoba yindima emnandi kakhulu ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi ingifanela kahle.
Kuluphi uhlobo lokulingisa, ucabanga ukuthi ungalingana kahle?
Ngiyakwazi ukuzibona ngenza, i-adventure, namamuvi edrama. Ngingumfana obhuqayo futhi ohlekisayo, ngakho ngeke kungimangaze uma nami ngisemdlalweni wamahlaya. Nginalo mbono ekhanda lami futhi ubukeka umangalisa, ngakho ngethemba ukuthi ngingakwenza kwenzeke maduzane. Ngangizibona ngiphelele efilimini yempi ngiseyisosha elisanda kujoyina impi. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingayibulala leyo ndima! Kuzomele uvule amehlo akho ngoba ngizoba sesikrinini esikhulu maduze nje! Kukhona izinto ezisebenzayo njengamanje, kodwa ngizoqiniseka ukuthi ngiyanazisa nonke uma isikhathi sisondela.
U-Jordan, omunye wabadlali bakho bokuqala abakhulu ekumodeleni wayenoPat Lee. Ubuluhlaza kakhulu. Sitshele ngalokho okwenzekile.
Ngempela ngaba nelungelo lokuba nesithombe sami sokuqala ngqa noPat Lee. Uyamangalisa njengoba nje nomsebenzi wakhe umangalisa! Ngokusobala, kwakukusha kimina futhi ngangidinga iziyalezo eziningi, futhi wayemkhulu ekungitsheleni okwakudingeka ngikwenze. Impela ungumthwebuli wezithombe ongu-A+ owaziyo into noma ezimbili mayelana nokuthatha izithombe :). Izithombe mina noPat esazenza ndawonye ziyisizathu sokuthi mina nomenzeli wami sihlangane. Ngakho-ke, ukube bengingeke ngenze ukushutha noPat, kungenzeka ukuthi angikaze ngikhethe ukuphishekela amaphupho ami. Leso yisibonelo esihle sesisho esithi, “konke kwenzeka ngesizathu.” Ngihambe ibanga elide kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi wonke umthwebuli wezithombe engisebenze naye kuze kube manje ube nesandla empumelelweni yami.
Muva nje, ushuthe noJoem Bayawa owaziwa ngokululeka amamodeli asemancane. Kunjani ukusebenza noJoem?
UJoem ungumthwebuli wezithombe omangalisayo. Ubeka umsebenzi omningi kakhulu kwezobuciko bakhe, futhi yingakho ekwazi ukudala umsebenzi onjalo omlingo. Ngingabheka uJoem ngendlela engaphezu komthwebuli wezithombe kimi. Ungumeluleki omkhulu, umthwebuli wezithombe, inethiwekhi, kanye nomngane omkhulu. Ungethule kubantu abaningi abangaphakathi embonini waze waphakamisa umsebenzi wami ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Uze wangisiza wakhulisa izinkundla zokuxhumana ngokungethula kuma-networkers akhuluma ngamamodeli kuphela. Lokho kukodwa kunginikeze ukuchayeka okukhulu futhi kwangivumela ukuthi ngihlangane nabantu abamangalisayo. Eqinisweni, bengingeke ngiyenze le nhlolokhono engakholakali njengamanje ukube angisebenzanga noJoem. Mayelana nokwenza ukuthwebula izithombe naye, ukwenza kube lula futhi kujabulise. Ukuqeqesha ngokuqhubekayo, abonise imibono, amise isimo sengqondo, futhi angicabangi ukuthi kufanele ngisho ukuthi umkhiqizo wangemuva muhle kangakanani njalo. Sivele siyeke umsebenzi uzikhulumele. UJoem uyohlale eyingxenye yempumelelo yami ngoba ungisize kakhulu endleleni. Ngibonga ngakho konke angenzele khona, futhi ngiyalithanda iqiniso lokuthi ufuna ngiphumelele kabi njengoba nje ngenza! Ngihlale ngisho ukuthi mina noJoem siyiqembu lamaphupho ngoba ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho sindawonye, sihlala sakha umsebenzi omningi omangalisayo! Ngokweqiniso ngikhuthazeka kakhulu ngaphambi kokushutha naye ngoba ngiyazi kakade ukuthi kuzoba yimpumelelo ngaphambi komsindo weshutha wokuqala. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izifundazwe noma amazwe engiya kuwo, ngizohlala ngibuya ukuze ngithwebule naye. Ngingamncoma kuwo wonke umuntu nanoma ubani.
Wenza ukumodela kwemfashini nokufaneleka? Ingabe unokuthile okuthandayo? Ingabe kulula ukwenza eyodwa?
Lapho ngiqala ukungena emhlabeni wokumodela, nganginomqondo wami ekubeni imodeli yokufaneleka ngoba ngiyayithanda indlela yokuphila yokufaneleka. Akungithathanga isikhathi eside ukuqaphela ukuthi amamodeli okuqina alinganiselwe kakhulu ekutheni hlobo luni lomsebenzi angawuthola. Imboni yezemfashini inkulu kakhulu futhi idingeka kakhulu kunemboni yokuqina. Kuhle ukukwenza kokubili kodwa ngoba ukuba nomzimba omuhle kukwenza ubukeke ukhanga kakhulu, futhi ngokusobala kukuvulela amathuba engeziwe. Kumele wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi awunamandla kakhulu ekumodeleni imfashini ngoba kufanele ulingane ezingubeni. Izilinganiso zibaluleke KAKHULU, futhi uzokwenqatshwa ngabantu uma ungeyena usayizi olungile. Kuzofanele ngisho ukuthi ngithanda ukumodela ngemfashini ngoba kuningi ongakwenza ngezingubo, futhi kungashintsha ukubukeka kwakho kakhulu. Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi ungashintsha ingxenye eyodwa yempahla bese udala ukubukeka okusha sha. Kulula kakhulu ukumela imfashini emelene nokufaneleka ngoba ungadlala ngempahla futhi udale ngayo. Ukumodela kwemfashini nakho kukunikeza ithuba lokubonisa umhlaba isitayela sakho. Amaklayenti athanda ukubona amamodeli anemisebenzi eminingi futhi akwazi ukufeza ukubukeka okuhlukile. Kuzomele ngikusho ukuthi ngiyabahlonipha kakhulu abasiki bengqephu ngoba namanje ngisadonsa kanzima kwesinye isikhathi uma ngiyothenga izimpahla zokugqoka. Ngakho-ke, uma kukhona ofuna ukungisiza ngithenge izingubo, angishayele!! ?
Obani abanye abathwebuli bezithombe ofisa ukudubula nabo ngolunye usuku?
Ngeke ngisho ukuthi ngiphuphe ngithwebula nanoma yibaphi abathwebuli bezithombe ngoba nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ngizoshutha nabathwebuli bezithombe abaphezulu maduze nje. Kukhona abathwebuli bezithombe abambalwa engibathandayo ngomsebenzi wabo futhi ngethemba ukuthwebula nabo maduze nje. Omunye wabo nguBrian Jamie. Ngiwuthanda kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe, futhi uyinsizwa emnandi kakhulu. Kwesinye isikhathi ngike ngiskrole ku-instagram yakhe bese ngithi kimina, “yebo, ngifuna ukwenza lokho, lokho, lokho, oooh nalokho!” Umane nje unobuhlakani obukhulu futhi unokunambitheka. Ngakho-ke, lokho kuyi-win win encwadini yami. Ngaphandle kukaJamie, ngingathanda futhi ukudubula noScott Hoover, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Alice Hawkins, Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca, noJoseph Sinclair. Ngokusobala njengoba umsebenzi wami wokumodela ulokhu ukhuphukela kumazinga amasha, kubalulekile ukuthi ngiqhubeke njalo nokusebenza nabathwebuli bezithombe abazongisiza ngifunde futhi ngithuthukele phambili. Yingakho ngifuna ngempela ukushutha nalaba bathwebuli bezithombe esikhathini esizayo esiseduze ngoba baqine kakhulu. Ngiyazi ukuthi akumele ngibalule ukuthi mikhulu kangakanani yonke imisebenzi yabo ngoba bonke laba bathwebuli bayizithombe.
Jordan, unomdlandla futhi ulangazelela ukuphishekela iphupho lakho. Sitshele ukuthi uzimisele kangakanani ukusebenza kanye nobude ozohamba kubo ukuze uphumelele.
Into evamile kakhulu abantu abayishoyo ukuthi, "Ngizokwenza noma yini ukuze ngiphumelele." Ngangivame ukusho lokho, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngiye ngathola ukuthi ngibalulekile. Ngikwazisa ngempela lokho engiyikho, futhi angisoze ngazithengisa ukuze ngithole imali noma udumo. Uma ujwayelene nezwe lokumodela, khona-ke uyazi ukungcola ngemuva kwakho konke. Ngiye ngathola abantu abaningi abangithembisayo ngezinto ababezivivinya lapho ngiqala, kodwa ngenqaba ngoba ngizazisa ngempela. Iphutha elenziwa abantu abaningi besaqala wukugxumela amathuba okwenza imali ngoba benokubukeka nomzimba ofiselekayo abantu abazowukhokha izizumbulu zemali. Abakuqapheli ukuthi lolu hlobo lwesenzo luzohlala nawe kuze kube phakade. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wenzani nokuthi ukwenza kuphi, othile uzokwazi, bese wonke umuntu azi. Uma ufuna ukwenza kube kukhulu, awukwazi ukuba nezinto ezingalungile ezilimaza isithunzi sakho noma umsebenzi wakho. Asikho isinqamuleli sanoma yini. Ukusebenza kanzima kuwukuphela kwendlela yangempela efakazelwe yokuthola noma yini oyifunayo. Ngenza konke okusemandleni ami ukuze ngibe inguqulo yami engcono kakhulu. Anginandaba noma ngingemuhle njengomunye umuntu; uma ngingcono kunalokho ebengiyikho izolo, lokho kuyimpumelelo kimi. Ngivakashela e-Chicago nsuku zonke ukuze ngisebenze ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezihlukahlukene futhi ngithwebule izithombe eziningi masonto onke. Kwesinye isikhathi angiqedi ukuqopha uhlelo kuze kube ihora lesi-3 ekuseni, kodwa ngisashayela amahora angu-2 ukuya ekhaya ngoba ngizimisele futhi ngizinikele. Uma ufuna into embi ngokwanele, uzokwenza lokho okufanele ukwenze ukuze kwenzeke. Vele uqiniseke ukuthi wenza izinto ezifanele. Ngakho-ke, ngihlala ngifaka isikhathi nomsebenzi, futhi kuwumuzwa omuhle kakhulu emhlabeni ukuthi ekugcineni ngibone wonke umsebenzi wakho onzima uzuza. Futhi, ngizophuma ngiye eNdiya izinyanga eziyisi-6 ukuze ngiqhubekisele phambili amaphupho ami. Ngakho-ke, ngizokwenza noma yini okufanele ngiyenze ukuze ngikwenze, inqobo nje uma kungadluleli ekuziphatheni nasekuziphatheni kwami. Uma ungakwazi ukubeka ikhanda lakho phansi ebusuku noma uzibuke esibukweni nsuku zonke futhi uziqhenye ngokuthi ungubani, khona-ke wenza into efanele. Ngaso sonke isikhathi qiniseka ukuthi uhlala uthembekile kuwena futhi uqinisile emaphusheni akho angempela. Uwena kuphela umuntu olawula injabulo yakho, ngakho-ke noma yini okhetha ukuyenza ekuphileni, qiniseka ukuthi yinto ofuna ukuyenza kuze kube phakade.
IYEZA MADUZE: Ingxenye YESIBILI yengxoxo yethu noJordan Woods, ngakho hlala ubukele.
Ungathola i-Jordan Woods ku-Social Media ku:
https://twitter.com/IAmJordanWoods
https://www.instagram.com/jordanthomaswoods/
Snapchat: jay_woods3
https://www.facebook.com/jordanthomaswoods/
Umthwebuli wezithombe ozimele onethalente uJoem Bayawa uyindoda ethandwa amamodeli akhe, owathola uthando lwakhe lwangempela ekuthwebuleni izithombe zabantu. Njengamanje izinze eChicago; ubuhlakani bakhe ngele-portraiture, imfashini, ubukhazikhazi, ukufaneleka kanye nokwakheka komzimba wesilisa. Unekhono ekusizeni amamodeli asemancane ukuthi alungiselele lo mkhakha futhi ukhiqiza izithombe ezigqamayo.
Ungathola umthwebuli wezithombe uJoem Bayawa kuSocial Media ku:
https://www.facebook.com/joemcbayawa
https://www.instagram.com/joembayawaphotography/
https://twitter.com/joembayawaphoto
Iwebhusayithi http://www.joembayawaphotography.com/
Izingubo zangaphansi zikaMarcuse Australia:
http://www.marcuse.com/