Ukubuka i-Windy City ngokusebenzisa amaLense we-Photographer engaziwa
Ngokucacile uNigel Barker unaso iso lokubukeka kweqiniso. Unina wayenguMore Sri Lanka. Umkakhe uyimodeli yefeshini efunayo. Futhi uyaziwa kakhulu ngeqhaza lakhe njengejaji nomthwebuli wezithombe zeTyra Banks 'uchungechunge lobuqiniso lwe- America's Next Top Model " .
Uvame ukuhlala e-Windy City ngendlela kaMacy e-State Street (ehlala ngaphakathi kwendawo yakudala eyayibizwa ngokuthi i- Marshall Field's Building ), ngokuguquka kwakhe kwakamuva ukuthuthukisa incwadi yakhe yokugcina izithombe, Amamodeli Wethonya (Harper Collins, 2015).
Inkokhelo yakhe kwabesifazane abangaphezu kuka-50 - kusukela ku- Twiggy kuya kuNaomi Campbell kuya ku- Kate Upton - ababengama-trailblazers futhi bathonywe isiko samap pop kanye nembonini yefashini phakathi neminyaka engamashumi eminyaka.
Phakathi nokuhamba okuningi kukaBarker ukuya eChicago, ubona ubuhle yonke indawo lapho ehamba khona, ngokubuka abantu abafake imfashini behamba ngaphansi kweMile elimangalisayo ukuze baqonde izakhiwo ezibonakalayo nezithombe ezifana neThe Bean . Saxoxa naye ezinye zezintandokazi zakhe ezimnandi.
Mayelana ne-Chicago Travel: Ngezwa ukuthi uhlala eSoho House Chicago . Ingabe lokhu kwakuyiyokuqala? Ucabangani ngesipiliyoni?
UNigel Baker: Ngiye ngahlala khona izikhathi ezintathu (kuze kube yimanje). Ngaqala ukuhlala lapho phezu kwamasonto okuqala kwavula. Ngibe yilungu leqembu iminyaka eminingi.
UMTHETHO: Uke wafumana ithuba lokuhlola uhlelo olulodwa lwe-"While While Changing" lapho i-bartender iletha ikhamera yokuphuza isiphuzo ekamelweni lakho ukuze ikuthule i-cocktail yokuzijabulisa?
Kusukela ngo-6 kuya ku-9 ntambama
I-NB: Ngivame ukuwela phansi ibha. Angicabangi ukuthi ngike ngikhona ekamelweni lami phakathi kuka-6 no-9. Ngihlala ngilapha ukwenza umcimbi noma into, ngakho-ke cishe akuyona into engingayisebenzisa. Lokho kuphume kakhulu! Yilokho iBritish ngawe.
UMTHETHO: Uthanda iSoho House Chicago kangcono kunabanye eqenjini owavakashele?
NB: Ngiyayithanda bonke ngokuqinisekile. Ngizizwa (indawo yaseChicago) inesikhala esikhulu nesigumbi. Ngenxa yalokho, amakamelo ayamnandi kakhulu futhi amakhulu futhi akwenziwe kahle futhi acatshangelwe kahle. Lona eNew York likhulu, kodwa ulwela isitifiketi, okuyinto enhle kubo kodwa hhayi enkulu kumakhasimende. Lapha ngisenyuka echibini ngamaminithi angu-30 okusheshayo - ngakho ngiyakwazi ukucwilisa iminye imisebe yakho yaseChicago - futhi ngathola isihlalo ngasechibini ngaphandle kwenkinga.
UMTHETHO: Yayiyini indawo efanayo na?
I-NB: Incane futhi iyimnandi futhi ipholile, futhi ngigijimela kumuntu engangikuziyo. Yilokho okushiwo yile ndawo: ukuxhumeka kwenethiwekhi ngaphakathi kwefashini kanye nabezindaba kanye nokuzijabulisa (izimboni).
UMTHETHO: Uke wazi ukuthi iSoho House Chicago nayo isendaweni eshisayo kakhulu eChicago, ebizwa ngokuthi iWest Loop ?
I-NB: Ngangizwile lokho, futhi ngivela endaweni eshisayo eNew York, okuyiSifunda saseMeatpacking eN West Village . Nginomuzwa walokho. Ngithanda izindawo ezinjalo. Lona futhi isizathu sokuthi ngiyathanda ukuhlala lapho. Ngihlale nginesithakazelo lapho ubona uhlobo olunzima nolulungile lokuhlangana phezulu ne-posh.
Ngicabanga ukuthi uhlobo oluthi "I-Sex and City" ye-graffiti ekupheleni kwesinye kanye neqembu elihle kakhulu elibhekene ne-bespoke eduze kwalo lithi okuningi mayelana nokuthi amadolobha akhona ngempela.
Noma yimuphi umuzi ungahle ufike phansi lapho ulahlekelwa khona noma uhlehle ngokuphelele, kodwa uma lezi zibili zihlangana ndawonye lapho uthola ukusebenzisana okukhulu. Nginomuzwa wokuthi lokho kugesi futhi uzizwa udala futhi kokubili kusabisa futhi kungase kusabise kancane, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kuphakamisa futhi kukhona ukushayela okuqhubekayo.
UMTHETHO: Uke wahlola noma yiziphi ezinye izindawo noma udliwe kunoma yikuphi izindawo ezipholile ongazikhumbuza?
I-NB: Ngikwazi ukuzulazula kancane ebusuku uma nginesikhathi. Ngiye ku- RPM isi-Italy futhi ngahlala eTrump ngaphambili, okuyinto enhle kakhulu. Nganginombono omuhle futhi ngokuqinisekile ngidla ukudla okungcono ( Kwayishumi nesithupha ). Ngangithanda le ndawo.
UMTHETHO: Uke waya eChicago izikhathi ezanele zokubona izimpawu zomlando zomuzi?
I-NB: Ngokuqinisekile ngithanda ukuhamba ngaphesheya komfula ngendwangu futhi ngibheke amabhuloho.
Ngivame ukuzulazula nje. Ngithanda izakhiwo . Ngami, izingxenye ezindala zedolobha yizingxenye engizithandayo lapho ubona umlando ngempela futhi uthola umuzwa wendawo lapho umuzi ukhona khona. Khona-ke, yiqiniso, kukhona i -Bean , ejabulisayo ukubona futhi ibonise ukuthi umuzi ungahamba kuphi.
UMTHETHO: Njengomthwebuli wezithombe, ubheka eChicago kusuka endaweni yokubuka ukuthi ungayidubula kanjani?
NB: Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyakwenza njalo lapho ngiya khona. Kukhona mhlawumbe akusiyo umthwebuli wezithombe ongenamuntu ongahambi kunoma yiliphi igumbi noma yimuphi umgwaqo futhi ucabanga kanje. Kunezindawo ezithile ezizokwenza uzizwe ngaleyo ndlela, kusukela ekuklanyeni ukuya ekukhanyeni ukuya ekuhlelweni kuya ku-feng shui kuze kube yisikhathi sonyaka kuyo yonke into. Isibonelo, ngize eChicago ngosuku oluhle futhi ngicabanga ngendlela abantu abanentwasahlobo esitebhisini sabo nokuthi lidlala kanjani ngokumelene nokwasemuva.
UMTHETHO: Yiziphi ezinye zezimpawu zomlando eziye zambamba e-Chicago?
I-NB: Ukuhamba phansi kwe- Magnificent Mile kuyamangalisa. Kuyinto engavamile. Uma ubona zonke lezo zitolo kanye nezitolo nezakhiwo kanye nendlela okwakhiwe ngayo ngendlela ephawulekayo ngakolunye uhlangothi, ungavala amehlo akho futhi ucabange uzicabange ngawo-1920 noma ngawo-1950. Lokho njalo kuyinto ethakazelisayo ukucabanga ngayo, umlando wendawo noma yimuphi omunye futhi ngubani ohambahamba lapha nokuthi yini okumelwe ukuba ibonakale phakathi naleso sikhathi. Akuwona wonke amadolobha angakwenza lokho.
UMTHETHO: Uma uqhathanisa iChicago nakwamanye amadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni jikelele, iwela kuphi?
I-NB: I- Chicago empeleni ihlaziya kakhulu. Abantu abakucabangi ngaso sonke isikhathi ngeChicago uma becabanga ngemadolobha aseMelika. Bahlale becabanga ngeNew York noma ngisho naseWashington, DC - ngoba iyinhloko-dolobha - kodwa iChicago idolobha eliyingqayizivele kakhulu. Kufana ne-version encane ye-New York.
Uma uthatha zonke izingxenye ezinhle kakhulu zeManhattan futhi uzibeke ndawonye, kuhle kakhulu ukuthi yiChicago. Futhi kunenhliziyo enkulu kakhulu. Abantu lapha basebenzela kanzima, banenhlanhla kubo futhi bayamamukela kakhulu. Lokhu kuyabukeka futhi kuyinto esingenayo eNew York. Ngingumfana omkhulu weChicago futhi kufike lapho njengenye yezindawo eziningana eMelika.
UMTHETHO: Uma ucabanga ngesitayela sikaChicago, ungayichaza kangcono kanjani?
I-NB: I-pulse iyigesi lapha. Ngisho nalapho ufika phakathi phakathi nobusika - lapho ezinye izindawo eziningi zivaliwe - abantu lapha basaphuma futhi bafuna ukuzwa umuzi. Izindawo zokudla zisabashaywa. Abantu bajabule lapho ungena, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi yinto enhle ngempela futhi ithi okuthile ngomuzi. Abantu baziqhenya ngalomuzi.