Umfoti wefashoni ozalelwe eOstreliya, uRussell James, uncede ukubumba into ebonakala inomtsalane ngomsebenzi wakhe weVictoria's Secret. Kwincwadi yakhe yesihlanu epapashwe kumazwe ngamazwe ebizwa ngokuthi "Iingelosi", wacofa ezinye zeemodeli eziphezulu zeleyibhile eziquka u-Adriana Lima, u-Alessandra Ambrosio kunye no-Lily Aldridge ngesipho samaphepha angama-304 kwifom yabasetyhini. Idutyulwe emnyama namhlophe, iziphumo ziyamangalisa ukuthetha kancinci. Kudliwanondlebe olukhethekileyo kunye ne-FGR, umfoti uthetha ngokudubula imifanekiso enqunu, indlela ubugcisa obutshintshe ngayo, elona xesha lizingcayo lomsebenzi wakhe kunye nokunye.
Ndiyathemba ukuba abantu babona imifanekiso evuselela inkanuko, exhobisa abasetyhini kwaye ebonisa uthando lwam ngokukhanya, imilo kunye nefom.
Le yincwadi yakho yesihlanu epapashwe kumazwe ngamazwe. Ngaba kukho okwahlukileyo kweli xesha?
Le ncwadi yesi-5 iyamangalisa ngokwenene kum njengoko ndandingaqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba ingaze ibekho de ndenze izicelo ezininzi zobuqu kwizifundo zam. Bendisoloko ndinothando olukhulu lokufota kwiindidi ezininzi: imbonakalo yomhlaba, ifashoni, inkcubeko yemveli, abantu abadumileyo kunye 'neze'. Iincwadi zam ezi-4 zangaphambili zigxininise kwisifundo kwaye le ncwadi igxile ngokupheleleyo 'kwize'. Ndandithobeke ngendlela emangalisayo xa abantu endibabuzayo bevuma, kuba oko kwabonisa inqanaba lokuthembana endilixabisa kakhulu. Ndiyithathe ndithetha ukuba umfazi osencwadini waziva ukuba izithonga ziyinto enokuthi ithandeke ngomnye umfazi, kwaye yinjongo yam leyo rhoqo.
Bendisoloko ndinomdla wokwazi, uthatha njani isigqibo sokuba zeziphi iifoto onokuthi uzibeke encwadini? Kuya kuba nzima ukucutha umsebenzi wakho. Ngaba unaye umhleli wokukunceda?
Ukuhlela mhlawumbi ngama-50% okanye ngaphezulu kwawo nawuphi na umsebenzi wokufota. Ngomnye umba ukubamba isakhelo esikhulu, kwaye yenye into ukukhetha isakhelo ‘esilungileyo’. U-Ali Franco ube ngumlawuli wam wokuyila iminyaka engaphezu kwe-15. Nguye kuphela umntu endimvumelayo ukuba ‘acele umngeni’ kuhlelo lwam kwaye ikuphela komntu endimthembayo ukuba angaphonononga ifilimu ngokungathi ndim. Sisebenzisana ngokusondeleyo kwaye uye wandinceda ukuba ndifike kwimifanekiso efanelekileyo amaxesha amaninzi. Ubuhlakani bobuchule yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yempumelelo.
Ukusukela ekuqaleni kokudubula ukuya ekupheleni kokudubula, yintoni injongo yakho ekusetweni?
Ekudubuleni ndinqunu injongo yam yokuqala kukwenza kangangoko ndinako ukwenza isifundo sam sikhululeke kwaye singabi sesichengeni. Injongo yam iyonke kukwenza umfanekiso oza kuwuthanda umbandela ngokwawo kwaye ungaziva uhlazekile okanye uxhatshaziwe-ndifuna umfazi osemfanekisweni ukuba azingce ngalo mfanekiso kwaye awukhuphe kwiminyaka elishumi ukusuka ngoku athi 'ndivuya kakhulu. Ndinalo mfanekiso'.
Ukusebenza kunye neMfihlo kaVictoria, mhlawumbi unomnye wemisebenzi enqwenelekayo emhlabeni kuninzi lwabafana. Uqale njani ukujolela iVS?
Alukho usuku oludlulayo endingalixabisi ithamsanqa lam lokusebenza ngokusondeleyo nenye yezona mpawu zibalaseleyo zehlabathi zabasetyhini. Ndaqatshelwa nguMongameli, u-Ed Razek, emva kokuba ebone uthotho lwemifanekiso endiyithathileyo kaStephanie Seymour kwimagazini enkulu, kunye nekhava endiyenzileyo kwangaloo nyanga i-Sports Illustrated yaseTyra Banks. Khange ndiqalise ukubadubula rhoqo kwangoko, kodwa saqala ubudlelwane kwaye emva kweminyaka emininzi yokukhula nophawu, ukuthembela kwakhula nako. Andizange ndiyithathe njengento encinci kwaye ndizixelele yonke ihlumela ukuba ndilungile nje ngokudubula kwam kokugqibela, ngoko imalunga nokuzinikela okufanayo. Owu kwaye ewe, ndibe nethamsanqa kakhulu ukuqatshelwa!
Xa ungasebenzi, zeziphi ezinye zezinto ozonwabisa ngazo?
Ndicinga ukuba ukufota kwam ayingomsebenzi wam kodwa ngaphezulu kokulutha. Xa ndingafotiyo ibhrendi, umntu odumileyo okanye isisa ndihlala ndifumaneka kwiindawo ezinje ngeendawo ezikude zabemi boMthonyama baseMelika, iOstreliya yaseOstreliya, i-Indonesia okanye iHaiti ndihamba kubugcisa kunye neshishini lam le-'Nomad Two Worlds'.
Ukuba ubungengomfoti, ngowuphi omnye umsebenzi onokucinga ukuba unawo?
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya. andikagqibi ngaphezu kokujinga ngokutyibilika kodwa ndizimisele uku – ikuluhlu lwam lwebhakethi! Ndinomhlobo omkhulu ongumqhubi wenqwelo-moya kwinkampani yakhe yokuhlawula (iZen Air) kwaye siye saxhawulana ukuze senze utshintsho lomsebenzi iminyaka embalwa-kakuhle ubonakala ewufuna umsebenzi wam kangangoko bendingathanda owakhe! Ndicinga ukuba ukubhabha kuthetha ‘nethuku lam’ lokuhlala ndikwintshukumo engapheliyo.
Unethemba lokuba abantu bazakuthatha ntoni kwincwadi yakho?
Ndiyathemba ukuba abantu babona imifanekiso evuselela inkanuko, exhobisa abasetyhini kwaye ebonisa uthando lwam ngokukhanya, imilo kunye nefom. Esi sisivakalisi esifutshane kwaye andisoze ndisifezekise nomntu wonke, kodwa yeyona ndawo iphakamileyo ndingathanda ukuyibetha!
Ngaba kukho nawuphi na umzobo wefashoni okanye umntu odumileyo ongekade umdubule kwaye unqwenela ukuba ukwazi?
Owu bethu, abaninzi. Ndiba nomdla ngabantu abaninzi. Ngamanye amaxesha ngenxa yobuhle babo obukhulu, impumelelo yabo, inkcubeko yabo. Iya kuba luluhlu olude kakhulu. Kubantu abadumileyo ngoku uJennifer Lawrence, uBeyonce, uLupita Nyong’o ngabanye endibafumana bebamangalisa.
Ngowuphi umzuzu ozingcayo ngomsebenzi wakho ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?
Esona sihlandlo sinebhongo kumsebenzi wam yayikukuxelela abazali bam, emva phayaa ngowe-1996, ukuba ngokwenene ndiye ndahlawulwa ukuze ndifote, kunokuba ndihlawule zonke iindleko zam. Imagazini iW yaphula imbalela yam ye-7 yeminyaka kwaye yandihlawula isixa esikhulu se-150 yeedola zokudubula. Ndandisecicini lokubuyela kumsebenzi wentsimbi nokufota njengenkosikazi yam efihlakeleyo engazange ibe ngumfazi wam.
Ubufota iminyaka engamashumi amabini, kwaye kufuneka ubone ukuba itshintshile njani ifoto. Ngowuphi umahluko omkhulu phakathi koku kunye nexesha uqala?
Ndibone utshintsho olumangalisayo kwitekhnoloji kunye nento ekuvumelayo. Ndicinga ukuba into entle ngetekhnoloji idala indawo yokudlala elinganayo. Ukuqala kwam kwafuneka ndisebenze eminye imisebenzi emininzi ukuze ndihlawulele ifilimu kunye nokusebenza, emva koko zonke ezo khemikhali zimbi zehla kumbhobho kwaye ndinethemba lokuba 'azinatyhefu' njengoko sasixelelwe. Ngoku umthwebuli wezithombe unokuqala ngexabiso elifanelekileyo kwaye anike abafana abafana nam kunye nabanye umngeni ukusuka kwimini 1. Oko kunempilo kumntu wonke njengoko kusenza sonke sityhale ukuba sibe ngcono.
Into engekatshintshi yile nto abantu abafana no-Irving Penn kunye noRichard Avedon bandifundise yona: ukukhanya, ukuyila ngabom kunye nokuzithemba ukulandela ithuku lakho lokuyila-leyo yifomula engenakuhlala ikhokelela kwizakhelo ezingcono.
Njenge-PS ndivuka yonke imihla ndicinga, 'Iifoto zam ziyanya! Andisokuze ndiphinde ndisebenze!’. Nditsiba ebhedini naloo nto njengamandla am okuqhuba. Andiqinisekanga ukuba oko kunempilo kodwa kuyawenza ngokwenene umsebenzi.