Umthwebuli wezithombe u-Mariano Vivanco wethula incwadi yakhe yokuqala ye-retrospective enamakhasi angama-224 'Izimbali Ezibunjiwe Ezinqunu'. Ngaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu yokudubula ngaphansi kwebhande lakhe, u-Vivanco uhlanganisa ubuso bemfashini abadume kakhulu kuyo-kusuka kosaziwayo abafana. U-Rihanna futhi u-lady Gaga kuma-supermodels afanayo UNaomi Campbell futhi U-Irina Sheik . U-Vivanco uze abonise uthando lwakhe lokuthwebula izimbali ezinezithombe ezigqamile zezimbali ezimibalabala. Sisanda kuthola ithuba lokuhlangana nomthwebuli wezithombe kwinhlolokhono lapho exoxa khona ngencwadi entsha, indlela izinkundla zokuxhumana ezibe nomthelela ngayo esihlokweni nokunye.
Inkundla yezokuxhumana yinto engicabanga ngayo ngokuqaphela nangokuqhubekayo. Inkundla yezokuxhumana yenze ukuthwebula izithombe, zonke izinhlobo zakho, kusheshe futhi kufinyeleleke. Lokhu akuyona into embi ngempela.
Uyini umgomo wakho wokuthwebula kusukela ngesikhathi ofika ngaso?
Ukudala izithombe ezinhle abantu abazithandayo futhi bazikhumbule. Futhi ngosuku, ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi wonke umuntu uyaphuma ezizwa ekahle.
Uzikhethe kanjani ukuthi yiziphi izithombe ozongena encwadini?
Bekuyinqubo yeminyaka emibili yokuhlela nokuhlela kabusha wonke umsebenzi wami ukuze ngithole lokho okungimele kahle manje.
Waziwa ngomsebenzi wakho wemfashini, kodwa ngale ncwadi ubonisa uthando lwakho lokudubula izimbali. Kuyini okukukhangayo ngezimbali?
Izimbali ziyindlela ehlanzekile yobuhle. Abakaze babambe ukuze bangikhuthaze. Ngaqala ukuthwebula izimbali ngisengumfundi eMelbourne, e-Australia, futhi muva nje ngivuselele uthando lwami lokuzithwebula.
Unezincwadi eziningi manje. Ingabe okuhlangenwe nakho kokusebenza 'ku-Portraits Nudes Flowers' kuhluke kanjani kulokhu kokuqala kwakho?
I-Portraits Nudes Flowers ibhuku lami lokuqala le-retrospective. Kuyiqoqo leminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu yomsebenzi, futhi bengifuna ukubhala lokho.
Usudubule abantu abaningi abadumile phakathi neminyaka, ingabe ukhona ongakaze usebenze naye ongathanda ukumdubula?
Bengingathanda ukuthwebula u-Marilyn Monroe noCleopatra. Ngibakhuthaze kakhulu laba besifazane. Ngingathanda ukuthwebula u-Cate Blanchett ngolunye usuku. Ungomunye wabalingisi engibathandayo.
Yini othemba ukuthi abantu bayisuse encwadini?
Umuzwa wenhlalakahle, ukulangazelela, kanye nenjabulo.
Ubulokhu uyi-globetrotter kusukela usemncane. Ziphi izindawo zakho ozithandayo ongazivakashela?
Noma yikuphi lapho ngingaya khona nomndeni wami futhi nginqamule. Ukuthambekela kuye kwaba ukuthi minyaka yonke siya ePerú noma eNew Zealand, lapho kuhlala khona izingxenye zomkhaya wakithi oseduze.
Ubukhona bakho benkundla yezokuxhumana buqinile futhi uyasebenza kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi amakhulu. Ucabanga ukuthi inkundla yezokuxhumana isiguqule izithombe zemfashini nganoma iyiphi indlela? Uma kunjalo, kanjani?
Ngicabanga ukuthi konke kuxhumene. Isizathu sokuthi ngibize incwadi ethi Portraits Nudes Flowers ngaphandle kokuthi “kanye” noma okhefana ukwenza lula i-hashtag ethi #portraitsnudesflowers. Inkundla yezokuxhumana yinto engicabanga ngayo ngokuqaphela nangokuqhubekayo. Inkundla yezokuxhumana yenze ukuthwebula izithombe, zonke izinhlobo zakho, kusheshe futhi kufinyeleleke. Lokhu akuyona into embi ngempela. Encwadini entsha, uzothola ingxoxo ngezinkundla zokuxhumana phakathi kwami nombhali uJanet Mock.
Isiphi isikhathi esizigqaja ngaso emsebenzini wakho kuze kube manje?
Ukuthi abazali bami beze embukisweni wami wakamuva e-NYC, lapho ngibonise khona imisebenzi evela ku-Portraits Nudes Flowers.
