Imbono ende yembali ithande ukuba ngumgwebi womongameli. Njengoko sisondela kwinto uMongameli u-Obama anethemba lokuba iya kuba sesona sithuba siphakathi kwi-Ofisi ye-Oval, kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuba enze izigqibo kwilifa lakhe njengoMlawuli oyiNtloko. Into esiyaziyo kukuba ikota yokuqala ka-Obama ibe yimbali: umntu wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika ukubamba i-ofisi ephezulu yelizwe, u-Obama kunye noLawulo lwakhe baye balwa nokudodobala koqoqosho, balupasa uhlengahlengiso lwezempilo kunye nomthetho wokuphelisa umkhosi. , ungaxeleli” umgaqo-nkqubo, wayiphelisa ngokusesikweni imfazwe yase-Iraq waza wazisa u-Osama bin Laden.
Ngobunzima kunye noloyiso, uloyiso lukawonke-wonke kunye nezithintelo zabucala, igosa eliyintloko le-White House umfoti uPete Souza kunye neqela lakhe labafoti baye babhala ngokungakhathali izenzo zikaMongameli, iNenekazi lokuqala kunye neSekela likaMongameli ukususela ekubeni u-Obama wathatha isikhundla ekuqaleni kwe-2009.
Njengoko uMongameli eqhuba ixesha lesibini, i-LightBox yacela uSouza ukuba acinge ngexesha lakhe lokufota u-Obama kwaye abelane ngokuhlelwa kwemifanekiso yakhe ayithandayo ayenzileyo kunye nabasebenzi bakhe ngexesha lokuqala likaMongameli; Iifoto zinika umbono onomdla ocacileyo wobomi bukaMongameli ngelixa bepeyinta umfanekiso kaBarack Obama indoda, umyeni kunye notata.
“Ndizamile, ekuhlanganiseni olu hlelo, kungekuphela nje ukubonisa amanye amanqaku aphezulu okanye amanqaku aphantsi obongameli bakhe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kodwa imifanekiso enceda abantu baqonde ukuba unjani, kungekuphela nje njengoMongameli kodwa njengomntu, ” USouza uxelele IXESHA. "Kwaye indlela anxulumana ngayo nabanye abantu, indlela anxulumana ngayo nosapho lwakhe."
Inkqubo kaSouza incediswa bubudlelwane bakhe bexesha elide esebenza no-Obama - obo obandulela ubongameli. Badibana ngoJan 3, 2005, usuku lokuqala luka-Obama kwi-Senate. KuSouza, ngoko wayengumfoti waseChicago yenkulungwane's Washington Bureau, ibilusuku lokuqala lwesabelo sonyaka ukubhala ixesha leSenator entsha eofisini.
Njengoko isabelo savela, uSouza - owayesebenze njengomfoti we-White House ngexesha lexesha lesibini likaMongameli uReagan - waqala ukuqaphela into ekhethekileyo malunga neSenator. Ukuqonda izinto ezizayo, okanye ezinokwenzeka kwixesha elizayo. Waqala ukukhangela amaxesha anokuthi abonakale exabisekile kwixesha lembali, iifoto eziya kuchaza iminyaka yokuqala ka-Obama kwabo babaziyo ilifa lakhe kuphela.
“Ndandikhangela izinto endandizazi ukuba xa unokuba nguMongameli awusoze uphinde uzibone,” utshilo. “[UObama] wayehamba ecaleni kwendlela eMoscow ngowama-2005 yaye kwakungekho mntu umaziyo. Ndaqonda ukuba ukuba ukhe waba nguMongameli, awusoze, uwubone umfanekiso onje. Amathuba okuba nguMongameli ngokucacileyo mancinci kakhulu, kodwa bendisazi ukuba unako. Kwaye awukwazi ukuthetha oko ngabantu abaninzi kakhulu. "
USouza uqhubekile nokufota uSenator u-Obama, owathi wakhawuleza waba ngumgqatswa kamongameli u-Obama kwaye emva koko watyunjwa ngu-Obama. Ngokuphumelela konyulo luka-Obama luka-2008, uSouza wabuyela kwi-White House njengomfoti oyintloko we-White House kunye nomlawuli we-White House Photography Office.
Iifoto ezithathwe nguSouza zandisa umnombo wokufota i-White House eyaqala ngo-1960, okokuqala ngendlela ethile esasazekileyo ngexesha loLawulo lukaJohn F. Kennedy kwaye ngokusemthethweni ngakumbi kunye noYoichi Okamoto, umfoti kaLyndon B. Johnson. U-Okamoto uthathwa njengomfoti wokuqala ukubamba ubongameli ngeliso lembali. USouza uyakhawuleza ukuvuma nokudumisa umsebenzi wakhe kunye nabanye abaye balandela, kuquka uDavid Kennerly (Ford), uBob McNeely (Clinton) no-Eric Draper (uGeorge W. Bush).
Ukuhamba komsebenzi wedijithali yinto enye eyahlula umsebenzi kaSouza kuninzi lwabangaphambi kwakhe. Nangona wayengenguye ukuhambisa inkqubo kwidijithali - iDraper, umfoti kaBush, wenza utshintsho kwifilimu ukuya kwidijithali - uSouza wenza umfanekiso wokuqala osemthethweni woMongameli ozayo kunye nekhamera yedijithali. Ulawulo luka-Obama luwuqondile umnqweno onganelisekiyo wemifanekiso eyenziwe yiminyaka yedijithali kwaye yamkele iFlickr njengendlela yokusasaza ukufota komongameli.
Ulawulo lukhuthaza ukwabelana ngasemva kweefoto ngoku, utsho. “[Yayifuna] ukuseka indlela yokucaca ngakumbi kunalo naluphi na olunye uLawulo, ke inyanga nenyanga, sifaka ibhetshi entsha yeefoto ngasemva kwe-scenes. Impendulo ibintle kakhulu. ”
Kodwa ecaleni kokukhululeka okuziswe lixesha ledijithali kwafika ubunzima obunye: Umthetho weRekhodi kaMongameli uyanqanda uSouza kunye neqela lakhe ekucimeni nayiphi na imifanekiso. "Omnye wemicelimngeni yethu enkulu kukugcina yonke le mifanekiso," utshilo, eqaphela ubunzima obukhulu iqela eliya kuhlangabezana nalo lokuhambisa izigidi zeefayile zedijithali kuVimba weSizwe ekupheleni kwexesha lika-Obama.
Umsebenzi kaSouza kunye noMongameli ulandela kwixesha legolide lezithethe ezizezona zilungileyo ze-photojournalism, xa abafoti besebenzela iimagazini ezifana ne-LIFE baseka ubudlelwane kwaye bachitha ixesha elininzi bedubula imifanekiso eyenziwe kakuhle yabantu abaninzi.
“Ndichitha ixesha elininzi [noMongameli], ndimngqongile, kwiiholide, ngamanye amaxesha ngeempelaveki, kuxhomekeke kwinto eyenzekayo. Undiqhelile ukuba phakathi kwam,” utshilo uSouza. Njengoko umhlobo wakhe uPF Bentley eyichazayo, “Xa uMongameli ekhona, ndikhona. Kwaye xa uMongameli ephumile, ndisaqhuba.”
USouza ukhumbula enye intlanganiso awaphoswa yiyo ngenxa yokuba yaphinda yamiselwa engazi. “Ndacaphuka kancinci ngonobhala kaMongameli ngokungandixeleli ukuba bayisusile intlanganiso, kwaye [uMongameli] wasiva sithetha wathi, ‘Uthetha ngantoni? Ubukule ntlanganiso.' Undiqhelile ukubakho kangangokuba ebecinga ukuba bendikwintlanganiso ndingekho kwaukubakho. Ngoko ndayithatha loo nto njengokumncoma.”
Ukufikelela kwakhe kwisangqa sangaphakathi sika-Obama kunye nenkqubo yemihla ngemihla isukela kwintembeko awayakhe ngexesha lobudlelwane babo phambi komongameli. “Ndikho ukuze ndibhale phantsi ngobumongameli bakhe. Andikhangeli zifoto zitshiphu, kwaye ndicinga ukuba olo luhlobo lobudlelwane nawuphi na umfoti we-White House ekufuneka abenabo noMongameli abamgubungelayo, ”utshilo. "Ukuba banenqanaba lokufikelela kunye nokuthembela okuya kukhokelela kwiifoto ezibalulekileyo zembali."
USouza uyakwazi ngokubaluleka kweefoto azithathayo neqela lakhe, kodwa ukwagxile ekubambeni amathutyana amancinci kunye namathuba okwenza uLawulo luka-Obama lube lodwa. “Kukho iintsuku ocinga ngazo ngokuqinisekileyo ngokubaluleka kwento eyenzekayo- udlala indima ebalulekileyo ekubhaleni ngokubonakalayo eli xesha lembali,” utshilo. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, imifanekiso emininzi ekuxelela okuninzi ngoMongameli ayenziwa [ngaloo maxesha]. Kuxa ehleli nenye yeentombi zakhe, okanye xa kukho into engalindelekanga enokuthi ingabikho, uyazi, ibalulekile ngokwembali.”
“Ndicinga ukuba yiloo nto ekwenza uhlale ezinzwaneni zakho. Awusoze wazi ukuba ziya kwenzeka nini ezi zihlandlo, kuba azisoloko zisenzeka xa kusenzeka izinto ezinkulu,” utshilo. Umfanekiso ka-Obama edlala ekhephuni kunye noSasha noMalia bubungqina bendlela kaSouza. Ifoto ayingokaMongameli nje kuphela kodwa yeyomzuzwana ekwabelwana ngawo phakathi kotata neentombi zakhe.
Le mifanekiso yobuqu ijikeleza umfanekiso kaMongameli kaSouza kwaye iwunike ubunzulu obukhulu. Ngelixa elungiselela olu kuhlelwa kweLightBox, wavuma ukuba kwakunzima ukubonisa ukuba ubongameli bumalunga nantoni kwimifanekiso nje embalwa. Uthi: “Ngoku andijongi umfanekiso okwisinye. “Ndizama ukujonga iqela lomsebenzi, kwaye ke ndiyazingca ngolu hlelo ndilungenisileyo. Kum, zizo zonke ezi foto zidibene ezikuxelela okuthile ngale ndoda, lo Mongameli, kwaye ndiyaqikelela ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithile, malunga nam kunye nento endicinga ukuba ibalulekile.
Nangona ukuhlelwa kuka-Souza kunemifanekiso engaphezu kwe-100, asiyongxelo ebanzi yexesha lika-Obama e-ofisini. Uthi: “Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiye ndawashiya amanye amaxesha abalulekileyo. “Andiqondi ukuba ndibandakanye nantoni na kumsitho weBhaso loXolo lweNobel, kwaye yimbali ngokwayo — uphumelele iBhaso loXolo lweNobel. Kodwa yayingadibani nothotho lwemifanekiso endandifuna ukuyibonisa.”
USouza kaMongameli uthi: “Ngokuqinisekileyo wenze imbali ngokuba nguMongameli wokuqala wase-Afrika-waseMelika. Ngethemba kwizizukulwana ezizayo, kungekudala siza kuba noMongameli obhinqileyo okanye uMongameli wase-Hispanic, kwaye akunamsebenzi kangako. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba xa unokumbuza, ufuna ukukhunjulwa ngezinto azenzileyo.”
KuSouza, kunzima okwangoku ukucinga kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo kunye neefoto ezenziwe nguye neqela lakhe. "Enye yezinto ezinzima, ukwenza oku yonke imihla, kukuba nethuba lokuhlala phantsi kwaye uthabathe yonke into. Ukudibanisa ezi foto kuye kwanceda kancinci," utsho. “Unoloyiko oluncinci ngayo yonke into eyenzeka kwiminyaka emine, kuba zininzi izinto ezenzekileyo. Ndiyathemba ukuba liza kufika ixesha apho, xa ndingawenzi lo msebenzi, ndikwazi ukuhlala ndicamngce ngayo yonke into adlule kuyo nayo yonke into endidlule kuyo.”
Umboniso womsebenzi kaSouza, I-Obama White House-Iifoto nguPete Souza, ibonwa kwiGalari yaseLeica kwisiXeko saseNew York ukusuka ngomhla wesi-5 ukuya kuNovemba we-10, ngo-2012.
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