Ubani uLaura Grier Travel?
U-Laura Grier uyi-multi-hyphenate, travel photographer osezakhele igama njengomthwebuli wezithombe wohambo olusha, intatheli yezithombe, umthwebuli wezithombe osezingeni eliphezulu, kanye nomthwebuli wezithombe womshado wendawo. Ungumuntu othanda izinto ezithokozisayo futhi ugxile kakhulu kwezokuvakasha nokubhala ngezinto ezintsha nabantu ahlangana nabo. Ubuhlakani bakhe nethalente lidlulela ngalé kokuthatha izithombe, njengoba ephinde abe umsunguli we-Andeana Hats, ibhizinisi elisebenza ngokukhethekile ngezigqoko ezenziwe ngezandla ngabadwebi besifazane abangama-Quechua abanemali ebuyisela emphakathini ngokuqondile.
Beliyini uhambo lukaLaura kuze kube manje?
Waba umthwebuli wezithombe ngoba wayezifela ngokubuka uJacques Cousteau kanye nesiteshi seNational Geographic esemncane. Empeleni wayecabanga ukuthi wayefuna ukuba i-Zoologist noma i-Archaeologist ebuntwaneni bakhe bonke, ngoba kuye lokho kwakusho ukuba ngu-Indiana Jones! Manje ngalokho, uLaura wayenokukhuliswa okungavamile kakhulu okwaqala ukuthonya umsebenzi wakhe nokuhlanganisa uthando lwakhe ngo-Indiana Jones: ekhula, bobabili abazali bakhe basebenzela i-CIA futhi bamiswa emhlabeni wonke. Esemncane, wayehlala e-Indonesia, eThailand naseJakarta, futhi uLaura wayehlala enamasiko ahluke ngokuphelele kweyakhe. Lokho kwakumnike amathuluzi okuqonda ngempela okwengeziwe ngomhlaba omzungezile futhi kwadala ukuzulazula ngaphakathi kuye obekufaka imibala kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, okwasiza ekwakheni inkampani yakhe yezithombe, Izithombe Zosuku Oluhle.
Ukudala Izigqoko ze-Andeana yagqugquzelwa uhambo oluya ePeru, lapho abasunguli ababambisene nabo u-Pats Krysiak no-Laura bathola izigqoko eziyingqayizivele, ezenziwe ngezandla ezakhiwe abesifazane besiQuechua ezindaweni ezikude ze-Sacred Valley, ePeru. U-Laura no-Pats bakha izigqoko ze-Andeana njengendlela yokweseka laba besifazane abasebenza ngobuciko ngokuletha izigqoko zabo emakethe yomhlaba wonke ama-artisan ayengeke akwazi ukuyifinyelela, okwenza lezi zingcweti zesifazane zibe abondli emakhaya abo, futhi ziletha ukuqwashisa kumasiko abo. imikhuba, ukusiza ukugcina ubuciko babo kanye nolimi lwabo oluvezwa ngomlomo kuphela nasemaphethini alukiwe. Lezi nzalo zabantu base-Inca zenza lokho i-National Geographic ebhekisela “kubuciko obushabalalayo”; isiko lasendulo lokuluka noma lokufekethisa eliye ladluliselwa phakathi namakhulu eminyaka ngabesifazane ngokwesiko labo. Ngakho-ke ngaphandle kwemakethe yomhlaba wonke yokwabelana nokuthengisa lezi zimpahla, lawa masiko azophela.
Njengoba la mabhizinisi ekhula, u-Laura akakalahlekelwa uthando lwakhe lokubhala kanye nokuthwebula izingxenye ezihlukahlukene zomhlaba. Enye yezindaba azithandayo zezithombe azibhalile futhi wazithwebula eye-Global Women's Education Project e-Senegal, lapho inhlangano isiza ukwakha nokunakekela izikole zamantombazane asemancane emiphakathini ebingeke ibe nalo ithuba. Manje uLaura useshicilelwe yi-National Geographic, People Magazine, Forbes, HuffPost, Tastemade, Thrillist, Lonely Planet, Matador Network, kanye nezinye izincwadi ezingenakubalwa nama-podcasts. Muva nje, uLaura uvezwe emsakazweni we-NBC weCalifornia Live woSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, egqamisa umsebenzi wakhe njengowesifazane kwezamabhizinisi.
Yiziphi izinselelo namathuba leli bhizinisi elibhekene nawo?
Njengomuntu owenza izinto eziningi, u-Laura ubhekene nezinselelo zokulinganisa amabhizinisi akhe ahlukahlukene. Enye yezinselelo ezinkulu abhekana nazo ukumela konke akwenzayo ngaphandle kokucindeza muntu! Akagcini nje ngokuvakasha futhi athengise amaphrinta obuciko amahle, futhi akamane enze izithombe zomshado noma avele athengise izigqoko ezinhle ezenziwe ngezandla. Ukuqhamuka nokufiphaza okusheshayo ngaye akulula neze. Kodwa-ke, uLaura uyawabona namathuba atholakala ngokuba nesethi yamakhono ahlukahlukene. Amakhono akhe okuthwebula amenza akwazi ukuthola imali futhi ahlukanise iholo lakhe ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene ezinjengokwenza okuqukethwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ukuthengisa izigqoko, ukwenza izithombe zobuciko obuhle, ukubonisana namabhizinisi, nokuthwebula imbulunga yezinhlangano ezahlukahlukene.
Enye yezinto ezimangalisayo uLaura aziwa ngayo manje yi-"Global Goddess Shoots" yakhe. Lawa mahlumela afaka abesifazane abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba, abagqoke izingubo eziwubukhazikhazi nobucwebe, abathwetshulwe ezindaweni ezimangalisayo emhlabeni wonke. Njengoba uLaura manje esehambele amazwe angama-88 (kuze kube manje!), eqala ukuthwebula futhi anikeze amandla abesifazane ukuthi bamukele unkulunkulukazi wabo wangaphakathi. Sekungenye yezinto azithandayo zokuthatha izithombe futhi isibe wuphawu lomsebenzi kaLaura kanye nobufakazi bekhono lakhe njengomthwebuli wezithombe.
Sithini iseluleko sikaLaura kwamanye amabhizinisi?
Iseluleko sikaLaura kosomabhizinisi abasafufusa siwukuphatha imibono yabo ngothando nangokuzinikela, kunokuba bayibuke njengento yokuzilibazisa noma njengebhizinisi eseceleni. Ukhuthaza osomabhizinisi ukuthi banake imibono yabo ngendlela ebafanele futhi bagweme ukuyithatha njengemicabango nje. Uphinde agcizelele ukubaluleka kokubeka imingcele kwezamabhizinisi. Njengosomabhizinisi, kungase kube nzima ukuvala nokudala amahora okusebenza, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuziphendulela futhi ubeke imingcele ukuze ugweme ukutubeka.
U-Laura Grier uyisihambi esimangalisayo esinama-hyphenate amaningi esimenze waba wuphawu embonini yezithombe nezokuvakasha. Uthando lwakhe lokuhamba nokuthatha izithombe lumholele ekutheni enze izithombe ezinhle ezithwebula ubuhle bomhlaba. Ukuzimisela kwakhe nomoya wakhe wosomabhizinisi kumvumele ukuthi akhe amabhizinisi aphumelelayo futhi akhuthaze abanye ukuthi baphishekele amaphupho abo. Uhambo lukaLaura luwubufakazi bamandla okulandela izifiso zomuntu kanye nemivuzo ehambisana nokusebenza kanzima nokuzinikela.
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