Ngaba iFunny Drive ingatshintsha?

Umhlaba unyuka umgama ngokungafaniyo nenyanga. Ibhere emhlophe ijinga kwindawo yomkhenkce edadayo. Ingcwangube egalelwe ioli.

Ifana ngantoni yonke le mifanekiso? Ngamnye uye wasebenza njengobuso beentshukumo zokusingqongileyo.

Owona mceli mngeni mkhulu wolondolozo lwaselwandle? Ukunqongophala kofikelelo kunye nokuqonda into ehamba phantsi kwamanzi. Ukufota kunokusikhumbuza isizathu sokuba sonke kufuneka sisebenzele ukugcina into entle.

Ingwane ikhukuliseka kwiSiqithi saseSan Miguel. (c) URichard Salas

Kwisiseko soLwandle, siyawaqonda amandla omfanekiso. Sasekwa nguWolcott Henry, umfoti weNational Geographic. UHenry wadala i-Marine Photobank kwi-2001, i-website enikezela ngemifanekiso ephezulu yeempembelelo zomntu kwindawo yolwandle. Umbono wavela kwiminyaka yokubona imifanekiso esetyenziswa kushicilelo olungenzi nzuzo olungenabuchule bokukhuthaza ulondolozo.

Abafoti abanetalente babaluleke kakhulu ukubalisa ibali lezinto eziqhubeka ngaphantsi komhlaba kwaye kutheni kufuneka sizikhusele.

Ndibe nolonwabo olwahlukileyo lokuhlala phantsi nomhlobo, umxhasi kunye nomfoti ophantsi kwamanzi, uRichard Salas, kule veki iphelileyo eSanta Barbara.

USalas waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokufota emva kokuba utitshala wesikolo esiphakamileyo wamtsalela ecaleni waza wamxelela ukuba enze isenzo sakhe kunye. Kwabakho into ecofayo, kwaye wayeka “ukumosha ixesha” waza waqhubeka nokuthanda ukufota.

Kwakungekho de kwikholeji apho waqala ukuya ngaphantsi kwamanzi, kwaye wathandana nehlabathi elingaphantsi komhlaba.

Emva kwekholeji, walandela ukufota kwezorhwebo ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30. Ubomi bakhe bajika bajika xa inkosikazi yakhe ethandekayo uRebecca (endiye ndonwabile ukudibana naye) wafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza ngo-2004. Ngesikhokelo sakhe wabuyela kuthando lwakhe olude olulahlekileyo - ukufota phantsi kwamanzi.

URichard Salas nomfazi wakhe uRebecca, owamnceda wabuyela emanzini.

I-Salas ngoku ipapashe i-trilogy yeencwadi ezingaphantsi kwamanzi, egcwele imifanekiso ephefumulayo yehlabathi lethu efihlwe ngaphantsi komhlaba. Ngokusebenzisa kwakhe ukukhanya ngobuchule, ubamba ubuntu bezidalwa ezibonakala zingaqhelekanga kuthi. Usebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo ukufota kwakhe ukudibanisa abantu kwezi zidalwa, kwaye enze imvakalelo yentlonipho kunye noxanduva lwentlalontle yabo.

I-Salas inika ngesisa i-50% yenzuzo yeencwadi kwi-Ocean Foundation. Thenga iincwadi zakhe Apha.

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Into oyithandayo ukuyifota?

Umgxeki endiwuthanda kakhulu ukufota yiNgonyama yoLwandle lwaseSteller. Zizinja eziyi-700 zeeponti ezingakushiyi wedwa. Ukufun' ukwazi kwabo kunye nokudlala kuluvuyo kunye nomngeni wokubamba ngelixa betyhalwa kwaye bebanjwa ngalo lonke ixesha. Ndiyayithanda inkangeleko yobuso babo kunye namehlo abo amakhulu anomdla.

Ingonyama yolwandle edlalayo ihlola ikhamera. (c) URichard Salas 

Sesiphi esona sidalwa sihle usidubileyo?

Imitha yeManta zezinye zezona zilwanyana zithandekayo endakha ndanewonga lokwabelana nolwandle. Ezinye ziyi-18 iinyawo ububanzi kunye ne-3600 yeeponti. Batyibilika ngokulula kuka-Martha Graham edanisa ukunqumla isibhakabhaka esinamanzi. Ngamanye amaxesha umntu uye wayeka ukujonga emehlweni am kwaye iba ngamava okomoya, incoko ebonakalayo ukusuka kwelinye uhlobo ukuya kwelinye.

Nasiphi na isilwanyana ongekasiboni onethemba lokusithatha ngekhamera?

Kusafuneka ndibe nomnenga kwaye ndikhangele phambili kuloo mini ngolindelo nochulumanco olukhulu. Ndiye ndaziva iingoma zabo kwaye ndaziva zingcangcazela emzimbeni wam, nto leyo eyayiluvuyo olumsulwa kum. Ukuba semanzini nenye yezi zigebenga zintle kwaye uzifote liphupha lobomi bonke.

Ucinga ukuba yintoni eyenza ifoto elungileyo?

Nawuphi na umfanekiso okhupha imvakalelo kumbukeli ulungile.

I-nudibranch yeshawl yaseSpain, igama layo livela kwisimbo sayo sokuqubha, esikhumbuza izazinzulu ngeetshawuli ezinomphetho ezinxitywa ngabadanisi beflamenco. (c) URichard Salas 

Ukuba unokuba nasiphi na isilwanyana elwandle ungakhetha esiphi?

Ndicinga ukuba umnenga we-Orca uya kuba ngowona unika umdla. Baqhelene kakhulu nosapho kwaye baziinkosi elwandle. Nabo bakrelekrele kakhulu. Kuya kuba mnandi ukuba sonke sihlala kwipod kwaye siqubhe iilwandlekazi zehlabathi nosapho lwam kunye nabahlobo.

Ngaba ubona nantoni na ethile ekuphazamisayo elwandle?

Inkunkuma isoloko indifaka emsileni, yaye izilwanyana ezinenkunkuma zixhonywe ezintanyeni, emilenzeni, okanye emaphikweni. Ukubona iindawo zokuntywila bendidla ngokuntywila phaya emva ngeminyaka yee-70s ngoku zijongeka zingekho bomi. Ukubona ookrebe abafileyo nezinye izilwanyana ezibanjiswe kwiminatha yokuloba elahliweyo.

Unonkala oneentloni ozimela emva kweqhekeza le-kelp. (c) URichard Salas 

Naziphi na iimeko eziyingozi? Ziziphi ezihlekisayo?

Imeko eyingozi kuphela endiye ndahlala kuyo kukuzifumanisa ndikwi-90 ezinyaweni ngaphantsi komhlaba ndilungisa izixhobo zam kwaye ngokukhawuleza ndabethelwa ubunzima bomzimba obupheleleyo bomnye umdibi njengoko wayetshona ngokukhawuleza. Besilungile sobabini kanye ndayeka ukwehla kwakhe. Amava am kukuba ezona zilwanyana ziyingozi ngaphantsi kwamanzi ngabantu.

Eyona meko ihlekisayo kukubukela unyana wam ekhulula amaphiko akhe kwaye "abaleke" ejikeleza emazantsi esanti elwandle ngokucotha. Ukhangeleka ngathi uxhumela enyangeni, kwaye ukubona ukudlala kwakhe ngokulula kunye novuyo olumsulwa lokuba ngaphantsi kwamanzi kuhlala kundenza ndihleke.

Yeyiphi imingeni ojongene nayo phantsi kwamanzi xa uthelekisa nokuthatha iifoto emhlabeni?

Andikwazi ukuphefumlela phantsi apho ngaphandle kokuzisa umoya wam, ngoko ke ndifumana ixesha elithile lokuba ndibe phaya ezantsi kwaye lihlala libonakala lifutshane kakhulu. Ukukhanya kwehla ngokukhawuleza ngaphantsi kwamanzi, ngoko ke kufuneka ndingenise ngakumbi. Amanzi anetyuwa kunye nee-elektroniki zekhamera ngokuqinisekileyo azixubeki. Ukugcina ukufudumala kumanzi angama-41 kusoloko kungumngeni, andinakuhamba ndinxibe i sweatshi. Iindawo endithanda ukuntywila kuzo zinezondlo kwaye zizele bubomi, kodwa icala elisezantsi lingabonakali kakuhle, nto leyo engumceli mngeni othe rhoqo.

Umntywili udada ecaleni kokrebe. (c) URichard Salas