Kuona Windy City kuburikidza neList of the Noted Photographer
Nigel Barker zvakajeka ane ziso rekunaka kwechokwadi. Amai vake vaiva Miss Sri Lanka. Mudzimai wake in-dem require fashion model. Uye iye anonyanya kuzivikanwa nokuda kwebasa rake semutongi uye mufananidzo weTra Banks ' "America's Next Top Model" inoenderana nenyaya.
Anowanzova muWyy City kwaMacy's on State Street (akagara mukati mzvimbo yekare yainzi Marshall Field's Building ), pamwe nekutsvaga kwake kwemazuva ano kukurudzira bhuku rake rekutsvaga mifananidzo, Models of Influence (Harper Collins, 2015).
Ndiyo mutero wake kune vakadzi makumi maviri vanoverengeka - kubva kuna Twiggy kuenda kuna Naomi Campbell kuna Kate Upton - avo vakanga vachifambisa uye vakagadzirirwa tsika dzevanhu uye mhizha yemafashoni mumakumi ose emakore.
Munguva dzeBarker dzakawanda dzinofamba kuenda kuChicago, akacherechedza kunaka kwose kwose kwaanoenda, kubva pakatarisa mafashoni vanhu vanofamba pasi pasi neMagnificent Mile kuti vaone zvivako zvakajeka uye zvifananidzo zvakaita seBean . Takakurukura pamwe naye dzimwe nguva dzaaida chaizvo.
NekuChicago Kuramba : Ndakanzwa kuti iwe wakanga uri kugara kuSoho House Chicago . Yaiva iyi nguva yako yokutanga here? Iwe unofungei nezvezviitiko?
Nigel Baker: Ini ndakagara imomo katatu (kuti ndive nehuno). Ndakatanga kugara ipapo pamusoro pemavhiki ekutanga iyo yakazaruka. Ndave nhengo yekambani kwemakore mazhinji.
ACT: Wakawana mukana wekutarisa purogiramu ye "One While Changing" apo bartender inouya kuzotenderera vintage drink motokari muimba yako kuti ikudururire joro rinokurudzira here?
Kubva pamasikati kusvika pa9 masikati
NB: Ndinowanzopfuura nepasi. Handifungi kuti ndambove muimba yangu pakati pe6 ne9. Ndinogara ndiri pano ndichiita chimwe chiitiko kana chimwe chinhu, saka zvimwe hachisi chinhu chandinokwanisa kushandisa. Izvozvo zvakabudirira chaizvo! Ndiyo British kwamuri.
ACT: Unofarira Soho House Chicago kupfuura vamwe veboka ramakashanyira here?
NB: Ndinovada ivo vose zvechokwadi. Ndiri kunzwa (yeChicago nzvimbo) ine nzvimbo yakawanda yakawanda uye nzvimbo. Somugumisiro weizvi, makamuri acho akanaka chaizvo uye makuru uye akanyatsonaka akaitwa uye akanyatsofungidzirwa zvakanaka. Iyo iri muNew York yakanaka, asi uri kurwira chigaro, icho chakanaka kwavari asi kwete chikuru kune mutengi. Ikoko ini ndakange ndiri kumusoro padziva kwemaminitsi makumi matatu - saka ndakakwanisa kudonha mamwe maChicago enyu - uye ndakawana chigaro padziva pasina chinetso.
MITAMBO: Chii chaive chiitiko chakadai?
NB: Vechiduku uye vanonakidza uye vanotonhorera, uye ndakamhanya kune mumwe munhu wandaiziva. Ndizvo zvinzvimbo iyo ndeyekuti: kutengesa mukati mefashoni uye vhidhiyo uye varaidzo (industries).
ACT: Wakaona here kuti Soho House Chicago iriwo munharaunda inopisa zvikuru muChicago, inonzi West Loop ?
NB: Ndakanga ndazvinzwa izvozvi, uye ini ndaibva kunzvimbo inopisa zvikuru muNew York, iyo ndiyo Meatpacking District muWest Village . Ndine manzwiro ezvo. Ndinoda nzvimbo dzakadaro. Ndizvo zvakare chikonzero nei ndinoda kugara ipapo. Ndave ndichigara ndichifarira kwamuri kuona yakaoma uye yakagadzirirwa yakasangana kumusoro uye posh.
Ndinofunga kuti "Zvepabonde neGuta" vibe ye graffiti pane imwe mugumo uye kirabhu yakanaka chaizvo ye bespoke iri pedyo nayo inotaura zvakawanda pamusoro pemaguta ari chaizvoizvo.
Chero guta ripi rinogona kugadziriswa kusvika pane imwe nzvimbo iyo inorasikirwa nehuzivi kana kuti yakanyatsopera, asi kana iyo ichisangana pamwe chete ndiyo apo iwe unowana hukama hwakasimba. Ndinonzwa kuti iyo magetsi uye iwe unonzwa uchigadzira uye zvese zvinotyisa uye zvinogona kuva zviduku zvishoma, asi panguva imwechete zvinokurudzira uye kune kupisa kunoenderera mberi.
MUTA: Wakamboongorora chero mimwe mimwe nzvimbo kana kudya pane nzvimbo ipi zvayo inofadza iwe unogona kuyeuka offhand?
NB: Ndakakwanisa kufamba-famba zvishoma usiku kana ndine nguva. Ndakanga ndiri kuRPM Italian uye ini ndakagara paTrump kare, iyo yakanga yakanaka kwazvo. Ndakanga ndiine maonero makuru uye ini zvechokwadi ndaiva nezvokudya zvakakura ( paZvigumi nematanhatu ). Ndaifarirawo nzvimbo yakawanda.
ACT: Wakave uchienda kuChicago nguva dzakakwana kuti uone zviratidzo zveguta racho here?
NB: Ndinoda chaizvo kufamba pasi nerwizi parugwenga uye kutarisa mabhiriji.
Ndinowanzotenderera. Ndinoda imba yekuvakwa . Kwandiri, zvikamu zvekare zveguta ndezvikamu zvandinoda chaizvo apo iwe unonyatsoona nhoroondo uye iwe unowana pfungwa yekuti guta racho rave kupi. Zvino, zvechokwadi, pane The Bean , iyo inonakidza kuona uye inoratidza kuti guta rinogona kuenda kupi.
ACT: Sezvo muve mufananidzo, unotarisa Chicago kubva pane imwe nzvimbo yekuona kuti iwe ungachipfura sei?
NB: Ndinofunga kuti ndinoita izvi kwose kwandinoenda. Pamwe hapasi muongorori wemufananidzo uyo asingatongopindi mune imwe nzvimbo kana mumugwagwa uye anofunga saizvozvi. Kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzichaita kuti iwe unzwe saizvozvo, kubva pakuvakwa kwekugadzira kusvika pakatarisa kusvika kune feng shui kusvika panguva yegore kune zvose. Somuenzaniso, ndakauya kuChicago pazuva rakanaka uye ndinofunga nezvekuti vanhu vane chitubu munzira dzavo uye kuti zvinotarisana sei nechemukati.
ACT: Ndeapi mamwe matanho ezvakaitika kare akatora ziso rako muChicago?
NB: Kufamba pasi kweMagnificent Mile kunoshamisa. Zvinoshamisa. Paunowona zvose zvivigiro uye zvitoro uye zvivako uye nenzira iyo yave yakavakwa zvikuru kune rumwe rutivi, unogona kuvhara maziso ako uye unofungidzire iwe muma1920 kana 1950. Iko nguva dzose chinhu chinonakidza kufunga nezvazvo, nhoroondo yenzvimbo ipi neipi uye ndiani akafamba pano uye izvo zvinofanira kunge zvakatarisa panguva iyoyo. Kwete maguta ose anogona kuita izvozvo.
ACT: Kana uchifananidza Chicago neimwe yemaguta makuru pasi rose, inowedzerwa kupi?
NB: Chicago inotengesa zvikuru. Vanhu havasi kufunga nguva dzose nezveChicago kana vachifunga nezveAmerica maguta. Vanogara vachifunga nezveNew York kana kunyange Washington, DC - nokuti ndiyo inokosha - asi Chicago ndiyo guta rakasiyana chaizvo. Icho chava kufanana nehurukuro shoma yeNew York.
Kana iwe ukatora zvose zvakanakisa zveManhattan uye ukazviisa pamwe chete, zvakanyanya chaizvo izvo Chicago iri. Uye ine mwoyo wakakura chaizvo. Vanhu vari pano vari kushanda zvakaoma, vane ruzivo rwakanyanya kwavari uye ivo vari kugamuchira zvikuru. Izvo zvinonakidza uye chimwe chinhu chatinacho muNew York. Ndiri fan guru weChicago uye iri kumusoro uko seimwe yenhamba imwe yemaguta muAmerica.
ACT: Paunofunga pamusoro pe "chimiro" cheChicago, iwe ungatsanangura sei zvakanyanya?
NB: Iyo inotyisa iri magetsi pano. Kunyange paunouya pakati pechando-apo dzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakapfigwa - vanhu vari pano vanoenda kunze uye vanoda kuziva guta racho. Maresitorendi aya achiri kurohwa kwavari. Vanhu vanofara paunopinda mairi, uye ini ndinofunga kuti icho chinhu chakanakisisa uye chinotaura chimwe chinhu pamusoro peguta. Vanhu vanozvikudza neguta rino.