UPhil Williams umi egcekeni lendlu yakhe eTelegraph Hill, eSan Francisco, eduze kwesithombe sakhe sikankulunkulukazi waseRoma uFortuna.
Njengoba umdwebi we-landscape u-Amey Papitto elungiselela iSan Francisco Artists Guild Fair eWashington Square Park ngeSonto ekuseni, iso lakhe labamba umuntu oshwabene ophahleni lwe-Telegraph Hill elibhekene nepaki.
“Kwakunjengowesifazane onesambulela ukuze azivikele emoyeni,” kusho uPapito. Waqaphela ukuthi isambulela sasinyakaza ngokwanele ukuba simdonsele ukunakekela ephuzwini eliphakathi komcibisholo ocijile weBandla Labangcwele uPetru noPaul kanye neCoit Tower egqumeni.
Njengoba kufakwe isihlabathi phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezimbili, ilukuluku libonakala likhukhulwe esibhakabhakeni ngesikhathi kunesiphepho sasebusika, futhi uma u-Papitto engashiya umbukiso wezobuciko futhi alandele ilukuluku lakhe epaki, ngomugqa wangeSonto ekuseni endlini kamama wakhe, izixuku zokudla, futhi ezansi noGreenwich— ngomgwaqo oya kuGrant, ubona uPhil Williams phezu kwendlu ephezu kwegquma.
UWilliams, unjiniyela wezokwakha osewathatha umhlalaphansi, wamisa lapha umfanekiso kankulunkulukazi wamaRoma uFortuna, umfanekiso walowo awubona eGreat Canal eVenice. Wakha umfanekiso futhi wawufaka ophahleni lwakhe ngoFebhuwari, ngoba nje wayenomuzwa wokuthi idolobha lakhe elisha lidinga ukuvuselelwa.
"Wonke umuntu eSan Francisco ubambekile futhi udangele," uWilliams, 77, echazela izintatheli ezazingqongqoza emnyango wakhe. "Abantu bafuna okuthile okubukeka kukuhle futhi okubakhumbuza ukuthi kungani behlala eSan Francisco kwasekuqaleni."
Ngokuyinhloko i-vane yesimo sezulu, umsebenzi wobuciko wakhiwe phezu kwe-mannequin yesitayela sombukiso okwakudingeka ihlukaniswe ukuze ikhuphuke izitebhisi ezingu-60 ezitebhisi eziwumngcingo kakhulu ze-Williams House enezitezi ezintathu ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba ngo-1906. Uma isendaweni yophahla, ifakwe ebhokisini elingamamitha amane ubude elinesithako esivumela ucezu ukuba lujikeleze eksisi yalo. U-Fortune ngokwakhe ungamafidi angu-6 ubude, kodwa inkundla imnika ukuphakama okungamamitha angu-12, ophahleni lwamafidi angu-40 ukusuka emgwaqeni ongafinyelelwa kuwo ngezitebhisi. Izingalo zakhe ezeluliwe zibambe umumo ofana noseyili, njengokungathi uwubhakuzisa emoyeni.
Kodwa ngisho nasekuphakameni okunjalo, umbono we-Fortuna ovela emgwaqweni uvaliwe. Uyakuhlupha ngayo yonke inkazimulo yakhe yegolide, njengoba kwenza uPapitto, osepaki elingaphesheya kwesitolo sika-Mario's Bohemian Cigar.
Isithombe sikankulunkulukazi wamaGreki u-Fortune sakhanyiswa kuvulandi ophahleni lwendlu kaPhil Williams phakathi nephathi e-San Francisco.
UMonique Dorthy waseRoseville namadodakazi akhe amabili bahambe besuka eGreenwich baya e-Coit Tower ngeSonto beyobona isifanekiso se-Cramer Place, esanele ukumvimbela ukuba angaphefumuli aze afike maphakathi nebhulokhi.
“Kwakungowesifazane. Angazi ukuthi ubephetheni – uhlobo oluthile lwefulegi,” kusho yena. Ethi lesi sithombe siwubuciko besakhamuzi, wathi, “Uma kumlethela injabulo nenjabulo edolobheni, ngiyakuthanda.”
UWilliams unethemba lokunikeza umlayezo ojulile kuFortuna, unkulunkulukazi wenhlanhla wamaRoma, esophahleni lwakhe.
“Angiboni kuwumqondo omuhle ukubethela okuthile ophahleni lwebhilidi,” usho kanje. “Kodwa kunengqondo. Inhlanhla isitshela ukuthi imimoya yokudalelwa ivunguza kuphi. Kusikhumbuza indawo yethu emhlabeni.”
UWilliams, ongowokufika waseBrithani owaziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wobunjiniyela exhaphozini laseChrissy Field, wayengakaze ezwe ngoFortune ngaphambi kokuthatha unkosikazi wakhe uPatricia eholidini aye eVenice ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane. Igumbi labo lehhotela lalibheke i-Dogana di Mare, indlu yamasiko yekhulu le-17, ngaphesheya kweGrand Canal. Kukhona i-vane yesimo sezulu ophahleni. Umhlahlandlela uthe unkulunkulukazi u-Fortuna, owadalwa umqophi we-baroque uBernardo Falcone. Ixhunywe kulesi sakhiwo kusukela ngo-1678.
UWilliams ubefuna indawo entsha ekhangayo ophahleni ngemuva kokuputshuka kwekhamera ayakhe ophahleni ophahleni lwezindaba kwadingeka ukuthi idilizwe.
Wangena wazungeza iWashington Square ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi uphahla lwakhe luyabonakala. Ube esebuyela emzini wakhe wafonela umngani wakhe, umqophi wezithombe uPetaluma, 77, uTom Cipes.
"Ngokushesha waqaphela amandla obuciko okuphinda acabange ngesithombe esiqoshiwe saseVenetian sangekhulu le-17 futhi asilethe eSan Francisco," kusho uWilliams.
UCipes unikele ngomsebenzi wakhe, owawubiza izinyanga eziyisithupha. UWilliams ulinganisela ukuthi izinto zokwakha zibiza u-$5,000. Isisekelo se-fiberglass sitholwe eMannequin Madness e-Auckland. Inselele kaCipes yayiwukumgcwalisa ngohlaka lwamathambo ensimbi nosimende olwaluqine ngokwanele ukuba lukwazi ukusekela umhlabathi wakhe unomphela, nokho lulula ngokwanele ukusonteka lapho umoya uvunguza izinwele zakhe ezihlanganiswe kahle. Ukuthinta okokugcina kwakuyi-patina esegolideni lakhe, okwamenza wabukeka eshaywe yinkungu nemvula.
Isithombe sikankulunkulukazi waseRoma uFortune simi ophahleni lwendlu kaPhil Williams e-Telegraph Hill eSan Francisco.
UWilliams wakha uhlaka phezu kwembobo lapho ikhamera obscura ngabe ime khona, okwenza indawo yesisekelo sikaFortune. Ufake amalambu aphansi ukuze akhanyise isifanekiso kusukela ngo-8 kuya ku-9 ebusuku, isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukwengeza i-vibe yasebusuku epaki, kodwa hhayi isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuphazamisa kakhulu omakhelwane abakhanyisiwe.
Ngo-February 18, ngobusuku buka-February obucwathile, obungenanyanga, lapho kucwayiza izibani zedolobha, ukuvulwa okuvaliwe kwabangane kwenzeka. Ngamunye ngamunye bagibela izitebhisi ophahleni, lapho uWilliams adlala khona irekhodi likaCarmina Burana, i-oratorio eyabhalelwa iFortuna ekhulwini lama-20. Bayithose nge-prosecco. Uthisha waseNtaliyane wafunda inkondlo ethi “O Fortune” wabe esenamathisela amagama esisekelweni sesithombe.
"Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, sammisa futhi sakha isiphepho," kusho uWilliams. "Angifuni ukuthuthumela kakhulu, kodwa kufana nokuthi ubize i-wind genie."
Kwakubanda ngeSonto ekuseni futhi kunomoya, uFortune wayedansa, ekwazi ukufaka umqhele ekhanda futhi ephakamisa useyili.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi kupholile,” kusho indoda ezibize ngegama likaGregory, eyashayela isuka emzini wayo ePacific Heights ukuze ihambe idlula eWashington Square. "Ngiyayithanda i-hipster yaseSan Francisco."
U-Sam Whiting ube yintatheli ye-San Francisco Chronicle kusukela ngo-1988. Waqala njengomlobi wekholomu kaHerb Kahn ethi “People” futhi usebhale ngabantu kusukela lapho. Uyintatheli yezinhloso ezijwayelekile egxile ekubhaleni izichazamazwi ezinde. Uhlala e-San Francisco futhi uhamba amakhilomitha amathathu ngosuku emigwaqweni ewumqansa yedolobha.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-12-2023