- Isithombe se-Bliss esivela ku-Windows XP sibonisa intaba yangempela eSonoma, eCalifornia, ethathwe nguCharles O'Rear ngo-1998 ngefilimu ye-analog ngaphandle kokulungiswa kabusha kwedijithali.
- I-Microsoft ithole wonke amalungelo nge-Corbis ngesamba sezinombolo eziyisithupha futhi yenza kwaba isizinda esiyingqayizivele esizenzakalelayo sohlelo lwe-Windows XP.
- Indawo yangempela ishintshe izikhathi eziningana, ishintshana phakathi kwamadlelo aluhlaza nezivini, kuyilapho isithombe sokuqala sisalokhu siwuphawu lwesikhathi se-XP.
- I-Bliss ibhekwa njengenye yezithombe ezibukwa kakhulu emlandweni futhi ihlobene kakhulu nomlando ka-O'Rear noDaphne Larkin kanye nenkumbulo yezobuchwepheshe yesizukulwane.
Kubantu abayizigidi, isithombe sokuqala abasibona lapho bevula amakhompyutha abo ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-2000 sasifana njalo: igquma eliluhlaza eliqhakazile, isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esicacile, amafu anjengokotini antanta ngokuthula, kanye nokuthula okubonakalayo. Leso sithombe esilula kodwa esinamandla sagcina sesingenye yezimpawu ezibonakala kakhulu zesikhathi sedijithali.
Namuhla siyazi leso sithombe ngokuthi "Bliss," iphepha lodonga elidumile le-Windows XP . Ngemuva kwalelo gquma elibonakala liphelele kunendaba egcwele ukuhlangana kwezinto, izinqumo zebhizinisi eziyizigidi zamaRandi, ukungaqondi kahle ngemvelaphi yalo, izinkumbulo zobuchwepheshe, ngisho nendaba yothando. Futhi into exakile kakhulu: igquma lisekhona, lishintsha ukubukeka kwalo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kuyilapho isithombe sihlala siqandisiwe enkumbulweni ehlangene.
Kusukela emgwaqweni eCalifornia kuya edeskini lomhlaba wonke
Lesi sithombe esidumile sibonisa igquma elimbozwe utshani obuluhlaza obukhanyayo namafu e-cirrus acwebezelayo esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka , kanye nezintaba ezifiphele ngemuva. Akuyona indawo eqanjiwe noma umfanekiso wedijithali: yikona langempela leNyakatho California, phakathi kwezifunda zaseSonoma naseNapa, ezweni elidumile kakhulu lewayini esifundazweni.
Umthwebuli wezithombe nguCharles “Chuck” O'Rear, umthwebuli wezithombe we-National Geographic osemnkantsh’ ubomvu futhi ohlala eSt. Helena (Napa Valley). Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90, u-O'Rear wayevame ukuhamba nge-Sonoma Expressway, endaweni lapho kuhlangana khona i-State Routes 121 no-12, ukuyovakashela intombi yakhe ngaleso sikhathi, intatheli uDaphne Larkin, eMarin County. Olunye lwalolo hambo olujwayelekile lwaluzogcina lushintshe impilo yakhe.
NgoJanuwari 1998—hhayi ngo-1996, njengoba kuvame ukuphindaphindiwe ngephutha— isiphepho sasebusika sasisanda kudlula , futhi izimvula zazishiye amagquma akule ndawo eluhlaza cishe ngogesi. U-O'Rear wayeshayela lapho, ngokuzumayo, leyo ndawo yamthinta amehlo: igquma elalisanda kuhlanzwa, elingenazo izivini ezibonakala, utshani obuvuthiwe ngokuphelele, nesibhakabhaka esicacile esinamafu ambalwa athambile.
Umthwebuli wezithombe ukhumbula ukuthi, lapho ekubona, wacabanga into efana nokuthi, “Utshani buphelele, buluhlaza, ilanga liphumile, kunamafu… sekuyimanje noma akusoze kwenzeka!” Wapaka eceleni komgwaqo, wabeka i-tripod yakhe, wathatha izithombe ezine ezisheshayo ngaphambi kokubuyela elolini lakhe ukuze aqhubeke nohambo lwakhe. Okwakuyinto nje enye indawo lapho umthwebuli wezithombe oqaphelayo ayezogcina eseyisithombe esidumile kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe.
Leli gquma lalinalo nophawu olungavamile: eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambili laliyisivini , kodwa isifo se-phylloxera saphoqa ukuthi imivini isitshulwe. Isikhathi esithile, izwe lalingenalutho, limbozwe utshani kuphela. I-O'Rear yalibamba ngqo phakathi naleso sikhathi esifushane emlandweni wale ndawo, lapho imivini yayingakabuyi futhi umthambeka wawubukeka njengokhaphethi oluhlaza ophelele.
Indlela isithombe esithathwe ngayo: ikhamera, ifilimu, kanye ne-Photoshop engekho
Ingxenye ye-magnetism ye-Bliss ivela eqinisweni lokuthi, naphezu kokubonakala sengathi ayilona iqiniso, iyisithombe se-analog ngaphandle kokulungiswa kabusha kwedijithali . I-O'Rear isebenzise ikhamera yefomethi ephakathi ye-Mamiya RZ67 efakwe ku-tripod, ihlanganiswe nefilimu yombala ye-Fujifilm Velvia, ethandwa kakhulu ngabathwebuli bezithombe zezindawo ngenxa yekhono layo lokugcwala okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Umthwebuli wezithombe ngokwakhe uchaze izikhathi eziningana ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwekhamera enefomethi ephakathi nendawo kanye nefilimu yeVelvia kwakuyisihluthulelo sokufeza ukubukeka okuhlanzekile kangaka. Ugcizelela ukuthi, ukube wayesebenzise ifilimu engu-35mm, umphumela ubungeke ube nobukhali noma lowo mbala ogqamile. Wayeke wazama ukuthwebula izithombe emagqumeni aseNapa Valley ngefilimu yeKodachrome 64 futhi wayengakholwa, ngoba nje imifino yayithule kakhulu.
Eminyakeni edlule, abantu abaningi bebecabanga ukuthi isithombe sashintshwa nge-Photoshop noma ngekhompyutha . Ngisho nangaphakathi kwe-Microsoft uqobo, eminyakeni eminingi ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-Windows XP, abanye abathuthukisi babuza ukuthi ngabe kwakuyisithombe sangempela yini. I-O'Rear ihlale iqinile: ayizange ingeze noma isuse lutho ekukhiqizweni kwangemva kokukhiqiza. Kuphela izinguquko ezincane ezenziwe ngesikhathi sokufakwa kwedijithali e-Corbis (i-ejensi eyayiphethe amalungelo), kodwa akukho ukushintshwa noma ukuhlela okudala.
Ngemva kokuthuthukisa ifilimu, i-O'Rear yagcina isithombe njengesithombe esigciniwe yasilayisha kukhathalogi ye-Westlight , i-ejensi yezithombe ayeyisungule ngokubambisana. Ngaleso sikhathi, yayibizwa ngokuthi "iBucolic Green Hills." Kwakuyisithombe nje esisengobo yomlando, ngawo-90, esasivele siphakathi kwezibaluleke kakhulu e-United States.
NgoMeyi 1998, iCorbis, inkampani yezithombe eseSeattle kaBill Gates , yathenga iWestlight kanye nezingobo zomlando zayo. Izithombe eziningi ezithengiswa kakhulu zafakwa kudijithali ukuze zisetshenziswe kukhathalogi yayo entsha eku-inthanethi, okuhlanganisa negquma elidumile. Kwakukhona ngisho nenguqulo eqondile yesigcawu, eyatholakala futhi njengesithombe sengobo yomlando.
Ukusayina kweMicrosoft: kusukela ku-"Bucolic Green Hills" kuya ku-"Bliss"
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90, iMicrosoft yayisebenza ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Windows XP , uhlelo lokusebenza olusekelwe kusakhiwo se-NT olwaluhlose ukunqoba ukungazinzi kwe-Windows 95, 98, kanye ne-ME. Umgomo kwakuwukunikeza indawo eqinile, enokuhambisana okungcono kanye nokubukeka okubonakalayo okulula kakhulu ukuyisebenzisa futhi kwesimanje.
Ukuze kugcizelelwe le filosofi entsha, ithimba lokuklama likhethe isikhombikubona sezithombe esivuselelwe ngokuphelele esibizwa ngokuthi i-Luna , esigcwele imibala egqamile, amakhona ayindilinga, kanye nezinkinobho ezilula ukuzisebenzisa. Futhi kwakukhona into eyodwa ebalulekile: isizinda sedeskithophu esizenzakalelayo, abasebenzisi bezithombe zokuqala ababezozibona lapho beqalisa uhlelo.
I-Microsoft yaxhumana ne-O'Rear nge-Corbis cishe ngonyaka ka-2000. Umthwebuli wezithombe ngokwakhe usola ukuthi, njengoba i-Corbis iphethwe nguBill Gates , inkampani ikhethe ukusebenza naye esikhundleni se-Getty Images, umncintiswano wayo oyinhloko, naye oseSeattle. Into exakile ukuthi ngisho ne-O'Rear ayazi kahle ukuthi basithole kanjani isithombe sakhe kukhathalogi.
Le nkampani yayifuna isithombe esifanekisela inkululeko, ukuzola, ukufudumala, amathuba, kanye nobuchwepheshe obufinyeleleka kalula . Esitatimendeni sayo esisemthethweni, iMicrosoft ichaze ukuthi iBliss imele lezi zindinganiso futhi ihambisana kahle nalokho ababefuna ukukuveza nge-XP. Kwakukhona abanye abantu abazongenela ukhetho: isibonelo, esinye isithombe se-O'Rear esaziwa ngokuthi "i-Red Moon Desert" sacatshangelwa ingemuva elizenzakalelayo, kodwa senqatshwa ngoba abanye abahloli basiqhathanisa ngokuhlekisa nezinqe ezimbili.
Isinqumo sokugcina sasicacile: igquma eliluhlaza kanye nesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwakuyoba ubuso beWindows XP . IMicrosoft yayingafuni nje ukuthi ilayisensi iyisebenzise njengesizinda sedeskithophu; yayihlose ukuthola wonke amalungelo esithombe. Futhi yilapho enye yezivumelwano zezimali eziphawuleka kakhulu emlandweni wezithombe zesitoko iqala khona ukusebenza.
Inkontileka yesigidi samadola kanye ne-negative okungekho muntu owayefuna ukuyithutha
Ngesikhathi exoxisana ne-O'Rear, iMicrosoft yamnikeza imali umthwebuli wezithombe ngokwakhe ayichaza ngokuthi "inkokhelo yesibili ephezulu kakhulu eyake yakhokha ngesithombe esisodwa ." Inani eliqondile lisalokhu liyimfihlakalo ngoba wasayina isivumelwano sobumfihlo, yize imithombo ehlukahlukene iphakamisa ukuthi lizoba "ezibalweni eziyisithupha eziphansi" ngamadola.
Isivumelwano sasisho ukuthi i-O'Rear izonikeza isithombe sokuqala esingesihle futhi igcwalise wonke amaphepha adingekayo ukuze kudluliselwe amalungelo. Lapha kwavela inkinga exakile: lapho izinkampani zeposi zithola inani eliqinisekisiwe lokuthunyelwa, zenqaba ukukuthutha ngoba kwakungaphezu kakhulu kokumbozwa okuvamile kwezinqubomgomo zazo.
Isixazululo sasilula njengoba sasingavamile: I-Microsoft yathenga ithikithi lendiza ukuze i-O'Rear indize iye eSeattle yona, iphethe i-negative. Umthwebuli wezithombe wafika emahhovisi enkampani, wanikeza izinto, wabe esephetha isivumelwano esasizobumba ingxenye esele yomsebenzi wakhe, engazi ngaleso sikhathi.
Lapho inkampani isinawo wonke amalungelo, yaqamba kabusha isithombe ngegama elifanele kakhulu: “Bliss .” Ngalesi sihloko esisha, isithombe saba isithombe sangemuva esizenzakalelayo se-interface ye-Luna ku-Windows XP.
I-Microsoft igcizelele kakhulu izithombe ezinhlelweni zayo zokumaketha. I-Bliss yasetshenziswa kakhulu emkhankasweni wokuphromotha we-Windows XP , owawunesabelomali esingaba yizigidi ezingama-200 zamaRandi. Amaphosta, izikhangiso zethelevishini, ama-show show show… intaba efanayo eluhlaza yavela yonke indawo, iqinisa umqondo wesistimu yokusebenza enobungane, ekhanyayo, nenethemba.
Imfihlakalo yendawo: amahemuhemu, amazwe asunguliwe, nokungabaza kwangaphakathi
Iminyaka eminingi, imvelaphi yangempela yendawo yayiyimpicabadala yangempela kubabukeli abanelukuluku . Njengoba iMicrosoft ingazange inikeze imininingwane eminingi ekuqaleni, zonke izinhlobo zezinkolelo-mbono zaqala ukusabalala mayelana nokuthi lelo gquma elihle lalikuphi. Abaningi babecabanga ukuthi kwakuyinkohliso noma indawo eyenziwe ngedijithali.
Ukuqagela kukhombe ezindaweni eziningi ezahlukene : abanye bathi isithombe sathathwa eFrance, abanye e-Ireland, eSwitzerland, eNew Zealand, eJalimane, noma ngisho nasesifundazweni sase-Washington esiseningizimu-mpumalanga. ENetherlands, ukudideka kwaba kubi kakhulu ngoba enguqulweni yesiDashi ye-Windows XP, ingemuva lalibhalwe ngokuqondile ngokuthi "i-Ireland."
Nokho, iqiniso lalilula kakhulu: leli gquma litholakala eSonoma County, eduze komngcele neNapa County, eCalifornia . Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izingxoxo nemibiko kwacacisa imvelaphi yalo eqondile, kanti u-O'Rear ngokwakhe walandisa indaba engemuva kwesithombe ngokuningiliziwe.
Okuxakayo ukuthi ngisho nangaphakathi kweMicrosoft, kwavela ukungabaza mayelana nokuba yiqiniso kwayo . Eminyakeni eminingi ngemva kokukhishwa kwayo, abanye onjiniyela bavuma kumthwebuli wezithombe ukuthi iningi lethimba laliqiniseka ukuthi kukhona "i-Photoshop" ethile ehilelekile kuleyo ntaba. U-O'Rear, eqinisile endabeni yakhe, uphikelela ngokuthi umlingo usekukhanyeni, esikhathini, kanye nefilimu yeVelvia, hhayi ebhulashini yedijithali.
Emkhakheni wokugxekwa kwezithombe, iBliss nayo yaveza imibono exubile. Abanye abantu ababekholelwa ekucabangeni kwayo bayibona “njengesicaba” noma ingenandaba, ingenandaba eqinile. Abanye, njengoDavid Clark, umhleli wemagazini i-Amateur Photographer, bathi ukulula kwayo kanye nokuvezwa kwayo kosuku oluphelele kwakuyisihloko sayo sangempela , nokuthi kulapho yayikhona khona ubuhle bayo.
Ukwamukelwa, umthelela wamasiko kanye "nesithombe esibukwe kakhulu emlandweni"
Ngempumelelo enkulu ye-Windows XP, eyathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-400 eminyakeni yayo emihlanu yokuqala futhi yadlula kakhulu lelo nani kuyo yonke impilo yayo, i-Bliss yaba ngaphezu nje kwesithombe esihle: yayiyisango eliya ezweni ledijithali lamakhaya, izikole, amahhovisi, kanye nama-cafe e-inthanethi emhlabeni jikelele.
Izintatheli nabahlaziyi baqala ukusho ukuthi lesi kungaba yisithombe esibukwe kakhulu emlandweni . I-Microsoft iphinde yavumelana nalo mbono, kanti u-O'Rear ngokwakhe walinganisela ukuthi lesi sithombe sasivele kuma-desktop amakhompyutha angaba yizigidi eziyinkulungwane. Wavuma ukuthi lokhu "kwakuyisilinganiso esinengqondo," hhayi isibalo esiqondile, kodwa sibonisa izinga lokuvezwa komhlaba wonke esikufinyelele.
Izitolo zezindaba ezikhethekile ezifana ne -PC Gamer zichaze i-Bliss “njengesithombe sangemuva esichaza zonke izizinda ze-Windows .” Abanye ababhali bayibiza ngokuthi “esinye sezithombe zezwe zanamuhla ezibonakala kakhulu emhlabeni.” Izihloko komagazini abafana ne-Digital Camera World ziqokomise ikhono layo lokuba yisingathekiso sokuthula, ukukhumbula izinto ezidlule, nobuhle obulula.
Ukuqhathaniswa nezithombe zezwe zakudala nakho kwakuvame kakhulu. UWayne Freedman we-ABC7 waze wachaza iBliss njengenguqulo yesimanje ye-"Monolith " ka-Ansel Adams, okuyihaba ngamabomu eligcizelela isisindo esingokomfanekiso sentaba eluhlaza eyatholwa emasikweni okubuka ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.
Ngesimemezelo sokuphela kokusekelwa kwe-Windows XP ngo-Ephreli 2014, indaba yalesi sithombe yaphinde yagqama. Imibiko, izingxoxo, kanye namadokhumentari kwabuyisela i-O'Rear ekukhanyeni futhi kwabukeza umsebenzi kaBliss , njengoba nje abasebenzisi abaningi babenqikaza ukushiya uhlelo lokusebenza ababenomuzwa wokuthi "lusekhaya."
Injabulo kanye nokuvela kweWindows: kusukela ku-XP kuya ku-Windows 11
I-Windows XP yakhululwa ngo-2001 futhi imele intuthuko enkulu phambili uma iqhathaniswa ne-Windows 95, 98, kanye ne-ME , kokubili ekuzinzeni nasekuxhumekeni kanye nokuhambisana kwehadiwe nesofthiwe. I-interface yayo ye-Luna, enenkinobho yokuqalisa eluhlaza edumile kanye ne-taskbar eklanywe kabusha, ishiye uphawu lwayo futhi isakhunjulwa ngabanye nanamuhla.
Ngaphezu kokuthuthukiswa kwayo kobuhle, i-XP ilethe ukuthuthukiswa okubalulekile ekuxhumaneni, ukusekelwa kwezindinganiso zesimanje, kanye namathuluzi ahlanganisiwe enza impilo ibe lula kumsebenzisi ojwayelekile. Imenyu entsha yokuqala, ehlukaniswe ngamakholomu amabili, kanye nekhono lokusebenzisa izingqikithi ezibonakalayo ezingenziwa ngokwezifiso kwaqinisa umuzwa wesistimu elula ukuyisebenzisa futhi evumelana nezimo.
Ngemva kwe-XP kwafika i-Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, kanye ne-11, ngayinye inezithombe zayo zangemuva nezitayela ezibonakalayo. Nokho, ayikho eye yafinyelela izinga elifanayo lokuvumelana nothando olusabalele abasebenzisi abaningi abanalo nge-XP. Uma kuqhathaniswa, izithombe zangemuva zamanje zivame ukuba ezingabonakali, ezigcwele, noma ezikhiqizwe ngedijithali, okwenza ubulula bemvelo be-Bliss bube yinto ekhumbuleka kakhulu.
I-Microsoft ayikakhohlwa ngokuphelele ngaleli gquma. NgoDisemba 2001, yakhipha i-screensaver esekelwe ku-Bliss , kwathi ngoJulayi 2021, yafaka inguqulo eguquliwe yesithombe njengesizinda esibonakalayo ku-Microsoft Teams, enezithunzi eziguquliwe, amafu athambile, kanye nama-dandelion engeziwe. NgoJuni 2023, umdlalo we-4K resolution wavela kuwebhusayithi ye-Microsoft Design, wavumelanisa isithonjana nezindinganiso zesimanje zokubukwa.
Ngisho ne-Xbox ecosystem yamukela ukukhumbula izinto ezidlule: ngo-2023, ijezi likaKhisimusi elinohlobo olulinganiselwe elinomfanekiso we-Bliss lakhishwa ku-Xbox Gear Shop. Imali etholwe yaya kwi-Nature Conservancy ngamaphrojekthi alwa nokufudumala komhlaba, ukuxuba isiko elidumile, inhlangano yokusiza abantu, kanye nenkumbulo ehlangene.
Igquma namuhla: izivini, isomiso, izimvula kanye nokuzilibazisa
Nakuba isithombe sahlala siqandisiwe enguqulweni yaso efanelekile, indawo yangempela iqhubekile nokushintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi . Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba iMicrosoft ithenge isithombe, umhlaba wabuyiselwa ekusetshenzisweni kwawo kwasekuqaleni: izivini zatshalwa kabusha, futhi igquma laphinde lathola indima yalo embonini yewayini yaseCalifornia.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi, iminyaka eminingi, ukuvakashela le ndawo kwakungahlobene nokubuka ideskithophu ye-Windows XP . Amagquma ayebonakala ehlukaniswe yimigqa yemivini, uhlaza olufanayo lwathatha indawo yemibala eminingi ye-ocher, futhi yonke indawo yayihlukile kakhulu endaweni efanayo esiyikhumbulayo esikrinini.
Abadali bokuqukethwe abaningana nabathwebuli bezithombe bazame ukuphinda bathathe isithombe esidumile . Isibonelo, u-Andrew Levitt, owayenethonya, waya kule ndawo waqopha ividiyo ekhombisa umehluko omkhulu: umbala ovelele wawuthanda ukuba nsundu, indawo yayimbozwe izivini, futhi wavuma ukuthi, ngaphandle kosizo lwezinsizakalo zokumapha njenge-Google Maps, ubengeke athole ngisho nendawo eseduze.
ULevitt waze wathi wayengayiboni isithombe sika-XP esimweni samanje nokuthi wayengeke asebenzise lowo mbono njengesizinda sakhe sedeskithophu. Ebhekene nalokhu kungqubuzana phakathi kwenkumbulo neqiniso, waya eWashington ukuyozama ukuvuselela umoya kaBliss endaweni ehlukile.
Abanye abathwebuli bezithombe bathathe indlela yobuciko kakhulu. Laba bobabili uGoldin+Senneby bavakashela le ndawo ngo-2006 futhi bakhiqiza umsebenzi onesihloko esithi “After Microsoft,” bephinda bathwebula izithombe zegquma manje elimbozwe imivini . Iphrojekthi yabo ihileleke ekunyamalaleni kancane kancane kweWindows XP kanye nokufika kwetimu ye-Aero kuWindows Vista, behlola okusele kwesithonjana lapho iphepha lodonga liyeka ukuba yindinganiso.
Nokho, eminyakeni yamuva nje, isimo sezulu siye sadlala ezandleni zabantu abakhumbula izikhathi zakudala. Izimvula ezinkulu eCalifornia zivumele igquma ukuthi liphinde libe luhlaza okukhanya, okufana kakhulu nokubukeka kwalo kwasekuqaleni , ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka . Abasebenzisi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezifana neReddit babelane ngezithombe zakamuva lapho izivini zingabonakali khona, futhi indawo iphinda ithole ubuhle bayo bangaphambili.
Ukukhumbula izikhathi zakudala, uthando, kanye nempilo ka-O'Rear ngemva kwe-Bliss
Ngale kwezithombe nobuchwepheshe, indaba yeBliss ihlanganiswe nendaba yothando kanye namathuba esibili . UChuck O'Rear noDaphne Larkin bahlangana ngo-1994 esidlweni sasemini eNapa Valley, esasihlelwe ngabangane ababecabanga ukuthi, njengezintatheli, bazoba ngumdlalo omuhle. Futhi babeqinisile: kuDaphne, kwakuwuthando lapho uqala ukubona.
Bobabili bafika bethwele umthwalo omkhulu wemizwa. Bobabili uChuck noDaphne babenesehlukaniso futhi bekhulisa izingane ezikhubazekile . Indodana ka-O'Rear, manje eseyikhulile, ayikaze ikwazi ukuhamba futhi idinga ukunakekelwa njalo. Indodana kaDaphne, uLucien, yashona eneminyaka eyi-10 ngenxa yezinkinga kulandela ukuhlinzwa kwenhliziyo okwehluleka, ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi iphuza umoya-mpilo kanye nokuhlinzwa kwe-tracheostomy.
Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okwabiwe kwabaholela ekubeni baqondane ngezinga elijulile kakhulu . UDaphne, owayesebenze njengentatheli e-United Nations futhi kamuva waba ngumphathi wezokuxhumana omkhulu ebhange elikhulu, naye waba yizwi eliphayona elibhala ngokukhulisa izingane ezikhubazekile kumagazini i-Parenting, lapho cishe kungekho muntu owayekhuluma ngaleyo ndaba.
Isikhathi esithile, bagcina ubudlelwano obuyimfihlo. Babengabangane unyaka wonke ngaphambi kokuqala uthando . UChuck, owayehamba izinyanga ezifika kweziyishumi nanye ngonyaka eya emisebenzini ye-National Geographic, wamema uDaphne ukuba ahlanganyele naye emsebenzini wokuthwebula izithombe zesivuno samagilebhisi emhlabeni jikelele. Wathembisa ukuhlangana naye eParis, futhi lolo hambo lwaba uphawu lokuqala kokuphila kwabo ndawonye.
Lapho ebuya, u-O'Rear waqala ukwenza uhambo lwemoto lwamasonto onke ukuze amvakashele, okuyizona kanye ezamholela eBliss Hill. UDaphne uvame ukuhlekisa ngokuthi ukube babengalindanga iminyaka eyisithupha ukuze bashade, leso sithombe ngabe asikaze sithathwe . Kwakungesinye salezo zimpelasonto zokuqomisana ezinde lapho kwathathwa khona isithombe esasizoshintsha izimpilo zabo.
Into exakile kakhulu ukuthi uDaphne wayengazi ngalesi sithombe kwaze kwaba yiminyaka emihlanu kamuva . Ngosuku olwandulela umshado wakhe ngo-2001, i-ejenti ka-O'Rear yabashayela ucingo ibatshela ukuthi iMicrosoft yayithenge lesi sithombe ngesamba semali eyisithupha. Ngandlela thile, uBliss wayengene emshadweni wabo kusukela ekuqaleni.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lo mbhangqwana wahlanganisa izithombe nokubhala ezincwadini eziningana mayelana nezindawo zewayini e-United States, wahlanganisa iso likaChuck elibonakalayo nelokubhala kukaDaphne . Bajabulela nokubona isithombe ezindaweni ezingalindelekile: izikebhe eGrisi, izikhumulo zezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe, amahhotela, amahhovisi eNdiya… igquma eliluhlaza lalibonakala libalandela yonke indawo ababeya kuyo.
Okusele kwe-Bliss enkumbulweni ehlangene
Namuhla, uChuck noDaphne bahlala ezintabeni zaseBlue Ridge eNorth Carolina, bezungezwe amahlathi kanye nechibi endaweni yokugcina izilwane ebizwa ngokuthi iSherwood Forest . Baphila impilo ethule: ukuhamba ngezinyawo isikhathi eside ekuseni, ukubhukuda echibini ehlobo, kanye nomphakathi ohlangene obenza bakwazi ukujabulela umhlalaphansi onokuthula ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka ohambo nomsebenzi.
U-O'Rear akasaphathi amakhamera aphakathi nendawo noma ifilimu yeVelvia. Uthatha izithombe ngocingo lwakhe oluphathwayo futhi ujabulela umhlalaphansi wakhe , kuyilapho uDaphne efundisa ukubhala izikhumbuzo zakhe futhi efaka amakholomu ephephandabeni lendawo, evame ukuba nezindaba ezimayelana nempilo yabo ndawonye.
Ubhale indatshana ende ngobudlelwano babo aphupha ngokubuguqula bube yifilimu . Kuleyo ndaba, uBliss udlala indima ebalulekile njengophawu lwalokho okungavezwa yisitebhisi esilula eceleni komgwaqo. Naphezu komsebenzi wakhe omkhulu eNational Geographic, uChuck uyavuma ukuthi uzokhunjulwa kakhulu ngaleyo ntaba, futhi uyayamukela ngehlaya.
Uvumile ngezinye izikhathi ukuthi uyazisola ngokungaxoxisani ngenkontileka esekelwe kumaphesenti isikhathi ngasinye lapho isithombe siboniswa . Cabanga ukuthi bekuyosho ukuthini ukuthola ingxenye encane yesenti kuyo yonke ideskithophu ye-Windows XP evuliwe emhlabeni. Kodwa, ngale kwemali, uphinde wathi ujabulele yonke iminithi yodumo oluhambisana nesithombe.
Kubasebenzisi abaningi, i-Bliss isibe yisibuko esibonisa izinkumbulo zomuntu siqu . Uma ubheka isithombe, umuntu ucabanga ngokuthi wayekuphi ngaleso sikhathi: eyunivesithi, emsebenzini wakhe wokuqala, ekhefini le-inthanethi lendawo, efunda ukuzulazula kuwebhu, edlala imidlalo ku-PC yomndeni, noma echitha ubusuku bonke phambi kwesikrini.
Leyo nhlanganisela yobulula obubonakalayo, umlando wezobuchwepheshe, kanye nomlando wokuphila okuseduze kuqinisekisile ukuthi iBliss Hill iyaqhubeka nokuzwakala enkumbulo yedijithali yesizukulwane sonke. Ngisho noma indawo yangempela namuhla igcwele izivini noma iphenduka iphuzi ehlobo, leso sikhathi esiphelele— lapho utshani buluhlaza ngendlela engenakwenzeka, isibhakabhaka sasicacile, futhi kwakubonakala sengathi ikusasa lobuchwepheshe lizoba mnene njengalelo gquma elizolile—lisakhona ezingqondweni zethu.
