U-Antonio López Sáenz wazalelwa ethekwini laseMazatlán, endaweni eshisayo yeCancer, ebizwa kanjalo ngoba ekuqaleni kwelanga lasehlobo, enyakatho Nenkabazwe, ilanga lifinyelela eqophelweni eliphezulu kakhulu enkanyezini yeCancer, futhi lisendaweni efanayo noma umugqa wokucabanga.
U-Antonio López Sáenz wazalelwa ethekwini laseMazatlán, endaweni eshisayo yeCancer, ebizwa kanjalo ngoba ekuqaleni kwelanga lasehlobo, enyakatho Nenkabazwe, ilanga lifinyelela eqophelweni eliphezulu kakhulu enkanyezini yeCancer, futhi lisendaweni efanayo noma umugqa wokucabanga.
Ilanga, umcabango kanye nechweba kuzoba isinqumo esinqumayo ekwakheni umuntu nomsebenzi wakhe.
Itheku umnyango, wokungena noma wokuphuma. Ipotimende elivula futhi libe ukwamukelwa noma ukuvaleliswa. Itheku yindawo yomhlangano; indlu yamasiko yamaphupho namaqiniso, yokunqoba nokwehluleka, yokuhleka nezinyembezi.
Abantu bezizinda nezizwe ezahlukahlukene bathutheleka ethekwini: amatilosi nabahambi, izivakashi nabahwebi, abeza futhi bahambe ngesigqi samaza. Kule ndawo enamanzi, imikhumbi elayishwe impahla evela ezilwandle eziyisikhombisa. Uma sikhuluma ngemikhumbi, siveza isithombe semikhumbi yolwandle kanye noshimula bayo abakhulu, yemikhumbi ethwala imithwalo nemikhumbi ehamba ngoseyili, yama-cranes amakhulu okulayisha nokuthulula, izikebhe, amanetha namathuluzi okudoba, kanye nomsindo ongaqondakali nowethusayo wezihlabani zawo.
Kepha itheku libuye libe ukuhlala, unomphela. Kuyimpilo yansuku zonke yomdobi, umthengisi, ama-stevedores, ukuhamba ngasemgwaqweni webhodi kanye nokushayeka kwamagagasi; labageza olwandle abalinde ingane ethi ngebhakede layo nefosholo yakhele izinqaba nemicabango ephemeral.
Zonke lezi zithombe zigcwele indawo yonke engokomfanekiso kaLópez Sáenz. Izinkomba zomdlalo we-baseball, ukuhamba ngeSonto, amaqembu edolobha, ama-serenade, amadili, abesilisa nabesifazane abanqunu, ngesikhathi sokuphumula… neqembu liyaqhubeka.
Umdwebi uveza isikhathi esedlule, simisiwe --kodwa ngokumangalisayo-- ngomlingo webhulashi lakhe. Imidwebo yakhe ifana ne-scrapbook yeMazatlan engasekho unomphela, lapho abalingiswa, ngokumangazayo, bengenabo ubuso nokho bagcine ubunikazi babo, ngenxa yeso elibukhali lomculi.
Ziyizithombe zayizolo, namuhla naphakade; wempilo yansuku zonke nobumnandi, ubumnandi bokuyiphila.
ULópez Sáenz udala owakhe umhlaba, umhlaba onobungane, lapho kungekho zimpi, izidakwa noma abaqwayizi. Umbhali uba yingxenye yomdwebo, umlingiswa wesibili ofakaza esevele enqunu, esevele esebhayisikili lakhe lakudala, ukuthi kwenzekani kulo mdwebo.
ULópez Sáenz ubhala ngomlando wedolobha lakhe ethekwini laseMazatlán, eliseTropic of Cancer, kodwa kuyindawo eshisayo lapho ilanga likhanya lihle futhi linesihe.
Ukukhanya kwelanga emidwebeni yakhe, okunzima futhi okunzima, kuyahlungwa, kudluliswe kusihlungi, akusishisi; abalingiswa bakhe abaniki mqondo wokujuluka futhi sibona abaningi babo emisebeni yelanga begqoke amajakhethi nothayi, bengakhathazekile.
Iphalethi lakhe licebe kakhulu ngemibala ethambile engahambisani neqiniso, nelanga elishisayo laseMazatlán, ngani?
Kuyiphuzu lomuntu siqu lombuzo. Nginokukhanya, okungukukhanya kwami, okukhanyisa umhlaba wami. Kukhanya kweMazatlán futhi kwaziwa yilabo abahlala kulo futhi abalazi kahle. Nginokukhanya okufana nothuli lwesiliva noma uthuli lukalamula emsebenzini wami. Eyami indlu imhlophe, izindonga zimhlophe. Akukho ukulawulwa noma yini.
Ukugxekwa kwezenhlalo akuveli emdwebeni wakhe, nokho kungumlando womndeni wabangane nezihlobo nabantu abavela edolobheni. Ngabe uzibheka njengomlobi wedolobha?
Ngisanda kuqanjwa igama elithi "Graphic Chronicler wedolobha kanye nechweba laseMazatlán", futhi ngingowase- "Colegio de Sinaloa", eyakhiwa amaSinaloan ayishumi ahloniphekile emagatsheni ahlukahlukene wokuzama kwezobuchwepheshe nezesayensi.
Ngabe intshisekelo yakho kwezobuciko nokudweba yavela nini?
Isikhathi sami sobuntwana ngasichitha ebhishi. Lapho ngangidlala nabangane bami. Bengikuthanda ukuzwa nokudlala ngesihlabathi ebesimanzi futhi sibushelelezi kusuka kumagagasi. Kwakuyindwangu yami yokuqala leyo. Ngelinye ilanga ngathatha induku ngaqala ukudweba umfanekiso wendoda. Yeka injabulo engakwazi ukuyenza! Ebhishi wathola amatshe anemibala, amagobolondo, ulwelwe, izingcezu zokhuni ezipholishiwe ngokufika nokuhamba kwamagagasi. Ngisebenzise isikhathi sami ngipenda futhi ngenza izibalo zobumba. Ngenkathi ngikhula ngabona isidingo sokuzinikela kwezobuciko, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho noyedwa eMazatlán owayengakwazi ukuqondisa ubizo lwami; Abazali bami bakutholile lokho kodwa babengenawo amandla ezomnotho okungithumela ukuyofundela enhlokodolobha futhi kwafika usuku lapho kwakufanele nginikele ekunakekelweni. Ubaba wayeyimenenja yokugcina impahla, umphathi wezimpahla ngokusebenza, futhi wayexhumana nemikhumbi efika ethekwini. Uthathe isinqumo sokuthi asebenze ezindaweni zokulayisha. Ngaqala ukusebenza kusuka esikoleni samabanga aphansi futhi ngathandana unomphela ngemikhumbi emikhulu evela emigqonyeni yami: "ukuthanda indawo lapho wazalelwa khona nalapho uhlala khona ebuntwaneni bakho".
Emidwebeni yakho, abalingiswa bancipha, bade, bavuvukale, iyini inhloso yabo?
Ngaphandle kokuba umdwebi, nami ngingumqophi, futhi bangichazela ukuthi yingakho nginika lelo volumu abalingiswa bami. Anginanjongo. Kuyindlela yami yokukhuluma. Ngangisemncane futhi ngithanda i-avant-garde, kwaze kwafika isikhathi sokuzichaza ngobuciko futhi ngathola lapho abantu beqala ukufaka isicelo somsebenzi wami. Abalingiswa bami abadingi ukuba namehlo, imilomo, noma amazinyo ukudlulisa umbono oyifunayo. Ukuba khona nje kwevolumu kuthi: "Ngiyimpondo, ngisebenzisa imali enkulu, ngimuhle." Kuyiqiniso, kepha kuyiqiniso eliguqulwe yimina.
Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa, uLópez Sáenz waya eMexico City ukuyofunda ukudweba e-Academia de San Carlos, ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-1953, amabhulokhi amabili ukusuka eNational Palace. Ufundela iMaster in Plastic Arts and Art History. Yilapho, engxenyeni endala yedolobha, lapho ethola khona ubuhle bezimakethe zaseMexico, umlingo wemibala yazo, iphunga nama-flavour. Uhlala ezimweni ezinzima kakhulu zomnotho futhi ufunda ukuhweba ngomdwebi kahle kakhulu.
ULópez Sáenz wethule umsebenzi wakhe eSinaloa, Nuevo León, Federal District, Jalisco naseMorelos. Ngokunjalo, ubeke imibukiso eWashington, Detroit, Miami, Tampa, San Francisco, San Antonio, Chicago, Madrid, Lisbon, Zurich naseParis. Kusukela ngo-1978 ube ngumculi okhethekile we-Estela Shapiro Gallery. Ngo-1995 kwaboniswa kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe ePalacio de Bellas Artes kanti ngonyaka odlule wanikezwa isibonelelo esikhwameni seNational Fund for Culture and the Arts.
Lola beltran
"Indlovukazi yengoma yaseMexico" wazalelwa edolobheni lase-El Rosario, eningizimu yeMazatlán. Phambi kwesonto lendawo kunesikhumbuzo sakhe, nase-atrium, maphakathi nezingadi, ithuna lakhe. Ikhaya lomndeni kaLola lingavakashelwa futhi libone izithombe ezivela ezikhathini ezahlukahlukene zalo mculi, kanye nezindebe nemvelo akhulele kuyo.
Umthombo: I-Aeroméxico Tips No. 15 Sinaloa / Spring 2000
