Umufotozi Eva Verbeeck yatanze igitabo cy'amafoto "America's Girls, On the Edge of a Dream" (Abakobwa ba Amerika, hafi yo kugera ku Nzozi) ku bakobwa bafite hagati y'imyaka itandatu na 18. Igitabo hiki cyasohowe na GOST Books muri Nzeri 2026. Verbeeck yafotoye abakobwa mu ntara 28 za Amerika. Igitabo cy'amafoto kirebana n'imurikabikorwa ry'amafoto ribera mu Bubiligi no muri Leta ya Georgia muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Verbeeck yavuze ko igitekerezo cyo gukora uyu mushinga cyakomotse ku buryo yakuriye mu Bubiligi akagira amatsiko menshi ku buzima bw'abakobwa bo muri Amerika. Yakuriye mu mujyi muto wa Tessenderlo, uri hafi ya Bruxelles. Yakuze asoma ibinyamakuru by'imyidagaduro n'imyambarire nka Vanity Fair, Vogue na Elle. Yakomeje ati: "Amerika ni igihugu gifite uruhare runini mu gukwirakwiza umuco wa pop ku isi."
Verbeeck yafotoye abakobwa mu buryo bashakaga kubonwamo. Yabasabaga kuza bafite ikintu cyangwa umwambaro bifitanye isano n'ibyo bakunda cyangwa uko biyumva. Yafotoye abanyamuryango b'amakipe y'imikino, ababyinnyi ba 'marching bands', abakobwa bari muri Girl Scouts ndetse n'abandi bahisemo kuzana amatungo, imyambaro bakunda cyangwa inshuti zabo magara.
Verbeeck yavuze ko ibyo byari ingenzi kuko byahaga abakobwa uburenganzira bwo kwihitiramo uko bashaka kugaragara. Bitandukanye cyane n'uburyo abagore bagiye bagaragara mu buhanzi cyangwa uko bagiye bashushanywa mu mateka. Yakomeje ati: "Kegerageza guhindura iyo nkuru, nkavuga nti 'nita ku buryo ushaka ko bakubona', byari ingenzi."
Verbeeck yasanze abakobwa bakeneye cyane umuntu ubatega amatwi. Mu gihe yakoranaga n'aba bakobwa, Verbeeck yamaze umwanya munini aganira na bo, amenya ibyo bakunda n'uburyo biyumva. Yavuze ko nubwo abo bakobwa bashimishwaga n'igikorwa cyo kubafotora, akenshi amafoto atari cyo cyari ingenzi cyane kuri bo.
Abakobwa b'abanyamerika bahangayikishijwe n'ibibazo bitandukanye bibageraho binyuze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, cyane cyane Instagram na TikTok. Verbeeck yavuze ko bumva bafite inshingano nyinshi. Numvise abakobwa benshi bavuga ko batinya imihindagurikire y'ikirere cyangwa intambara.
Igitabo "America's Girls, On the Edge of a Dream" ntabwo yashyizemo ibiganiro yagiranye n'abo bakobwa, ndetse nta n'aho yerekana aho buri umwe yafotorewe. Ahubwo yibanze ku mazina yabo, imyaka yabo n'amafoto yabo. Ifoto y'umukobwa w'imyaka 11 witwa Jazmine, wari umunyamuryango w'ikipe ya Cheerleading ya Savannah Sharks, ni yo yashyizwe ku gifuniko cy'igitabo.
Key points
- Abakobwa b'abanyamerika bahangayikishijwe n'ibibazo bitandukanye bibageraho binyuze ku mbuga nkoranyambaga.
- Igitabo cy'amafoto "America's Girls, On the Edge of a Dream" cy'umufotozi Eva Verbeeck.
- Verbeeck yafotoye abakobwa mu ntara 28 za Amerika.
