Willem de Lange has started a project looking at emerging farmers in South Africa. Since the end of Apartheid, many white owned farms have been given back to the people who originally owned the land. The problem currently being faced is a lack of support and training to new farmers, often resulting in farm land going to waste. Your Emerging Farmers project, how did this come about? The subject is a very sensitive one, with white ...
A broken daughters toy is what it took to get Paul Close to realise a lifetime ambition of driving back through his native Africa in the hope of fetching a new one. What followed was 16 years of riding, over three stages and countless photos later. Paul took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about his amazing journey and ...
As part of my ongoing approach to try and showcase as many talented young photographers in South Africa, I finally got time to speak to Musa Nxumalo and get him to answer a few questions about himself and his work. Tell us more about yourself, who is Musa Nxumalo? Musa Nxumalo is a 23 year old alumni of the Market Photo Workshop who currently lives in Soweto and ...
I've personally been in awe of Jürgen Schadeberg's work since I started photography. Not only does he shoot amazing documentary images but he was also around during the 1950s in South Africa, and got to document Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other prominent ANC members during a very pivotal time in South African history. He did this without fear of the South African authorities and ...
Paul Sika's work is something you can't not notice. If there is one aspect about African life that I love, it's the abundance of colour everywhere from the houses, to the land and the clothes people wear. Paul makes this an important aspect of his work. Who are you, where are you based? Give us a bit of background to the person that is Paul Sika I ...
Mention legendary South African photographers in a conversation and in most cases, one name will often pop up and that's Guy Tillim. Guy is one of South Africa's top photographers, having started as a war photographer in the 80's, during the Apartheid era and since then appealing to the art scene with his imagery. Guy has won countless awards for his work, most recently the Oskar Barnack award for his series, Jo'burg, in ...
Terry Kurgan's Joubert Park Photo Studio Project and subsequent Park Pictures project looks at the culture and economy Joubert Park in Johannesburg. The park is one of few green spaces in the dense, “Afropolitan” inner city of Johannesburg. It is surrounded by what was once a thriving retail and business center for the city’s white middle class - abandoned in the early 80’s ...
Richard Mark Dobson has created a brilliant multimedia piece on The Crest Hotel in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. It documents the people who call it home, the hotel itself and also how Johannesburg City really is a dying city. Richard took some time out to answer some questions about his Crest Hotel project. Can you describe how you came about the idea for the Crest Hotel project? I was working ...
Alan Aubry's images of South Africa, especially those from his 'Memory Lane' series, show another side to this country, and in that bring back memories for anyone who grew up here in the late 70's and 80's. Alan is currently based in France, but travels back to his old home, South Africa occasionally. Alan agreed to answering a few questions about his work and approach. What makes you ...
Nicholas Aldridge's work was recommended to me by a friend, and one project of his that caught my eye was the 'On the road'. He managed to take time out of his very hectic schedule and answer a few questions for the blog about the project. Can you describe how you came about the idea for the 'On the road' project? The title is obviously a reference ...