Customising your Leica is almost akin to Marmite: you either love it or hate it. The leather on both my Leica M6 and M8 had seen better days. To be honest, the vulcanite on the M8 was always a big issue for me in that I felt it was cheap and nasty. My M6, which was my first Leica, was in dire need of some attention. Normally you'd look at going down the Leica route ...
A while back I was contacted by the photo editor for Youth Vision, a print magazine in China, about them running with my 'Afrikaner' project. What was pretty exciting about this prospect was the thought that my work was appealing to those in Asia, a massive market. The magazine ran and I had to wait a while to receive it, but wow talk about impressed when I did. Great ...
Back in 2010, I shot stills for a local production called Otelo Burning. Whilst it was a great time on set, I'd forgotten about the movie until a Google alert arrived in my mailbox. When a poor township boy with a deep, traditional fear of the water is offered a chance to escape the violence of his community through surfing, he is forced to ...
Our 'Here and Now' show was a success. The amount of work put in by everyone was worth it and I think everyone, who visited it, liked what they saw. For me, the outcome of that show has been more important than wondering if anyone else liked it: I've finally realised that the chase to make a living out of photography isn't healthy and I've effectively stepped away from thinking one can do so. A ...
A while back I was contacted by one of South Africa's best-known design showcase blogs wanting to know more about me. Can't see anyone turning down such an offer and it was a pretty cool interview to do. A big thanks has to go out to Alix-Rose for the questions and giving me a chance to appear on the blog. ...
Lost for words, and that doesn't happen often. So much work was put into this show, I underestimated how much is really required to put together a show. A massive thanks has to go out to my fellow LCC'ers who really took control, Yolanda, Ivy and Amelia, much love towards you all right now (and others of course). There was always that niggly feeling that only a few would turn up, but how wrong ...
For those in London, it would be great if you'd pop down to our group show, Here and Now, being held at the prestigious Hot Shoe Gallery in Farringdon from the 11th May till the 24th May. The Independent ran an article on the show today, for those in the uk, it's on page three. [gallery link="file" columns="4" orderby="rand"] The projects on show are as diverse in subject and style as they are in geographical location. ...
The BBC have run with my Bushman project, which is always great to see: Big thanks must go out to Phil Coomes and the BBC team. ...
I've spent enough time working in the financial industry to have picked up experience in how many successful investors work. I count numerous friends as brilliant traders, hedge fund traders and others who spend their day investing. With all the interest in new methods to create relationships between consumers of content and creators of content, I thought I'd give a go at maybe putting out some ideas i've picked up. As Tomas mentioned in his blog ...
I've always been in awe of those who have proper jobs, you know, jobs that actually mean something. Maybe it's to do with my old man who's been responsible for a large chunk of Southern Africa's mines and chemical plants from a engineering/design perspective. Forget shuffling paper around on a desk, don't think answering your blackberry is a job, real people get their hands dirty and ...