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Saturday, June 26, 2010

next collection of 5 pictures...!!!

1 march 2010


my little friend, with his mother, and sister, in the small local village shop, of
makhupung village, eastern highlands of lesotho... these shops are common in
the villages, selling the essentials, like, oil, wheat flour, tooth paste, head ache
tablets, etc... basically all the last minute things, since the closest main shopping
area is 20km away...

3 april 2010


sheperds sticks, called "mulamu" in sesotho... every shepherd will have stick,
for there own protection and for hearding the animals... the shepherds take pride
in decorating the sticks with old wires, making them as personal as possible...

24 may 2010


soccer field, outside mdumbi backpackers, in the transkei... the day before
i had watched 3 football matches between local comunities... these matches
where arranged by "transcape", who also arranged plenty of hiv awareness
and a testing station for the day... in southern africa hiv is a crisis, and so
we need to educate and promote a healthy environment...

24 may 2010


the next day, on the same field above, kids playing football after school...
this small group of kids where having alot of fun, playing on this one goal...

16 june 2010


a portrait of mtswaki, at #10 riverside, eastern lesotho...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

these pictures also appear on my facebook site... but i decided to put
them here, in small collections, for my veiwers who are not on facebook...

i have also added some more details, just to give a little background...

11april 2010


young girl, tsepang, in libibing village lesotho... we stay at her
mothers house, m'e matsepang, on pony trekking trips... impossible
not to build up, a fun relationship with these kids...

13 april 2010


young mokhoto, from 10 riverside, eastern lesotho, eating a
peach... this last peach season was very productive in lesotho...
2009 the peaches got hit by an early snow, so this year the peaches
got a warm welcome...

11april 2010


young girl doing handstand, libibing village, eastern highlands
of lesotho... when we go here, on overnight pony treks, the children
love to play with the foriegners, and try to get as much camera attention
as possible... novelty of camera's and foriegners, turns them into
young performers...

14 march 2010


libibing village... late arrival after a pony trek from mullomong lodge...

24 may 2010


"mama", at mdumbi lodge, transkei... she is challenging the wind,
to collect the washing after a nice warm day, in autumn...

Friday, June 11, 2010

final day... afrika burn...

these are five pictures i took on the last day i was at "tankwa town", afrikaburn...

they all show a kind of end... an emptyness... open space... a thoughtfullness...
a time to get ready for going back into society...



Saturday, June 5, 2010



2 weeks ago, i sat on this hill, in the transkei, watching the
sunset...

today im back at work, its cold, and i feel isolated and
lonely as i re-adapt... getting used to be being back in the
berg, sorting out my future and dealing with my demons...


detail's in a bar, restaurant and drum cafe called "jah drums",
in coffee bay...

i arrived in coffee bay, after a long journey from port st john's...
i was exhausted, walked up to this place, got given a cocktail
by the owner, who i had met before, and it went straight to
my head... i guess you could call me a cheap date... i actually
don't date that much, maybe i should start...

now back in the drakensberg, guiding a day trip up sani pass
tommorrow... it's 1.21am, i guess i better start dreaming soon...

more soon...

Thursday, June 3, 2010

people doing what people do...!!!

i realised i have an interest in photographing photographers... maybe it is the fascination in making the creater the subject... or the interest in people with similar interests, and doing similar things, and different things, with similar media... here are 4 shots of many, of photographers being photographers... or actually, people being people...



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