It’s still early doors, but…. The next English Premier League season starts on 16th of August. Anything can happen between then and now. Let me say, at the outset, that I have always been terrible at Fantasy Football (I very rarely finish above last place in any league), and I don’t really like predictions. So, let…
GROK and me
An old colleague and friend, the documentary filmmaker, Gerard van Niekerk, suggested I check out the GROK app. I downloaded and tried out a few things, but was underwhelmed. Gerard suggested that I ask GROK who I was/about me, instead. This, below, came up. It was a bit disturbing. One fact that GROK got wrong…
Caption Better Captures Moment in a Picture
I never completely bought into the belief that “a picture tells a thousand words”. There are way too many times when a well-crafted caption better captures the moment in a picture. The following picture was made in haste, with an iPhone, at a time when I was still getting used to the camera more than…
Ruminations – With Pictures
I was reminded recently, in a round-about way, after a brief meeting with an artist in Cape Town, of my visit to the 2019 Istanbul Biennial. The works on display across Istanbul were inventive and exceptional, but the visit to this great city turned out to be a terribly disappointing expedition. Istanbul never disappoints –…
Sunlight Fell on a Breast
I was never interested in making pictures of people in the nude. On very rare occasions I made pictures without ever showing the faces of people. A ray of sunlight fell between the curtains. I shot two or three frames.
Harper’s Magazine and Lewis Essay on the UN
Harper’s magazine is running an essay, Wishful Thinking: The Aspirations and Failures of the United Nations, by Amanda Chicago Lewis. I guess if your name is Chicago you may be forgiven to be somewhat myopic, and present your country in the best light possible, or at least everyone else in a bad light. Over many…
A Short Take on British, Canadian and French Statement on Israeli War on Palestinians
Sitting out the Last Days of the Monsoon on Pulau Duyong
The artisanal craft of boat-building in South East Asia is dying
Muslim Views Column
I have started writing what would be a regular column for Muslim Views, a newspaper based in Cape Town. The column will deal specifically with global issues that affect Islam and the Muslim world, and muslim-majority countries like Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Malaysia and Indonesia, and, of course, the people of Palestine. I will…