Below is set of pictures I took in Istanbul in 2012. The main picture of the two women is haunting. It shows turns the gaze back on the photographer.
Old Photographs: Movement on Rockey Street
Malay Choir in Cape Town
Old Photographs: Nothing or Legs
Among the old photographs that I have on storage drives, especially those old water damaged negs I scanned, I sometimes find gems, like the one below. To make this picture I risked life and limb. I stood in the middle of Market Street, Johannesburg, on one of the white lines, in traffic, to get this…
Jacob Morake’s Last Fight
8 August 2020. I first posted these pictures and text on my website more than a decade ago. (I think in 2009). I was wonderfully surprised to find it that I had a backup on an old storage drive. Here, again, it is. Thanks to Perfect Hlongwane for reminding me about Jacob Morake, which forced…
Redesigning Site.
Selamat Datang. Thanks for visiting this site. I have started redesigning and redeveloping the site, changing the format and content, and including a vlog. Vlogging is a new set of skills I have to learn so – bear with me. While I will put up brief posts as I go along, I should complete the…
Bread Sellers on the Streets of Istanbul
18 December 2012 – Among the “salt and pepper” of Istanbul are tradespeople on foot and ubiquitous street food vendors who are indispensable to this great city. From the city’s window basket system, which grew in popularity during the Covid Pandemic, to the street food sellers, the people of the city meet and interact through…