Being a Photographer

Being a photographer, you have days where you get to see and experience a variety of things and people you wouldn’t normally encounter.  Yesterday was one of these days.

I am currently involved in a commercial shoot for a big corporate company.  Yesterday I travelled with a group to the Sustainability Centre outside Stellenbosch and then to Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town.  Although I can not currently post the actual shots for the company, I have decided to share a few photographer’s eye  shots as we travelled.

The Football World Cup in South Africa is only 20 days away!  I personally can’t wait!  But I must say the signs of expectation in Khayelitsha is evident around every corner.

We climbed Look Out Hill in Khayelitsha for a view of this (no one knows how big) township.  At the top we were surprised to encounter athletes training, stretching and focussing in a nosebleed sunset over Table Mountain.  Here is my shots of space in a crowded mind …

Afterwards we continued to drive around until we eventually ended up at Morgan’s Place for something (traditional) to eat and drink.

Although I have been in Khayelitsha several times before, I was shocked to see the Stellenbosch mountains that I love so much, so close to this townships where 10,000 new  shacks are erected every year.  We are only 20km’s away, but so many miles apart …

My hope is that my work might one day connect bridges between hearts out there.