Young Player - Gebane, South Africa, April 2010
Me and Josh have got the above image in the the Foto8 Summer Show at HOST gallery. Launch party is on the 23rd and will be a laugh. Get yourself down there, its a ticket only thing.
Blow ya horn!
I’ve gone a bit cold on shooting over the last few days, I’m itching to get out and shoot a few longer stories, rather than a single interview every day. Not being able to get out of the city bowl and into the suburbs has been really disappointing, because one of the main things I wanted to shoot was the World Cup being experienced in different places, away from the stadium and city center, and I haven’t been able to do that. But at least I’ve now realised that I’m not going to be able to get much more done over here until I can drive. I need to get back into shooting, so I will restart the Daily Dispatch from tomorrow and will hopefully be able to get transport to go and shoot my longer stories over the next week. In the mean time here’s a bit of stuff from in and around the stadium last weekend, click the images below to launch little galleries.
Police - click image to launch gallery
Crowd inside the stadium - click image to launch gallery
half time around the stadium - click image to launch gallery
Smoker - click image to launch gallery
The boys leaving - click image to launch gallery
Andre from Grassy Park, Cape Town - Click image for words
I have moved from the place we were staying and finally have reliable internet! Here’s some updates from the end of last week. Andre and William were at the Athlone fan park in the southern suburbs and Sipewe was in Imizamo Yethu township in Hout bay. I’m planning to shoot more in both places. More images and words to come tomorrow. Need bed now. E
William Wence from Cape Town - Click image for words
William Wence from Cape Town - Click image for words
Sipewe Cele from Durban, Imizamo Yethu Township, Cape Town - Click image for words
Deano, 19 - Click for words and more images
Willy and Deano are coaches down at African Brothers Football Acadamy. They are both from Beira, Mozambique, and were living on the streets in Cape Town before starting to work at ABFA. Craig, or “Coach”, now lets them stay at the academy. They are great guys who have clearly had to work ridiculously hard to get to where they’re at today, but life still isn’t easy for them. I’ve got a lot I want to write about them and Craig, who i’m going to interview today, but I’ve got to shoot out. Just wanted to get the images up quickly, Expect an update later today/this eve. Some outtakes below
Willy, 18
Willy and Deano
Deano
Deano
Willy
Willy
Willy
Ken from New Mexico, USA - Click image for words
Images and interviews from the last 3 days. It’s getting a bit hard to put stuff up because the internet situation here is a bit messy.
Patricia from Guguletu - Click image for words
Gerry Batson, 27, from North London - Click image for words
John from Bonteheuwel - Click image for words
John from Bonteheuwel - Click image for words
Japan, Canterbury Street, Cape Town, Click image to read interview
I was sitting on some steps watching life go by when Japan walked past, he saw my camera and demanded I take his photograph. He then sat down and went through the images on the back of my camera to make sure I knew which ones he liked. So I thought I should probably interviewed him, and although he was obviously drunk, he managed to be pretty coherent. Aftwerward he asked for some change, so I gave him the R15 I had in my pocket.
Jennifer, Seapoint, Cape Town, Click image to read interview
I met Jennifer in Seapoint, which is home to a lot of older well off retirees. It’s mainly apartment blocks and Cafe’s along a sea front stretch, the main road behind the apartments used to be a little bit seedy, lots of prostitution and petty crime, but seems to have cleaned itself up over the past few years. The beautiful new World Cup stadium is nearby in Greenpoint, so the less desirable individuals and businesses have probably been shifted elsewhere as a result.
Seapoint, Cape Town
Valentino Rasper, 32, Fire fighter, Click image for words
It’s difficult to get go out and find an interesting portrait/story on England match days, I get too caught up in the drinking and excitement. Today I chatted to Valentino, a fire fighter down at the fan park. Click his image to read his words.
So far I’ve been working mainly in the City Bowl, which I will continue to do, but I feel I need to get out of the action and in to the suburbs to get the more interesting stories. This is difficult as i don’t drive, but I’m going to try and make it happen. A friend suggested getting to Athlone to do a story about the stadium there. Athlone stadium is Cape Town Ajax’s home, and was initially supposed to be the stadium and area for development in Cape Town, but it is quite a deprived place and I think they chickened out. As a result, Cape Town has a fantastic stadium in Green Point that won’t see much use after the World Cup, and the opportunity to develop a needy area has been missed.
Thapelo from the Eastern Cape, click for interview
I wasn’t able to do a portrait and interview yesterday because my battery ran out, but I did 3 today. Click images for words.
Marshallina and Aidy, click for words
David, Click image for interview
Faisal, 59 - Bo Kaap, Cape Town
Today i met Faisal in the Bo Kaap, which is historically a working class Muslim area in town, although there is a quite a bit of gentrification going on at the moment. As i walked around with him it became clear he was a bit of an eccentric character, its fair to say he liked a conspiracy theory! But everyone in the Bo Kaap knew him and stopped to say “Salam Alaikum”. To read his words launch the gallery by clicking the image to the write (Caleb from yesterday) then click Next, either with the mouse or the N key.
To view the the Daily Dispatch Gallery from the beginning, click the link at the top. To jump to yesterdays dispatch, click the image. Todays dispatch will be in the post to the left and all of them can also be found by scrolling through the posts.
