Hennie Kruger

Hennie Kruger

At university, it was essential to my classmates to look the part. “Image” was everything to them. None of them ever became artists. Today, many people say I look like an artist. It’s not on purpose. Painting has become a part of me, it rubs off on...
Petrus Skietkop

Petrus Skietkop

People in the Free State, name you after the farm where you work. So you could be called Klaas Dagbreek, Jan Mooiplaas or like me Petrus Skietkop. I am Petrus Kykus, my mom was very religious and named me after Peter in the Bible. Peter means “rock.”...
Pastor Albanias

Pastor Albanias

Photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways. Notice the light and the dark on his hands with him in the...
David

David

“My name is David, like the statue of David,” he says. I used to work on the farms nearby, but the work dried up. I didn’t like farming anyway. Now I live by the river, I fish, eat, sleep, swim, and wash my clothes here. I have all I need, a fishing...
Bishop Mpinga

Bishop Mpinga

I used to be a police officer during “that” time. Back then, I solved problems with my fists. Today I solve problems by preaching the Word… Bishop Mpinga Pentecostal Protestant Church, Tumalahole, Free State
Karoo Kids

Karoo Kids

These kids were playing on a makeshift soccer field, somewhere in the Karoo. I love how one’s eye just finds the way to the little guy in the background!