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 one, I am always...

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." Currently, I...

Alina Mogorosi

Alina Mogorosi

I met Alina on a shoot in Bloemfontein. She was a bystander in the crowd that had gathered. She was standing under a purple umbrella kindly offered by a young schoolboy from the area and I couldn't help but notice her, though she is only 4ft tall. I saw this city grow...

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 middle,...

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 rod and the...

Jan

Jan

depressie soos syne begin dikwels oor liefde weghardloop soos syne begin meestal oor geld in alle weghardloop is daar hoop op ’n nuwe begin ’n ‘redo of sorts’ maar hier in sy sink hok onder ’n trap by ’n ‘down & out’ hawelose huis hier is nie meer hoop nie of...