BILLY MONK / A SHOT IN THE DARK
“RUFFLER” It’s 1967 and we’re at Les Catacombs Club in Cape Town. Billy Monk is the bouncer. He’s the guy who decides who’s welcome. The…
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WINTER IN SUBURBIA / TSHEPISO MOKGABUDI
Black people, more so, black women are hardly apart of the conversation when it comes to wealth and luxury. Representation should be at the forefront…
SAO PAULO / CARL VAN DER LINDE
I visited Brazil for the first time in December 2019 and stayed with a friend in Sao Paulo. This was the first stop of my…
“ANJA” / CHANNAY HARVEY
Through this series of images, I have pushed myself to move towards a more creative and rewarding body of work. I also wanted the work…
MAN, MACHINE AND A MOUNTAIN / GARY HIRSON
During the winter of 2005 I was commissioned by Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company – TMACC to photograph a project review manual linked to the…
WHERE THE QUIET QUEERS ARE
Yes, we are Dancing in Nightclubs, gender-bending and thrusting Ass grabbing, ABBA singing your girl boy token friend Blowing kisses, always your funny friend It…
NO SMILE / NO POSE / NONSTOP
No smile, no pose, nonstop – strong attitude, walk fast, stay in line: Instructions like these were quite common during that week. With every designer…
A-HA / HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC
In 1986 I was nine years old, and my only introduction to music was the hits on POP SHOP tapes that floated into my room…
LOVER BUNNY / MEGHAN DANIELS
Youths in the internet era grow up at an exponential rate, asocial media imagery influences a fast transition into adulthood. In the force of this…
HUMAN BY NATURE / SARAH HUGO-HAMMAN
Human By Nature is an independent clothing brand inspired by nostalgia and the new founded by John Lehman. HBN was founded in Hong Kong, but…
PARK OFFS / ANDRE VISSER
Saturdays / The only things more common than a aired out Honda at the car show is the hookah pipe and camping chairs. Almost two…
HERO / KEVIN MACKINTOSH
HERO (2014 – 2019), the project is a series of ‘styled and controlled’ portraits and was created over a five year period in various locations…
GOLD
This work is an exploration of painting in the expanded field, which is the idea (and/or act) of taking the three main elements of a…
BLACK DRAG MAGIC
#BlackDragMagic – A collaborative project by South African creative and photographer Lee-Ann Olwage and drag artist and activist Belinda Qaqamba Kafassie. The project tells the…
MR BANANA / NAO SERATI & JUBILEE XXV
“MR BANANA” is the latest fashion editorial with pieces from designers Nao Serati and Jubilee XXV PHOTGRAPHY: Giancarlo Calameo Laguerta DESIGNERS: Nao Serati and Jubilee…
DAWN CHORUS / DANGERFIELDS
“Everything I went through humbled me, in a personal sense as well as in a musical sense. I was stripped of any pride that I…
EFFLORESCENCE IN THE CAPE FLATS
“Conceiving visual stories within the Cape Flats is always a close concept to my heart. Media coverage regarding what has been happening for a protracted…
STALKER / TATENDA CHIDORA
I am a person that conceptualizes a lot of the time especially with portraiture. I am constantly looking for subjects. What drives me to capture…
ABERRATION / TRANSFIX
While researching catch light, I discovered that it’s possible to get a logo as a specular highlight in a subject’s eyes. As it was something…
INDANDA DAM / BLEACHING WATER
It has been over three decades since the people of Esikebheni—an area outside Inanda (Durban)—have been displaced by Inanda dam. Forced to start over due…
UPROAR / PEASANT
“People always like to talk about the good old days and the past to try to get to this utopian view of the world and…
QUACK ATTACK!
PHOTOGRAPHY: KELLY MAKROPOULOS CONCEPT / HAT COLLECTION: CRYSTAL BIRCH MAKE UP – Gareth Coleman – @herocreativemanagement DUCK FAT PIN – Kirsten Goss – @kirsten___goss MODELS…
ALMOST BEYOND NORMALITY / WILLOW BORAIN
I welcome you with open arms into a place almost beyond normality. This shoot was borderline acceptable / borderline plain strange. With an appearance of…
GOING UNDERGROUND / DAVID BLOOMER
Illegal mining is a story I’m currently working on. It is a story I decided upon a few years ago while working on a commissioned…
REHEARSAL / CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET
It was getting close to nine in the evening as I made my way happily along the N2 towards Stellenbosch. I had a large cup…
adidas CONSORTIUM / SHELFLIFE ZX 4000
The latest adidas Consortium release is also the first to be created in collaboration with a South African partner: streetwear pioneers Shelflife Since it first…
STALKER / TANDEKILE MKIZE
I feel as though it is important for creatives to be able to be vulnerable. It’s not necessarily the easiest thing but that’s the most…
BADDIE / SHUAIB VAN DER SCHYFF
Losing my father at the age of three years old, I was raised by mother, my aunt, and grandmother. Being constantly surrounded by powerful women,…
STALKER / NEO BAEPI
I am intentional about documenting black and queer JOY
ABERRATION / OBAKENG MOLEPE
I’m one of the photographers who feed into the “anti-aesthetic” movement, creating art that gives a new definition to the idea of “beauty”.