22 May, 2014
Life
is everywhere in Cape Town. With over 3.7 million
inhabitants, the city itself feels like it is alive. And like life,
it is full of contrasts: From dull to vivid colours, mountains to
golden beaches, concrete to lush nature, frowns to smiles, heaving
crowds to empty loneliness, movement to stillness, and glimmering
wealth to heart-breaking poverty. It is a difficult city to
understand; its politics, society, people, structure, and how
everything fits together. On my travels there, I photographed small
glimpses of peoples lives; boys playing with abandoned furniture, a
couple walking home arm in arm, a man drinking a cold beer after a
day in the unforgiving sun, a child falling from a bicycle, a
school girl waiting in front of a statement of ideology. As an
outsider looking in, I tried to record details, simple moments
captured in an attempt to touch the surface of this complicated but
beautiful place.
