Black and white
I visited the Rainbow Nation over the last year end. The term was coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to depict post-apartheid South Africa after the 1994 first democratic election. It was elaborated upon by President Nelson Mandela during the first weeks of his office.
The concept referred to South Africa’s unity within multiculturalism and the coming-together of people in a country once identified with the strict division of white and black under the apartheid regime. It envisioned a unique South African socio-political trajectory at the end of the 20th century. Since then, South Africa has achieved some transformation, reconciliation and national unity, but not to the point to obliterate racial segregation.
Wild
The present post is not about a socio-political lecture of today’s South Africa. It aims at presenting an unconventional photographic essay on South Africa’s wildlife. It was realised mainly in Kruger national park while driving a rented car and using solely a 28mm wide-angle lens. I took up the challenge to maximise photographic opportunities with limited means and to deliver my work with black-and-white frames only. Hence, wild, black and white.
More posts on South Africa to come.
Cheers,
