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Not one’s everyday photographs
In fact, not to put too fine a point on it, but some of the photographs are highly unusual. From alternative uses of everyday common place items to the wonders of nature; this series of photographs has them all.
Cats which have not had Acting Lessons
Cats possess natural acting ability. Without trying their expressions accurately portray their moods. Imagine if they had to surreptitiously received formal acting lessons.
The Destruction of Homs: Flagrant Hypocrisy
Ask most citizens of South Africa about the situation in Homs and they will in all likelihood answer the question with a question of their own such as “Where the hell is that?” Moreover the same question posed of Gaza or the Palestinians would elicit an immediate response. Why is this so?
Firstly some background.
Sandstorm hits central South Africa
With winds gusting up to 100kms per hour in certain parts of South Africa especially the Kimberley region combined with extremely dry conditions resulted in the worst sandstorms seen for many years. At OR Tambo airport the windspeed recorded was 48kph. It was sufficient to provide Joburg residents with their worst dust storm in decades.
What a really bad day looks like
None of these photographs requires a title.
Satellite Pictures for a different Perspective of Earth
Astronauts regularly proclaim that the view of the earth from space endeared them with a different almost sublimely mystical perspective of earth. From a great height, both the fragility and interconnectedness of the world is exposed. Cynically or even prosaically this may be termed a kumbaya experience, but I concur with those space travellers in being overwhelmed by man’s insignificance in a cosmic scale.
Egyptian Modernity in the 1950s and 1960s
Egypt is paradigmatic of what has gone wrong over the past half century in Muslim countries. From creeping secularisation across the Arab world led by none other than Gamel Abdul Nasser of Egypt, the bête noir of the West, the modernisation of many of these countries continued apace including such countries as Afghanistan.
What happened since that momentous epoch?
During the 1950s and 1960s even that icon of secularisation and modernity, the bikini, made its appearance in these countries. It is not that these countries were becoming less religious, it was merely the acceptance that there would be a separation between temporal and religious affairs. Was this not the journey that Western Europe embarked upon after the Enlightenment?
Main picture: Sunbathers near the Port of Alexandria, 1955
Why I Love South Africa
Do you experience the same conflicted emotions about South Africa on a daily basis that I do? I am continually enraged and enchanted in equal measure by South Africa every day. Today’s outburst by Gwede Mantashe at the Mining Indaba in Joburg about the ownership of the mines in South Africa made me realise why there is a “moratorium” on investment in new mines. Later as I walked across the carpark to the Spar at Retail Crossing, my spirits were buoyed when the Highveld sun streamed down onto my face, exhilarating me.
These photographs will show you why I love South Africa
Intriguing Photographs of the Past
