Out Shootin'

I did my first editorial for FHM a while ago. We shot on an old basketball court in Hillbrow... This is one that didn't make the cut.

Tlokwe Sehume

A while ago I did a shoot of a Traditional healers' band out in Mpumulanga and it was through this man, Tlokwe Sehume. Tlokwe is one of those people who fills the room with his personality and his vision. Tlokwe promotes Indigenous music in the country through his company Medu Promotions. He also conducts workshops in rural communities teaching children about Indigenous music and the craft involved in making the instruments. Read more here. This shoot was for his 4th studio album. We shot at his bands' (Medu) rehearsal space at The Pretoria State Theatre.

Johnny

This was a quick shot for a profile on Johnny Neon in GQ.

Getting My Act Together

Cool, so, I've got some new stuff coming up... Been really busy lately which has been rad. But almost leaves one a little disorientated and suffering from what I hope is a temporary bout of ADD! So, the following posts are a few of the things I've been up to...

Speedo

I did a shoot of an adult contemporary artist called RJ Benjamin at The Linden Swimming Pool the other day and found this chap doing some lengths. Luckily he obliged to having his photo taken and this is the result...

Lost In Translation

These are from a beauty shoot I did for True Love Babe magazine. They didn't end up getting published because the idea was canned. Anyways. Here they are...

Mr. Moolman

This is Mr. Moolman. Originally from Durban, now lives in Tweeling, a small farming community in the Freestate. He likes tattoos and transports anything from animals to machinery on his truck. I can't remember what cigarettes he smokes but today he's probably smoking Stuyversant Blue!

Neels (Smokers Story)

This is Neels from Cornelia. He is 70 years old and a retired Coal and Asbestos miner. He's been smoking for 50 years.

Of Aardwolf & Magicians

Yesterday I started working on a story I want to do on smokers. Being one myself and having just got back from overseas where in many places it's prohibited, I began observing 'them'. Creatures of habit alienated from their natural habitat and forced to find new means of survival! After a beer at the Boh, Chris and myself decided to set off beyond Villiers and the Vaal River. We decided to start in a town called Cornelia and then head across the N3 towards Tweeling and then back home via Frankfort. After meeting Neels and his wife in Cornelia and enjoying a warm cup of home made soup with them, we met up with The Moolmans in Tweeling, shark supporters and fans of tattoos and wrestling and then met up with Ernst en die manne in a pub in Frankfort on our way through. There were about 6 people in the pub and just about all of them were magicians! I also felt a bit like a magician after finishing about 3 beers and a tequila in about 20 minutes!

Whilst overseas I came across a photographer whose work I wasn't familiar with, Peter Granser and bought his book on 'Coney Island'. His style of portraiture reminded me somewhat of Alec Soth and his work was in dead earnest. His portraiture borders on neutrality as he appears to be a mere observer, quietly going about his business in as unobtrusive way as possible. This I related to and really wanted to start working on the story in a real-life manner.

That's about it for now, so take a drive and see for yourself!

Karen Zoid

We shot Karen Zoid about a month ago for her new cd cover... We found an old fun-fair that was being taken apart and moved to Pretoria... There was some rad old stuff there and now there's some rad old stuff in our studio!

Winging It

I shot my first full length fasion editorial for SL a while ago right in the middle of another 3 day shoot for the Soviet campaign, I had no idea how exactly we were going to do it, so on the morning of the shoot after a cigarette and cup of coffee with Pam, we basically decided to wing it! Here is one of the shots that didn't make the editorial, but check out the rest in the August issue of SL...

And Then There Were Four

I shot some stuff for MTV and Nike just before I left, we had to start as the sun was rising because I was catching a plane in the afternoon... We were on the roof of the 19th floor of the Lister building, I only woke up as the shoot was coming to an end and seriously couldn't feel one of my body parts! Here are a couple of DJ Sbu and DJ Cleo, it was for a re-launch of the Nike AF-1 shoe that 'The Original 6' in the early 80's made famous... There were supposed to be 6, 5 arrived and then had to comp the 5th out, so here are 2 of the 'original' 4. I guess!

From The Goal-Mouth Into The Unknown

I've just got back from a trip overseas, I went for my best friends' wedding and after completing a rather unplanned speech and enjoying a quick jog on the football field just outside of Bath with the newly weds, I headed into the unknown territory of Germany and Switzerland for a bit of a break... I read a quote a while ago from someone whose name eludes me right now that 'The unfamiliar heightens creative awareness'. At home I see portraits, away I see the details and almost leave the subject anonymous... I don't know why this is or really what I'm rambling about! But here are some pics...

En Nou In Die Nuus...

We (Injozi) were recently featured on Futurespace, go check out the interview if you want (here) Thanks so much to Jarrad Nelson from Future Space for asking us to do it... Also, I'm gonna be exhibiting in a group exhibition called And Then It's happening on the 7th at the Lister Medical Centre on Bree Street... Here's a flyer and one of the images i've been working on for the exhibition... Come and check it out, there's gonna be some rad artists and it should be fun! Yeah!

A Sunday Afternoon At Humanoid

One sunday after retouching pics and watching the familia dvd...

Glass Bead Game

So, here's a new band... They're called Glass Bead Game and they're great! A bit of the old EvenFlow and a bit of the old 3 Weeks Anaemic... Go check them out on myspace (here) This was a shoot for a press pack for them...

The End

After all the beer has been consumed, the bands have played, the people have gone to bed and all is left is the mist, a back lit tree, the distant sound of a drumming circle and a few drunken stragglers stumbling around in the mud. First visit to Splashy Fen and while not photgraphing any of the bands this time decided to capture 'the end' of the proceedings... What an amazing few days... Thanks Jules, Ruby, Mark, Jono and Lucy!

39310

Last Sunday, I took a drive out into Mpumalanga with my good friend Nick, to meet a man named Tlokwe and photograph a traditional healers' band called Phuti Ya Bokone. It was scorching, there were at least 2000 people in someone's backyard, the band was about 80 strong, we were lying on manure and it was the most amazing experience of my life. Thanks Tlokwe. And the 39310 is what my odometer read the entire two and a half hour drive.