Photo Diary: Cape Town, South Africa

Photo Diary: Cape Town, South Africa



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.

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