Adidas Portrait Series - Maboneng

In late 2013 I was commissioned by Adidas to shoot a series of portraits for the Area 3 space in Johannesburg. I was one of a bunch of photographers from the city who focussed on their individual neighbourhoods. Along side me shooting this series was Justice & Innocent Mukheli (I See A different you) shooting Soweto, Anthony Bila (The Expressionist), Stephanie O'Connor shooting Parkhurst and Hanro Havenga shooting Illovo. 

Below is a selection of images that where shown during the exhibition. 

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KWV 3 for Gloo (CT)

As we all know Im really bad at posting my own work online lately. It comes with been completely inundated with things to do. When I first moved into Studio Studio (my new studio in The Maboneng Precinct) I was approached by Gloo Cape Town  to a do a shoot for KWV R3mix a new creative platform they where working on for the brand.

We where briefed to get relevant personalities from Johannesburg excelling in their different disciplines, We then shot them all around the studio which is based in Maboneng / Jeppestown. 

Khaya Sibiya (Punk & Ivy / Stylist) put together an eclectic group of young creatives from Johannesburg. We worked with Choc Seruno (Rapper / Actor), Maitele Wawe (Fashion Designer / Blogger), Bakers Man (Skater / Soweto Skate Society) and Anthony Billa (Photographer / The Experessionist). 

Choc Seruno

Maitele Wawe

Bakers Man

Anthony Billa 

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Connect ZA / The British Council / Future Music Rising South Africa

In December I was commissioned by The British Council to produce a short web documentary about the finalists for The British Councils Connect ZA Future Music rising competition. With the help of Adriaan Louw & Deon van Zyl from We-Are-Awesome film under my direction we completed this short documentary about 6 6 bands who competed to have the chance to win a trip to London for the Round House Rising festival at the famous Round House in Camden. 

I also shot a series of images during the filming process of the bands and the production. 

To see more information on the ConnectZA project check out their blog at http://connectza.tumblr.com/ 

Well cone to The Brother Moves on and Wildebeats for winning the competition!

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Wildebeats at home

Bateleur in Studio

Andy Mkosi

The Watermark High

Reason in Khatlehong

The Brother Moves on live at the Alex Theatre in Braamfontein Johannesburg. 

Reason Live in Johannesburg.

The Watermark High live in Johannesburg.

Wildebeats live at the Assembly in Cape Town. 

Bateleur Live in Cape Town.

Since Obama came to town

The blog has been extremely quiet, for two reasons. One, I have been working my ass off this year and it seems the older I get the more I take on and the less time I have to post work up. But alas, with the down time over Christmas the plan is to post a ton of work that I have collected over the year. The second reason is I have been working on some new personal projects. You will hear a lot more about next year.

In this post is an image I shot recently while working on my book on Pantsula, the dance culture from South Africa. While this image has nothing to do with the subjects in the book it was a guy that I met at a tavern in Moklakeng township on Johannesburg's West Rand. 

He was obsessed with the American flag and dressed head to toe. I asked him why and his answer was, 'Since Obama came to town I am obsessed with him.'

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Mac Gale

Mac Gale is a pair of designers from Johannesburg. They are trying to integrate African patterns and formal mens fashion into their brand. 

Mac Gale is made up of Skhumbuzo Mfene and Lebogang Makgale. 

You can contact them on Skhumbuzo (0843899503) or Lebogang (0837389947)

You can also see their work on their tumblr at www.macgaledesigns.tumblr.com  

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Business Class Sports

Styled by Melissa Henderson

Photographic Assistant Jacques de Jager

Retouched by Jacques de Jager

Shot at Studio Studio. 308 Fox Street JeppesTown. 011 614 6117.