Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
The N2's not an easy road and I don't think many festinos' would think it's a delight: but most people will come to #NAF18 along it. Whether from Port Elizabeth or King William's Town it snakes its way across a whole sequence of deep valleys. I just love the names of the rivers. On the... Continue Reading →
This month certainly started with a bang - we had a spectacular storm last night that's given me another picture for #NAF18. I shall add it to the three night pictures in the Grahamstown Series I've already printed for Metamorphosis. You get such cool colours and effects in night photographs whether it's a moon rise, car... Continue Reading →
It's an unusual place - Grahamstown - located in a basin at the headwaters of the Kowie river. The poor black population in the eastern townships look across to the middle class suburbs on the other side of the valley. There are not many South African cities where black and white are so closely juxtaposed.... Continue Reading →
Makana's Kop dominates the skyline over the township when you are down in the bowl where Grahamstown lies. There's a prominent straggle of fir trees on its crown and the oldest townships of Fingo and Tantyi run down towards you as you look up to it from the city centre. This sunset picture's taken from above city... Continue Reading →
It's been really stormy this past few days and, as I usually don't take my camera to work, a little more iPhoenography has taken place since my last post. Here are two pictures taken yesterday morning on my phone. I was walking back on to campus from town and the black skies were ominous.
We have our largest ever number of postgraduates in the Geography Department this year - 42 at latest count - and last Monday I welcomed them with a brief resume about the traditions of the Department. The photo above shows four Geographers that personify the four traditions. They are celebrating Prof. Vernon Forbes’ honorary D.Litt at the 1989... Continue Reading →
Grahamstown's well-known as 'the city of Saints'. It's a bit of a cliche and so are many of the photos of our city. Picture postcard shots of the imposing cathedral and Victorian shop facades in Church Square spring to mind. I thought I'd try and get something a little different that gave a bit more... Continue Reading →
It's been really hot this summer. Today it was 37 degrees. Our swimming pool has been getting lower with all the evaporation and swimming so after lunch I decided to fill it with some of the rain water from our new tanks …. there was also the thought that if I did use up our... Continue Reading →
This is the last of the four maps based on data in the 2011 Population Census and it plots the dispersal of Grahamstown's small number of Indians or Asians (total 484). The distribution of Grahamstown's Indian or Asian population shows a wide spread through the former white areas. Their group area was located two kilometres almost... Continue Reading →
With 5657 people the white population was the third largest group in Grahamstown recorded in the 2011 Population Census. The map of their distribution shows that the centre of gravity (weighted mean centre) lies approximately one kilometre north west of the Cathedral. Most of the white population live in the northern suburbs and western side... Continue Reading →
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