Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
I've had such positive responses from my recent blog post on the Karoo that it's inspired me to put together these ten images. This time all of the pictures are different styles in black and white. They're taken from Mt Zebra National Park, which is just outside Cradock, along the R61 to Ganora Guest Farm and... Continue Reading →
Little did I know when I was finishing work on my exhibition for this year's #NAF19 that I was previewing the name change debate of the 1820 Settlers' National Monument. I've got a panorama, taken from the cuttings above the N2 bypass, that's entitled 1820 Settlers' Sunset. I've since been told that it looks apocalyptic.... Continue Reading →
There's an Illawarra flame tree just outside my studio window where the green wood hoopoes go fossicking for insects. With the noise they make it's easy to hear them, pick up the camera and try and get some pictures from the stoop. They don't keep still for more than a moment or two but they... Continue Reading →
Two or three times a year we make the journey west from Grahamstown and into the Karoo - often staying somewhere around Compassberg which at 2504 metres is the highest peak in the Sneeuberg and Karoo. Kate has been working in the area for many years and I've gone along too. Sometimes that's involved some... Continue Reading →
This last weekend we hung 14 of the pictures from my Hogsback Series at the Wild Fox Hill Eco-Cabin. You can see the full series of 17 images (with prices and full descriptions) beneath the slideshow. They are printed on brushed aluminium Dibond by Orms Print Room which gives them great impact. At the end of June... 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 →
This post's about the Dryad series. They are the seven images that make up almost a quarter of my exhibition - Symmetry - which is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I wanted to explore what happened when I placed a person into my images... Continue Reading →
My solo exhibition - Symmetry - is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I've decided to write a series of posts about the images that are in it so that you can see what it is about. When you walk into the exhibition you'll immediately... Continue Reading →
Last week we spent a day at Addo Elephant National Park and, just as we were leaving at sunset, we saw a lone bull elephant striding up over the horizon. The misty Suurberg ridges rising up beyond the Sundays River valley made a lovely dramatic backdrop to his silhouette. I got to wondering what would... Continue Reading →
There will probably be autumn mist tomorrow morning, our host at Tsitsa Falls backpackers (Adrian Badenhorst) told us around the camp fire, you often get them when a hot day follows. He was right. The whole Tsitsa valley was dark with mist at sunrise but it soon began to clear as the sun burned through.... Continue Reading →
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