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 →
This past few weeks in Sweden I've been using my Fujifilm X100F exclusively. It always takes me a while to adjust to new light and compositions and the switch from late winter in South Africa to late summer in Sweden is quite drastic. That's one reason why I've been using monochrome - it's helped me to... Continue Reading →
The same thing happens to my photography whenever I come to Sweden. I think it's either the impact of all that Scandinavian design on my artistic sense or maybe its all of the conformity and regularity of life here. Here's a great example. Since I arrived in Falun a couple of days ago It's been... 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 →
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