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Newtown, Johannesburg with a Holga

Posted by Hilton Hamann on Monday, January 16, 2012,

 Recently I took a stroll around Newtown, Johannesburg, the site of the city's old market. Built in 1913 to serve the growing population of the expanding mining town, today it is home to Museum Afrika and the Market Theatre.
 These pictures were shot with a plastic Holga toy camera that I am growing to like more and more. In fact I like it that much that I am going to start using it in my wedding and portrait work.
 And yes, the opening image in the spread is a DELIBERATE double exposure!

 

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Images of a nation under threat

Posted by Hilton Hamann on Saturday, December 24, 2011,


 December 16 is considered, by many Afrikaners, their most holy day.
 It commemorates the December 16, Battle of Blood River in 1838 when they believe God gave them an unlikely victory against thousands of Zulu warriors.
 Each year, thousands of Afrikaners gather at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria to celebrate and remember that day and reaffirm their culture values and beliefs.

New Blood River

  In many ways they are once again engaged in a 'new battle of Blood River' as whites - and...

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