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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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A cute little tyke!

Posted by Hilton Hamann on Thursday, January 21, 2010,

I had a great time photographing two year-old, Josh Cachia. The little guy never stops moving which explains why his face is slightly blurred unlike that of his long-suffering dog.
 The weather was overcast and damp, which meant I had to shoot wide open with the rangefinder camera I was using at 1/15 of a second.
 But I think the slight blur captures the little tyke's energy and says something about him. Sometimes an out of focus picture can be more effective than one that is blindingly sharp.
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