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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!

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...

Mothers' Day photographs

Posted by Hilton Hamann on Wednesday, May 12, 2010,

Sunday was Mother's Day and I got to take some formal, set up, portraits at the local Baptist Church.
I brought in lights and a backdrop and shot the pics with a Nikon D70 as people wanted instant feedback. I prefer to shoot portraits in black and white with a medium format camera, using real film but as the images will only be enlarged to 8" x 12" digital was just fine.
I think the pics work well in colour.

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