The past month and a half I have been working as a photojournalist for the South African newspaper, Mail&Guardian – an internship I got through the IGL’s Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice and its director Gary Knight -- as well as pursuing personal photographic/videographic projects.
In my travels across the continent to Ghana, around South Africa and into Swaziland, I have covered everything from hard news to the latest in South African hip-hop. Much of the narrative of the continent focuses solely on the poor and the struggling but through my time here I have been exposed to the ‘other side’ of Africa; the supremely rich and thriving. This dichotomy is present in the everyday landscape of South Africa and I believe is showing through the work I have produced.
