Basotho People at Work ~ The Book
Our grand children may never see people threshing wheat against a stone, or ploughing with oxen
Karoo Farm
Silently nestled in the Filao and Gum trees, almost imperceptible from the nearby sand road, uninhabited but intact
Herdboys and their friends
Two herdboy and their friends watch the world go by
Author at Quasing
The Author at Quasing Falls, Lesotho, during a six day pony trek through the Maluti Mountains
White Horse
White horse in the snow at Rhodes Village Eastern Cape. The horse and the garage have gone. Photographs are fleeting moments.
The musings of a travelling photographer....
There was no great plan or ‘skeleton’ of my book. In about the year 2004 I began to collect images and categorised them into various aspects of life in Lesotho; Transport, agriculture, industry etc.
These themes were all put together into a very rough mock-up.The software for this cost 12 quid in London. Being a trader at heart, my first thought was for sales material to.....
A bunch of Lonesome and very quarrelsome heros was smoking out along the open road.
My sister has an Art Gallery ~ Shop in the Island of Jersey. She sells only genuine local and regional art and products. The shop is called Rococo Art and Gifts.
In a recent interview with BBC Radio Jersey, my sister Chantal raised an interesting issue, which has actually been with we ‘aware touristico’s’ for a long time. Why do tourists want to buy local products?
There.....
I have just had 5 ~ 35mm negs printed by someone who is probably one of the worlds best hand print (silver nitrate) artisans; Dennis Da Silva. 45 years in the dark room. It has taken 3 years of experimentation and hestitation for me to have the courage to present some of my work to him. I suppose you could compare this to preparing a.....
The horses smell the grass and water and hurry on to a large copse of giant white poplars, tightly planted to shield from the sun but carefully arranging themselves around a small clearing, prompted by the trek gods to make space for a dozen campers. Tea is required.
Basotho People at Work, a photographic essay on the daily activities of the Basotho
