Feature
Photography
“
When I arrived in Johannesburg it was only for a day as myself and
my tour group were headed to Cape Town. I did have one night in
Johannesburg and we stayed by the airport and went gambling that
night. We came back about a week later to do a proper tour. After being
to Cape Town I felt I had a place to compare Johannesburg to now. The
two cities are extremely different in look and feel. Johannesburg is a
proper city like cities in the states such as New York or Detroit. I was
excited to capture the rich history of the city while photographing as
much as I could on a quick three day trip. One thing that was going
on as we were there was that Nelson Mandela was very ill at the time
and the press was everywhere by his home. I also had no idea that Desmond Tutu
74
africandesignmagazine.com