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Mistrust: Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa
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I submitted this image called 'Mistrust' for the Contemporary Visions of Southern exhibition at the
Pretoria Art Museum. It was taken in Yeoville in 2004 and it formed part of my research project which looked at the mapping of social networks in the suburb.
Here is a link to more from the
Yeoville 2004 photo set.Labels: Citizenship, Creative Response, Exhibitions, gentrification, Johannesburg, Network Approach, Photography, social capital, social networks, Yeo, Yeoville
Yeoville: Plane Crash Remembered
posted by Ismail Farouk at
The rains are back thankfully. I was just sitting outside looking at the storm gather over the Yeoville skyline and the scene reminded me of the night a witnessed a plane crash from the balcony of my flat. I watched the plane fall out of the sky and plunge into a block of flats about 100m away from where I was standing.
The pilot was killed on impact - Luckily, no one on the ground was injured. Here are some photographs of the crash:
Labels: Photography, Yeoville
Ismail Farouk Wins 1st Prize at Pretoria Photomarathon
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Well folks it seems like I'm on a roll. Last night my submission for the theme "No Mans Land" won first prize at the Pretoria Photomarathon.
Two awards in two weeks...I must be doing something right!
Labels: Photography, photomarathon, pretoria
The Parking Gallery: Sometimes a Fire
posted by Ismail Farouk at
'Sometimes a Fire' was the name give to the photographic series depicting a fire and subsequent struggle at a heritage house located in Bertrams, the oldest suburb in Johannesburg. The fire occurred in June 2006 on a cold winters night and was caused by a paraffin heater. The photographic series was exhibited 1 month later at the Parking Gallery in downtown Jozi, on the 29th of July 2006.
The house has been suffering from structural problems and has been declared unsafe for sometime now. Regardless of this fact the building was at the time of the blaze sublet by slum lords and the house had a high occupancy rate of +-40 people of various ages. Currently, the house is being demolished to make way for a new housing development linked to the 2010 soccer world cup.
In addition to the photography, visitors to the exhibition were treated to sneak preview of my film JHB626GP - A film made for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2006. The movie was projected on a whitewashed wall, which formed an impressive rooftop cinema, with commanding night time views of the inner city of Johannesburg.
Labels: Bertrams, Exhibitions, Photography
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