Film photographer Katja Marr recently photographed the lookbook for über cool Cape Town vintage store Vintage and the City. The resulting images are a mixture of 90s high school fashion and street wear grunge.
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Colour Comparisons | A Moment for Miss Moss’s Art and Fashion Mashups
Capetonian graphic designer Diana Moss who blogs as Miss Moss seamlessly fuses art and fashion to create small visual feasts. These are some of our favourites from her archives.
Lumkani: An Innovative Device Combatting Fires in Informal Settlements
A tech startup and social enterprise, Lumkani aims to reduce the loss of life and property caused by fires in informal settlements in South Africa and around the world.
Liminal Spaces: Kirsten Mackrill’s Photographs of Empty Schools
Without life to fill them, the schools in Fine Art Photographer Kirsten Mackrill’s photographic series ‘School Portraits’ become eerily empty institutions.
How Far From Home: Creatives on a Journey
After watching Stefan Sagmeister’s talk, The Power of Time Off, at the 2014 Design Indaba, creative couple Stevo Dirnberger and Chanel Cartell decided to quit their jobs, sell their bulkier belongings and pack up their lives for a year of adventure.
“The Tequila Face” at 200 Frames Per Second | Dirty Rotten Tequila Festival
Ireland/Davenport captured variations of ‘the tequila face’ at 200 frames per second in this video for the upcoming Dirty Rotten Tequila Festival.
The Pursuit of Style and Travel in OATH’s Autumn Womenswear Collection
Rich autumnal hues and boxy silhouettes abound in OATH’s womenswear range for the stylish traveller.
Brutal Assault: A Filmic Experience of India
‘Brutal Assault’ is filmmaker Josh Hayman’s reflection of his experience of brutal, beautiful, heavy and heady India.
Featured: Photographer Musa Nxumalo In Search Of…
Soweto-born photographer Musa N. Nxumalo shoots candid black and white images of fellow young South Africans as they party it up on the Jozi social scene. His photographs explore contemporary culture, notions of identity and the journey to self-discovery.
Awe and Isolation in Photographer Louis Vorster’s “Altered Corners”
Louis Vorster aims to capture a sense of human isolation, loneliness and melancholy, reflected in beautiful images of the natural world.
Featured: Photography by Paul Wallington | Road Trips and Everyday Scenes
Paul Wallington’s photography captures a strangely alluring aesthetic in the mundane and draws our attention to the eye-catching and the out of place.
Lulu & the Tiny Elephants | Azrah Osman’s Therapy through Illustration
Azrah Osman’s uniquely personal work tells the story of her struggle with a rare brain condition and reflects her process of learning and acceptance.
Featured: Colourful Urban-Grunge Fashion Photography by Nikki Zakkas
Nikki Zakkas’ striking photographs showcase Jozi’s street fashion and culture and capture the rawness and dynamism of city life.
A Mother’s Love in “Borrowed Time”, A Commercial for NGO Orange Babies
When you can’t have one, an ordinary life is an extraordinary thing. “Borrowed Time” is an ad for Dutch NGO Orange Babies that depicts an HIV-positive mother trying to let her baby see and experience as much as possible before it is too late.
Surface: Emerging Painters at Barnard Gallery
Surface: Emerging Painters reflects on the timeless allure of painting and the way it is being redefined by up-and-coming artists in the context of contemporary South African art.