As the photographers who collaborated on the Nike Be True exhibition seem to be more conventional in the naming department, we’ll also be doing the alphabetical listing according to the more conventional surname method.

Ross Garrett

Based in Johannesburg, he works as photographer for Injozi - a small, but prolific, collective studio. Although trained as a graphic designer and starting his career as one, he has always seen photography as the end goal. A goal he seems to have reached, judging by the work he did for the Gallery on 4^th - a striking juxtaposition of two traditionally polar opposites – the world of the black female (as represented by Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe, captain of the Springbok Women’s Team) and that of the white rugby-playing male, resulting in an intensely emotional portrait and exploring the theme of challenging the status quo, your own fears and others about what they believe to be truth.

See more at his blog spot or at the Injozi page and the pictures of  Nomsebenzi here.

Xandre Kriel

 

For a man of few words, he tells many stories. He describes himself as a ‘self-taught photoman, a one-man show, travelling light.” He specialises male fashion photography, getting his photographic inspiration from the styles he works with. He has also – very successfully - branched out into furniture design.

More info: www.xandrekriel.com or at www.whatiftheworld.com

 

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It’s the day of the launch and everything’s running unnervingly smoothly. Shopfitting’s done, artists confirmed and the drinks are on ice.

Even the list of collaborators for this evening reads like a who’s who in SA’s new school of cool:

DJs Soosh, C-live, Georgeous The Beatbox and the gorgeous DJ Zinhle as well as ultra-hip Sweat X will making the music and setting the mood. Richard de Jager, Lisa Jaffe, Petro Steyn, Sibu, Katherine Mortner and Luke Radloff are our fabulous fashion people. And the art and photos of Stefan Naudé, Marcii Goose, Coenie Sutton, Joh Del, Love and Hate Studio, Kronk, Liam Lynch, Warren van Rensburg, Chris Saunders, Ross Garrett, Sabelo Mhlangeni and Xandre Kriel are guaranteed to stir up thoughts a and feelings even the most passive observer.

Yip. There’s not a glitch in sight and I don’t like it. A bit of power-shedding would be very comforting right about now; better the devil you know and all that. But as we’ve got a generator on standby even that won’t be too much of a mission.

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