Back 2 Siboneli & Municipality elections

I'm went back to the Seboneli school for the Visual Impaired. I made school photo's about the children. It's a bit struggling to get the pics right cause of course the children are blind, deaf or both. For me it nice to see that children are take care of. The school is nice and clean, the teachers are very helpful and patience and my contact Sam Boshielo is a nice guy who take good care of the children. The school also has a hostel because the children are coming from all over the country.

May 18 election day for South Africa. The citizens above 18 years are then allowed to vote for their favourite party in the 3thrd annual municipality elections since the end of the Apartheid

The ANC dominates the governing system of the country, but by the many (corruption) scandals, broken promises and questionable decisions many people begin to doubt the party that freed South Africa from the apartheid. Many people thinks that South Africa is not the democracy that they were hoping for. Experts believe that these elections will bring several changes

I did a photo report about the volunteers from the ANC operatives in Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg. The volunteers in the run up to the elections of 3 hours at night until late into the night trying to voters to win. For these people, the ANC is the only party that can help South Africa and especially they criticize the other parties.

When you vote for the ANC, Also you are choosing to go to heaven. When you do not vote for the ANC You Should Know That You Are That Man Who Carries choosing a fork ... people who cooks. 
 "said President Zuma

Watch these pics on my Flickr account.

Story about South Africans hidden poverty

I'm doing a story about the white poverty in South Africa, a story about a lot of white South Africans whom are living under the povertyline. It's about 10% of the white population in South Africa. There's a law that people who consider themselves the designated  party get priority for a job. Some people say that the a lot of people are 'victims of reverse-apartheid'
For me as a outsider I find this very awful. It is becoming more awful when also a president takes sides, but for me I find it a type of revenge what the government is doing here.
The world said that the apartheid in South Africa is over...not entirely. It has moved to a another level of civilisation. 
This is a silent problem, that must be cared of.

I also linked a photostory from Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly who went to South Africa and made these pictures.

The polaroids of Jamie Livingston

Jamie Livingston was a New York-based photographer, film maker and circus performer. Between 1979 and 1997, he took a single picture nearly every day with a Polaroid Camera.
In 1979, Livingston received a Polaroid camera and after a few weeks noticed that he was taking about one photo a day, which subsequently evolved into the Polaroid a day project.
Livingston's Polaroid a Day charted his experiences with a brain tumor and his subsequent engagement and marriage. The day-to-day often took precedence over more unusual subjects. His photographs in and out of hospital continued up until the day of his death. He died on October 25th 1997 age 41.

Some polaroids became missing but 6,697 Polaroids remain.

The bAng BaNG CluB

Like I was twittering, there is a new movie coming out this month to looking out for. The Bang Bang club.Link to official site: thebangbangclub

The Bang Bang Club was a name associated with four photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994. Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva.

 Two members won Pulitzer Prizes for their photography. Greg Marinovich won the Pulitzer for Spot News Photography in 1991 for his coverage of the killing of Linsaye Lindsaye Tsabalala in 1990. Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer for Featured Photography in 1994 for his famous photograph of a vulture that appeared to be stalking a starving child in southern Sudan. Vulture_Child

 On April 18, 1994, during a firefight in the Tokoza  township,cross-fire killed Oosterbroek and seriously injured Marinovich

In July 1994, Carter committed suicide at the age of 33.
Last year in October 23th, Silva stepped on a landmine while on patrol with US soldiers inKandahar, Afghanistan and lost both legs below the knee. This is the second time he's been injured in a warzone, with his first injury being hit by shrapnel in the face. Silva at work

Earth Hour 2011 with a little struggling

I posted some pictures on my Flickr photostream from the Earth Hour event in Johannesburg last Saturday. The Earth Hour event is becoming more and more known throughout the world. For information you can check the official website.

Something else.. I was struggling to get a part for my camera. I was looking for a new screen protector because I lost the old one somewhere. I went to Johannesburg to look for a new one but I couldn't find one, every store I was going in said my camera was too old (2007). The thing is that I'm not angry about the sales men but at the companies. Almost every week they come with a new camera and having nowadays a camera line with over 50 types of cameras. The market is overrun by cameras that are averaged and do not come in the quality range that you are paying for. Nikon, Canon, Sony they are making cameras only to make profit and don't give a damn about the customer. I'm going to call a few other compagnies for the the part I'm looking for, so... to be continued

Sibonile, school for the Visually Impaired.

The Sibonile school is a South African school for the Visually Impaired.
Located 40 km south of Johannesburg it gives education to around 180 children who are blind, deaf, blind & deaf and intellectual disabled.
I've posted pics on my flickr account, you can also see it on my photostream on the right of this blog.

Photostory: Circus

I couple of days ago I photographed a circus called the  Brian Boshwell's Circus. I made a photostory about that. Check my site for the pics.