A long road through the Karoo
…and out of South Africa (for now)…
Trying to capture a ‘best of’ retrospective set of images from South Africa has proved near impossible – too many images – too many subjects – too much personal connection – so I am going to wrap it up with this image taken on the road that runs from Middelburg through Graaff Reinet to Cape Town. It’s a long, straight and hot journey especially at 3pm on a Sunday afternooon when every cornershop inland seems to be closed…
About the photograph:
‘This photograph is taken on the N2 road to Cape Town, The Glen (my mother’s ‘family farm’), outside Graaff-Reniet, Eastern Cape South Africa, sits nestled among the taller vegetation to the centre of the image.
…if, like me, you haven’t been ‘home’ for a long time, go, look at your grandparents gravestones, smell the air, taste the food, remember your heritage, take a deep breath, give thanks you can, and go on…’
