#MeetSouthAfrica

A photo by Simon Norfolk depicts a gate at the U.S.-Mexican border. In this night-time image, Norfolk captured the flight of moths in neon light, their trajectory resembling twisted strands of wire. “And what is the light?” Little wonders. “Is it what we think it is? I don’t think the light is even what Americans think it is, not to mention people from impoverished regions in Central America. I think we’re all trying to fly to that light too.” [Myles Little]

I would say that Jesse Chehak’s image of the High Line park under construction in New York City is the most optimistic. The High Line is a wonderful new part of the city that was partly funded by major donations from wealthy patrons. There are of course many examples of amazing philanthropy going on right now, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Leonard Lauder. These kinds of “philanthro-capitalists” are a major, and welcome, feature of the new wealthy. [Jon Feinstein]

..."Viewers are invited to pour over details, to feel the potential energy in a space where it is all just about to happen. The actual performance is just a part of the overall awe-inspiring experience of going to the theatre – I believe that the space itself can be the event."... Opéra de Monte-Carlo, by David Leventi (Monaco) 2009

The photograph above is one of the forty spectacular high resolution images on show by thirty three of the world's leading photographers.

In South Africa for the first time, at its 55th location world-wide, the internationally acclaimed 1%: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality Photography Exhibition is on show at the Chavonnes Battery Museum,Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront in Cape Town,from November 2016 until February 2017.

Opening Hours:
Mon - Wed: 9 am to 4 pm
Thu - Sun: 9 am to 6 pm
Tickets available at the door and Webtickets
FREE WIFI

The Cape of Good Hope was a welcome sight for those on the journey beyond the end of the known world. It meant a reprieve from rancid water, salty meat and ships biscuits filled with weevils. For the soldiers and sailors of the Honorable Company, the promise of a new beginning.