A woman is walking through a burning field, looking for an empty spot to start building a new home for her and her family. These pictures where taken in 2007 at Freedom Park, Johannesburg, when occupants of the land where evicted, but » Continue Reading…
What do you get when you have a crew of relaxed holiday makers chilling on the beach at midnight, drinking some beers, getting a bonfire going, and a dude with a camera: Midnight Fire Beach Graffiti
A couple of months ago I woke up to a loud bang, followed by the siren of a fire engine, which was so deafening it seemed to have woken up right next to me.
The electrical box in the adjacent apartment building exploded and started a fire. The whole commotion had half of Killarney’s inquisitive residents on the street, some in shock and some in awe.
My first instinct was to grab my camera and get a slice of the action – fires have always been a compelling subject matter to me, purely because of the action surrounding it. You have the flames, the heat, the danger. Then you have the firefighters, gearing up, running around, doing all sorts of stuff. And lastly you have the spectators, which are always interesting to watch and to photograph, like these twins, walking past the Killarney fire:
More pictures can be found on my Killarney Fire flickr set, and here is the Animoto version of the event:
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