Gregor Röhrig

It’s blurry and out of focus – but I like it!

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I have always been fascinated by the use of reflections in photography, and knew I’d have a winning pic when I noticed my beautiful girl doing her hair in front of the mirror with that radiant smile

This portrait was taken in the rural outskirts of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

One of my favourite side effects of photography is the interaction with people. I was walking through the rural outskirts of Grahamstown when I was promptly invited into this man’s home for a drink and a smoke.

Walking around as a white guy through a black township / rural area makes you stick out like a sore thumb, and it creates a lot of questions and sparks a lot of interest – but I always end up being welcomed into someones home, sharing some stories, and leaving with a memorable picture.

This Xhosa man walked up to me as I was taking the picture of the little girl in the red dress. He tapped me on the shoulder, unwrapped his radio, smiled and said “Now you can take MY photo” and took off.

I find that his smile reflects pure joy and happiness!

Today I felt like posting something different and taking a break from the whole tilit-shift craze that’s in my head. I found this picture in my archives, and must have skipped over it since I cannot remember ever seeing it… » Continue Reading…

I vaguely recall taking this photograph in Grahamstown during a Red Bull road block campaign.

During the holiday season the Red Bull reps would get together with Metro Police and create a road block, where the police would check drivers car license disks and the Red Bull reps would hand out some Red Bulls. These energy drinks always came in handy during the long (1000km) drive from Garahamstown to Johannesburg.

This is one of those pics I just took purely because I found the face of this man intriguing…