PHOTOGRAPHY
Marc Shoul (Part Three): Close-ups and portraits gathered across cities, countries and cultures
"It’s difficult to conjure up more starkly opposite characters than those of Hugh Masekela and Eugène Terre’Blanche. And yet, during Marc Shoul’s photography career, these are exactly the contradicting characters he explored. In a loose collection of images he has taken over the span of his career, titled Portraits, photographs of the two men are displayed side by side."
“In Portraits, Terre’Blanche seems to be pensively staring into the camera; Masekela is laughing, exuberant, the image filled with life. The photograph of the South African musician was taken in photographer Marc Shoul’s own flat; he remembers that moment as ‘magical’, adding, ‘I played a bit of guitar with him. It was just… Incredible. That night will remain one of the most memorable times.’ But there are many more characters, famous and less famous, who posed in front of his lens, and Portraits is a collection of images he has gathered across cities, countries and cultures,” says Karel van der Vyver, who interviewed the photographer about his work.
All images by Marc Shoul.
Mzingwane, Zimbabwe. 2004
Ballroom Dancers, Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004
Simon, Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006
Sabelo, Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006
Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa, 2002
Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007
Matembo Island, Mozambique, 2006
Dorothy Masuka, Soweto, South Africa, 2010
Hugh Masekela, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2010
Eugene Terre’Blanche, Ventersdorp Town Hall, South Africa, 2009
Graduate, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
Steven Labalat, Ngurunit, Kenya, 2006
Denzil Central, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2007
Biker, Kabega, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1999
Thank you to Marc Shoul for sharing his images with us. DM/ ML
wonderful, thanks