--- title: "Marc Shoul (Part Three): Close-ups and portraits gathered across cities, countries and cultures" description: "\"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.\"" type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "PHOTOGRAPHY" author: "Maverick Life Editors" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/maverick-life-editors/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-23-close-ups-and-portraits-gathered-across-cities-countries-and-cultures-part-three/" published: "2020-12-23T11:44:30" updated: "2020-12-30T19:14:28" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 212 --- # 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." By Maverick Life Editors · Published 23 December 2020, 13:44 SAST · Updated 30 December 2020, 21:14 SAST ## Content “In [*Portraits*](http://marcshoul.com/portfolio/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](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-11-19-marc-shoul-man-on-a-mission-to-capture-the-world/) the photographer about his work. *All images by Marc Shoul.* ![Mzingwane, Zimbabwe.2004](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/HIBVgS6nv9J1pT20ATaoGH7g1Rg=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2.-Mzingwane-Zimbabwe.2004.jpg) *Mzingwane, Zimbabwe. 2004* ![Ball Room Dancers, Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6vomWl7hZ_iZjlLlcWg59Wytl_w=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/3.-Ball-Room-Dancers-Good-Hope-Centre-Cape-Town-South-Africa-2004.jpg) *Ballroom Dancers, Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004* ![Simon Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/OpfYj_-zlP0JLSzdnHLjYJKTZ98=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/4.-Simon-Swenka-Malvern-Johannesburg-South-Africa-2006.jpg) *Simon, Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006* ![Sabelo, Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/dRazS5MaL2uZNx0S2d31Jlc4VNs=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/5.-Sabelo-Swenka-Malvern-Johannesburg-South-Africa-2006.jpg) *Sabelo, Swenka, Malvern, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006* ![Bikini, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa, 2002](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/hJR8pYxTqxX6gedaPfCf3wiMvMQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/21.-Bikini-Claremont-Cape-Town-South-Africa-2002-1.jpg) *Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa, 2002* ![Brynston, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/sPDpNmBw-FPTyh90l59pxG6dvuY=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/7.-Brynston-Johannesburg-South-Africa-2007.jpg) *Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007* ![Matembo Island, Mozambique, 2006](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/0TQX_ywfWavEd0cpimH5qGWAG-k=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/8.-Matembo-Island-Mozambique-2006.jpg) *Matembo Island, Mozambique, 2006* ![Dorothy Masuka, Soweto, South Africa, 2010](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6SDlTsNZdKPL9oWhOA5PZZuX_z8=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/12.-Dorothy-Masuka-Soweto-South-Africa-2010-.jpg) *Dorothy Masuka, Soweto, South Africa, 2010* ![Hugh Masekela, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2010](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/O0LsZOkxkSBngNahYTHZLFxaOYQ=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/13.-Hugh-Masekela-Johannesburg-South-Africa-2010-1.jpg) *Hugh Masekela, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2010* ![Eugene Terre’Blanche, Ventersdorp Town Hall, South Africa, 2009](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/QmfXgpu-0dbvTwUw3hCYBGwBJY0=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/15.-Eugene-TerreBlanche-Ventersdorp-Town-Hall-South-Africa-2009-1.jpg) *Eugene Terre’Blanche, Ventersdorp Town Hall, South Africa, 2009* ![Graduate, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/6CVqNd2olV3bzBEYs5uytUWy7Jo=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/16.-Graduate-Nairobi-Kenya-2011.jpg) *Graduate, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011* ![Steven Labalat, Ngurunit, Kenya, 2006](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/foD_wQW37gGzJKPQAS3YtuS5Jik=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/17.-Steven-Labalat-Ngurunit-Kenya-2006.jpg) *Steven Labalat, Ngurunit, Kenya, 2006* ![Denzil, Central, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2007](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/iUqyfggvEfo3uTnu5r2pispw51E=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/20.-Denzil-Central-Port-Elizabeth-South-Africa-2007.-tif.jpg) *Denzil Central, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2007* ![Biker, Kabega, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1999](https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/rxBkHNcFuqkm-NxRhJs9xafbRpw=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif\(\)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/22.-Biker-Kabega-Port-Elizabeth-South-Africa-1999.jpg) *Biker, Kabega, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1999* Thank you to Marc Shoul for sharing his images with us. **DM/ ML**