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When I started photography, it was during the height of the violence in this country. The images that were being published in mainstream media were violent ones.

— Andrew Tshabangu

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Even if it varies, the subject matter is interrelated, but of course the gaze might be different. In terms of aesthetics, there is an evident relation, but the streets are my studio.

I am interested in the ordinary of everyday life. I like to capture images that we tend not to pay attention to.

“This is not done intentionally, when I was studying we were taught in classical ways and I found that boring, hence my experimenting with different angles in photography.”

Remember when you were young and you had pen pals? I tell my students to imagine they have a pen pal in Kenya, and they need to tell them what South Africa is like using only images.

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