Sharklife is a non-profit organisation addressing the alarming exploitation of shark populations and ocean fisheries in South African waters. They actively engage the urgent need for research and protection of many marine species and recently published this plea video on YouTube. It’s well worth watching. You can visit sharklife’s website here. We really are a [...]
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Shark shark
Posted in African Diver, Documentary photography, Underwater images, underwater photography on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Traffic lights
Posted in Documentary photography, tagged construction, cormac mccreesh, professional photographer, Travel on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In South Africa we call traffic lights, robots. It’s a peculiar South African habit but it’s descriptive and I like it. Green, orange then red and then green again. Day in, day out, 24-7, they run through the cycle of colours determining how we behave. I feel sorry for robots because no-one cares about them. [...]
Corridor man
Posted in Documentary photography, tagged Alzheimers, cormac mccreesh, Dementia, professional photography on July 26, 2009 | 12 Comments »
He walks the corridors pacing, mumbling, confused. Like a tree not past its prime yet withered, bent and broken a victim of the winds that blew and starved of water and light. Followed by his shadow which stretches long behind him and glides over all it passes he paces, and paces and paces He is [...]
