Life in the Cape

Along the Cape, coastal life is closely connected to the landscape. People and wildlife occupy the space between mountains and sea, often at very different scales. Developed through repeated visits, this project follows those relationships, bringing smaller encounters into view alongside the wider setting and the everyday activity within it.

22 photographs

Pointed foreground plants overlook a bay, coastal buildings and a mountain under cloud.

People spread along a beach in front of brightly coloured huts, with a child in the shallow foreground water.

An ostrich sits among rocks with smaller ostriches beside its body, against a strip of ocean.

Foreground rocks overlook a long sweep of beach, coastal settlement, mountain ridge and blue ocean.

Buildings and a beach sit below a ridge, with a plume of smoke rising beyond the settlement.

A small brown mammal faces the camera from a rock, with warm light on its fur and visible whiskers.

White water strikes warm orange coastal rock, with successive blue waves and a distant ridge behind.

Small white boats and a pier sit in a turquoise bay bordered by pale shore, scrub and a rocky hill.

A white church with a thatched roof stands behind purple flowers, beneath a mountain ridge and cloud.

Three whale backs and dorsal fins break the water in front of a low sandy coast.

An orange flower spreads fine curved forms against green leaves and a darker leafy background.

A small boat sits on blue water below a steep vegetated cliff, with a building high above and soft leaves at the lower edge.

A pale curving path leads through coastal scrub toward a small white cottage, with the ocean beyond.

Two penguins swim at different positions and angles in grey-green water.

Two dark figures stand beside amber water while a bird crosses the sky above the rocky shore.

A road and white coastal buildings run beneath a cloud-covered mountain, beside boulders and the sea.

A larger baboon sits on a stone ledge with its arms around a very small baboon whose face is largely hidden, against green scrub, yellow flowers and blue water.

Orange light spreads beneath layered cloud above a rocky shore, open water and a distant headland.

A wooden boardwalk with rope rails descends through scrub toward a pale dune and a narrow ocean horizon.

A red-and-white lighthouse and low building stand beside rough sea and pale ground vegetation.

A shark lies across the blue water, with light patterns on its back and small fish nearby.