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photo essay
Having spent almost two decades in the news industry offered incredible opportunities for creating picture essays. This genre was once the antidote for television and gave many living rooms a window on the world - LIFE magazine made it famous by assigning people like W. Eugene Smith who in turn spent years on some assignments, creating some of the most memorable images.
![A protestor during service delivery protestg in Khutsong, east of Johannesburg South Afric](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_de787e5797f944309724c99cc69f1256~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_317,h_210,q_90/56e380_de787e5797f944309724c99cc69f1256~mv2.jpg)
![A dancer during a ballet performance in Johannesburg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_58100bbc901e466bb7d74f2914fce929~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,q_90/56e380_58100bbc901e466bb7d74f2914fce929~mv2.jpg)
![A projector operator at an all night movie theatre watches the film he is screening with a](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_c378d2404a0748f996699874fbe722a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_339,h_210,q_90/56e380_c378d2404a0748f996699874fbe722a9~mv2.jpg)
![A group of men pursue a man during xenop[hobic assaults outside of Johannesburg South Afri](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_4b414af43ea044d0bc78bc6f3786dad5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_303,h_203,q_90/56e380_4b414af43ea044d0bc78bc6f3786dad5~mv2.jpg)
![Two men in a derelict building in the South of Angola, southern Africa. One room is blue t](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_96bc71f84d89495e9181c59019c5e1aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_336,h_203,q_90/56e380_96bc71f84d89495e9181c59019c5e1aa~mv2.jpg)
![A crowd is dispersed with the use of a police helicopter during rioting happening in the K](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_58ed747502924d8a90fefcbd66e31128~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_331,h_203,q_90/56e380_58ed747502924d8a90fefcbd66e31128~mv2.jpg)
![Angola, a young child suffering from cerebral malaria at a clinic in the rural parts of An](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_51c178976c8c4ee0aba5e529baed5209~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_336,h_211,q_90/56e380_51c178976c8c4ee0aba5e529baed5209~mv2.jpg)
![A quirky look at policemen watching a cockney looking chap in london](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_d3f4cb6356494d318c51f627b23b1d51~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_317,h_211,q_90/56e380_d3f4cb6356494d318c51f627b23b1d51~mv2.jpg)
![Two dancers shown taking a quick break back stage during a Johannesburg Ballet Theatre Com](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_c49c9f27efa94fdaa63188c5af2d95c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_317,h_211,q_90/56e380_c49c9f27efa94fdaa63188c5af2d95c2~mv2.jpg)
![A colourful portrait of a bullet holed wall in Angola, Southern Africa_](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_8625c902eed441a790ca2ebee185431e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_392,h_261,q_90/56e380_8625c902eed441a790ca2ebee185431e~mv2.jpg)
![Angela Malan, prima ballerina at the Johannesburg Civic theatre, South Africa_](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_b87d018b8af94b3f83b1920ea6f6fafe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_174,h_261,q_90/56e380_b87d018b8af94b3f83b1920ea6f6fafe~mv2.jpg)
![A homeless man sleeping in front of a screen during a film being shown with a typical Holy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_ecc66dab2eea42fa8d550c3d2024fd00~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_404,h_261,q_90/56e380_ecc66dab2eea42fa8d550c3d2024fd00~mv2.jpg)
![A romantic couple with the Eiffel Tower behind them share a moment whils riding on a moped](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_6f9c158b3e6c44709fd5f12c852ed1ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_173,h_261,q_90/56e380_6f9c158b3e6c44709fd5f12c852ed1ac~mv2.jpg)
![A colourful compositin with two ladies dressed in blue and red passing a seated man in a b](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_2656841302b1468d9a0ec5d94fc10875~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_394,h_261,q_90/56e380_2656841302b1468d9a0ec5d94fc10875~mv2.jpg)
![A street child sleeping ion an all night cinema as part of a set of images that won Thys D](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56e380_31ffbe1806154904b4ede11aef1c289b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_403,h_261,q_90/56e380_31ffbe1806154904b4ede11aef1c289b~mv2.jpg)
Walking the streets of any city on the planet with a camera is paradise. Not knowing what awaits you is part of the thrill. Bill Brandt, British photographer once said that the photographer has to remain like a traveler or a child arriving at the destination as if for the very first time.
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