Making images with wonderful people will always be a magic unquantifiable. In a darker period, Orli and I dreamed up this set of images that came to be. Sharing our fever-dream-come-to—life with the world is a joy.
An ode to the disheveled allure of the undone-ness post the glamour as the ladies murmur and cackle about friday night's intrigue and scandal. Nostalgic reverie reframes a childhood memory as Summer's last light dances across the faces of gossipy neighbours whispering over the fence. An everyday experience becomes an Aesthetic experiment asA snapshot in the aftermath of splendour, beyond the afters.
Footnote For the reader : "Makhe" is a contraction of "umakhelwane" which means "neighbor". While the colloquial contraction can be considered a more affectionate version of the term
An Image created in collaboration with: Orli Merli: Siphelele Sisonke Veti; Tinuke Eboka ; Courtney Paige Barnes; Mmameyi Mpahelele; Sebonelo Sibanyoni; Lauren Wilensky; Leila Surname; Leila’s Husband; Liz & Naude; Cape Film Supply; Stylist’s Own (Nola’s Place); Duane Zissou ;Ntbaiseng Molebeleli :Liz’s dogs; My mom.