A history collaboration

History is not my strong suit, never was. Yes, I like to know a bit about the place where I live, about places that I visited or will visit but that’s about it. It doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate history. People have interest in such subject, same I have in photography, there’s no difference - passion is passion. Last November, I got an email from John expressing his interest in a collaboration. Yeah, up for it! So I proposed the simple form which I used before here: he will send me 5 of his photos and I will try to match them. Nothing unusal until I got the reply with the 5 photos attached: John is interested in history. As a form of respect and to commemorate the people that had an impact on local history, local authorities of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa erected statues.

Statues were never a photographic subject for me, I have no interest in such subject unless they are unsual or somehow ironic. So the challenge was to find statues and try to match John’s. That is what I like about it - not only a collaboration but also a challenge. Here are the results:

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Note: Are you interested in a collaboration? Send me an email with the subject “collaboration” to contact.perfectlight@gmail.com