While everyone was focusing on the consumables of the Yeoville Market and its surroundings, I came across a stall with a variety of beauty products such as ranges of make-up kits, nail products, perfumes, skincare – both facial and body, catering for both men and women. As a photographer with an interest in commercial photography, I was immediately drawn to this stall. I photographed the stall and its different products in a manner reminiscent of product shots. This was interesting […]
Looking for an affordable daily vegetable market? Yeoville Market is the place to go! When one considers how photography functions in the discourse of food and food production, it is imperative to highlight that we are visual and emotional creatures. Statistically speaking, we have a health epidemic worldwide, which is not limited to obesity but also general health and understanding of how food functions in our body. I have chosen food photography to highlight the importance of healthy […]
The Yeoville market is filled with food, clothing and people. Of course it would have been the easier way of representing the Yeoville market as a whole with human features in my work. But with the harassment I was getting there from male stallholders, I had to think on the spot and shift my narrative, to focusing on something that would not lead to people asking me, “Why are you photographing in my space?” or, “Baby you look nice, […]
My project is aimed at the spaces the market has as I have acknowledged that every marketplace is a busy place buzzing with people, it is a space where economic growth and trading takes place. Spaces within Yeoville Market aims to take my personality to the place I am not really connected to. I found spaces that I belong in which remind me of home. “Peace”, a piece of a place I call home. I focused on corners where […]
My first encounter with the Yeoville Market was very interesting. I noticed similarities in the food in the market and the food I know to be my cultural foods, that is the Vha-venda culture. What was even more interesting was the fact that these foods were imported from other African countries such as Nigeria, Maputo etc. I was happy that I could now enjoy cooking and eating these vegetables like Phuri, Delele, Thebe, Phonda without having to travel all the […]