by 2summers | May 18, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Religion
I recently bought a copy of Hidden Joburg, a hardback coffee table book featuring 28 of Joburg’s most interesting (and difficult to access, in some cases) buildings and interiors. Hidden Joburg, written by Paul Duncan and photographed by Alain Proust. The book...
by 2summers | May 4, 2022 | Ekurhuleni (East Rand), Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Religion
Several months ago I spotted a post in the @WhatsOnInJoburg Instagram feed. “Africa’s tallest Shiva Shakti Statue is in Benoni”, the post read, with a photo of the biggest, boldest, most colorful Hindu deity I’ve ever seen. I made a mental note...
by 2summers | Apr 13, 2022 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping, Museums and Buildings
Almost ten years ago, I did an exhibition of photos I shot in Maboneng and Jeppestown, two adjacent neighborhoods in downtown Joburg. I had nearly forgotten about this exhibition (which you can read about here). But then a week ago I received an Instagram message from...
by 2summers | Mar 15, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Museums and Buildings
Not too long ago, I told you about my new obsession with plants. This plant obsession is of course accompanied by a pot obsession, and I am fortunate to live five minutes away from the best pottery place in Joburg: Liebermann Pottery. Browsing the yard at Liebermann...
by 2summers | Nov 19, 2021 | Museums and Buildings, Parks/Nature Reserves, Western Cape
I’ve been wanting to visit Cape Agulhas since my first visit to Cape Town in 2011, when I took a day trip around the Cape Peninsula and learned that the Cape of Good Hope is not, in fact, the southernmost point in Africa. It took another decade but I finally...
by 2summers | Sep 14, 2021 | Brixton, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Parks/Nature Reserves
On Sunday I stopped by a cleanup event at the Brixton Cemetery, hosted by the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries. The volunteer group regularly organizes cleanups at different cemeteries around the city, picking up rubbish and restoring the older headstones. A...