What do you get when you put together a photographer and a cinematographer, give them a subjects matter and let then interpret it separately?... you get BLACK AMBITION.
Pako Magabane (Photographer) and Tebogo Malope (Cinematographer) have put in a collaborative effort towards a Photography Book called BLACK AMBITION. "Film and photography are pretty much the same visual art-forms except film is motion" says Tebogo Malope . " We are parallelling how i would compose my frame per subject matter and how Pako would compose his, the interesting thing is though we are both looking at the same thing, we each come out with completely different interpretation". I guess thats the beauty of perspective.
Together with an in-depth write-up about the concept of BLACK AMBITION, the book will also come with public commentary on their thoughts and what they could decipher from the images. This book is a definite must have on your coffee table. Te intricacies of every picture are ones that require an insightful eye yet you don't feel like you are trying to solve a crossword puzzle. If you grew up in the hood, all the pictures will arouse a nostalgic familiarity. Reminding us just how far we've come and how much we still need to do.
The message of BLACK AMBITION is the bravery of ambition. In every picture there is a subtle tone of aspiration to affluence. My favourite is of a man and woman who are clearly "dibotho" drinking Joburg Beer out of a wine glass. Ingeminating that irrespective of where life places you, we ALL have an inherent gift and ability to dream. "YOU CAN DREAM ANYWHERE" says Tebogo Malope.
BLACK AMBITION IS SET TO BE RELEASED END OF JUNE. Will keep you posted n where to get your copy.
What an awesome way to put it-in picture form that is as we all find appeal in imagery versus words. This book is reminiscent to me of one of my favourite phrases, dreams are free but ain't cheap. We look forward to the book coming out and too see the rest of the images. Cheers to utopia, a dream pushed (ambition), today it's a cup outside the zozo and tomorrow it's standing at their own office at the corner.
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