Photographs are Time-Machines
» S.D. Smith

This photo is from the blog The Big Picture, featuring amazing photographs. The series from which this picture is taken is called “Soccer in South Africa.”

This scene feels like it is taken directly from my memory, as I have seen this scene (or ones very much like it) countless times in Madadeni township (and elsewhere). Makes me miss Madadeni, Newcastle, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and South Africa.

HT: Andy Naselli/Justin Taylor

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am and is filed under Art For Dude Named Art’s Sake, Home. Life.. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Photographs are Time-Machines”

• nGogo Says:
  August 6th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

  Makes me remember a time when your Dad used to drive thru Madadeni with a bunch of soccer balls and when he saw kids playing football with various objects…fruit, foam wig stand heads, and many other objects…potatoes, plastic cups, etc. Anyway he would trade with them. Very fun. What are these kids playing with?
• Ken Harer Says:
  August 7th, 2009 at 1:20 am

  Change those children to Latinos and those photos could have been taken in Mexico.

  Ken
• Rebecca Says:
  August 9th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

  Love it. Just love it.

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