Exhibition 1 – Cape Town

Documentary

EXHIBITION 1 is a chronicle of the people of Cape Town and the many journeys they make using public transport – stopping at stations, getting off taxis and moving through different parts of the City Bowl and southern suburbs. The photographs were taken over a period of seven years and focus on: the daily commute; the youth and how people navigate and occupy their city; and how the past and current segregation of Cape Town affects and shapes its people.

  • Domestic worker walking past window in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, 2009.
  • Young workers commuting via the central bus terminus, Cape Town, 2010.
  • Busses leaving the central bus terminus, while stall owners are moving their temporary shop, Cape Town, 2009.
  • Commuters standing in line during a busdriver strike, Cape Town, 2010.
  • A young couple waiting for the bus to Rocklands, Cape Town, 2009.
  • People crossing the road towards the central train station, Cape Town, 2010.
  • A commuter is waiting on the bus, Cape Town, 2010.
  • Workers on the night train to Khayelitsha, Cape Town, 2010.
  • Person crossing railway tracks with shoes in his hand, Claremont, 2013.
  • Barbie hung on tree, potentially marking a territory of campsite, Claremont, 2013.
  • Campsite for shelter at the back of Stadium on Main, Claremont, 2013.
  • Teenager rolling a cigarette from a piece of newspaper, Claremont, 2013.
  • Child playing in the front yard of her home, Salt River, 2011.
  • Teenagers playing golf, Marina da Gama, 2011.
  • Driving school yard, Claremont, 2014.
  • Government houses in Blue Downs under construction, Delft, 2011.
  • Domestic worker walking the dog outside employer’s mansion, Bishop’s Court, 2009.
  • Domestic worker cutting hedges, Bishop’s Court, 2009.
  • Men walking home after work, Steenberg in Cape Town, 2014.
  • Overlooking one of Western Cape’s temporary housing projects, Blikkiesdorp, 2010.
  • Free standing toilets built before the completion housing structures. One toilet for four households, Blikkiesdorp, 2010.
  • Police Station outpost for a section of Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, 2011.
  • Child looking through the front gate of their home in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, 2012.
  • Graffiti detail: “dollars are the privilege”, Salt River, 2014.
  • Detail of wall with the word “Skool” and gang related tags, Mitchell’s Plain, 2013.
  • Person sitting next to graffiti of cheetah, Salt River, 2012
  • Children and dog on the hills of Karbonkelberg, Hout Bay, 2010.
  • Children playing football on a community field, Mitchell’s Plain, 2011.

More works:

The N2 Gateway Project – Blikkiesdorp

Johannesburg – the city, weddings and family

Cold Turkey Cape Town

Handspring Puppet Company for British Airways High Life Magazine

Danish Midsummer in Aarhus and Copenhagen

06-jpg mads-norgaard-0027-jpg Person sitting next to graffiti of cheetah, Salt River, 2012

Woodstock, Salt River and surrounds: When gentrification moves in

Private Life presents Disco Illusion-0017

A Disco Illusion with Private Life

Projects and initiatives run by Joining Hands

Joining Hands Street Community organisation in Tafelsig – taking ownership of their streets

Youth from Phillipi and Khayelitsha perform at Magnet Theatre in Cape Town

All photographs appearing on this site are property of Mads Nørgaard.