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This photo essay is partly based on what I believe
is the divide that has built up
between different traditions, culture and race in
South Africa. What particularly
began to interest me was the breakdown of the traditional African
family structure,
the impact
of westernization and the realities of the economy in South Africa in
the daily
lives of woman. Increasingly woman
have to enter
to the labour market ,no longer the
homemakers and primary
caregivers of the traditional family
dynamics but in
many cases the breadwinners. is this
the end of
the old way
of life or the
beginning of a new
family structure?
Most black
woman enter labour
market after completing
their studies, although a
small percentage between
the age 20 and
30 stay
at home during their
childbearing years, but many
more and more are entering the
labour market at a later stage,
many of them
are single mothers who need to
provide for their
children and extended
families.
In this
body of work I
am looking at their everyday movements
through Johannesburg as
they go to
work, shop or
return home. I see
this movement as an
indication the strength
and achievement of
these woman.
1 comment:
I'd like to see more of this.
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