(“Sleeping Man and Surfer” by John Robinson)
Running in the Corridor and Middle
Gallery of artSPACE durban is an exhibition of
photography by John Robinson titled South Beach.
John Robinson is a social documentary photographer and
stroke survivor living in South Africa, these are his own words and images.
South Beach is a part of the City of Durban’s longest
uninterrupted stretch of beach sand. The City of Durban is on the eastern
seaboard of South Africa and the people here are washed with the warm waters of
the Indian Ocean. To the north of this stretch of sand are beaches with cafe
society hangouts. To the south there is a pier with the upmarket Moyo’s
Restaurant at its end and the uShaka Marine World complex and the private surf
and sea clubs of the Vetches Beach area.
Between these northern and southern affluent areas lies this
long uninterrupted and relatively undeveloped stretch of beach sand. It’s along
this beach that some of the ‘scatterlings’ of Africa come to be alone, sleep,
pray, walk, swim, surf, work, commune with another, or just the sea sand and
water.
South Beach closes
on February 14 at 14h00. artSPACE durban
is situated at 3 Millar Road
(off Umgeni Road)
close to the Waste Centre. More information on 031 312 0793 or visit www.artspacedurban.co.za
or www.artspacedurban.blogspot.com
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