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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up

I’ve been eyeing this bridge, which spans the freeway close to our church here in Pretoria, for several months now. Unfortunately our country is also not the safest place in … Continue reading

April 19, 2013 · 13 Comments

Typical Tana: The Finale

To end my week-long series on Antananarivo, a few more photos. Many of my readers have said how they’ve enjoyed a glimpse into another way of life. That’s it for … Continue reading

April 19, 2013 · 4 Comments

Practically wordless: Downtown Tana in 30 minutes

Downtown Antananarivo, Madagascar: vibrant, old, alive. This series was shot in 30 minutes at lunchtime – all with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Street photography. I love it! (Click on images … Continue reading

April 2, 2013 · 18 Comments

Drive by shootings on the road to Antsirabe

In general, when I go on a grand voyage I try to blog chronologically. However, with this trip to Madagascar my blog entries have been all over the place – … Continue reading

March 26, 2013 · 4 Comments

Down in the dump

All cities have dumps. And all dumps seem to have people living on or near them. Last year when I was in Madagascar I heard about something of the work … Continue reading

March 25, 2013 · 8 Comments

Inspiration from a Bordelais sculptor

A few years back, just after creating my Flickr account, I came across a photostream by a user call “Lab oil”. As I browsed his photos I found myself laughing … Continue reading

March 8, 2013 · 5 Comments

One last look back at Belgium: November 2012

As many of you will know, I was on holiday in Europe for three weeks. It was a wonderful holiday where I got to catch up with many friends. In … Continue reading

December 16, 2012 · 5 Comments

You can’t stop progress, but you can help decide what is progress and what isn’t.

According to Time, in their photo essay of 13 December 2012, “Ten percent of all of the photographs made in the entire history of photography were made last year — … Continue reading

December 14, 2012 · 5 Comments

Where old sports cars go to die

We had gone to buy some orchids from a specialist in the east of Belgium; a man who had learnt his trade from his father, who in turn had learnt … Continue reading

December 13, 2012 · 4 Comments

You may know me in the blogosphere as "madderinmada", "Rambling with a Cantankerous old mule" or "Vicissitudes of a Cantankerous old mule". But that's all changed and here I am living life from behind my camera lens.

Welcome. I hope you enjoy the visit.

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