Category Archives: School
Just playing at a relay meeting (it’s summer, after all)
A few weeks ago I stumbled onto this inter-school relay meeting at my former school. It was one of the last fun shoots I got to do with my Nikon … Continue reading
High School Shootout At Local Zoo
Some people have told me that zoos are passé, cruel, and irrelevant in our modern society. Growing up in Pretoria, South Africa, in the 1970s and 1980s I often visited … Continue reading
If you were an animal what would you be?
Years ago I used to work in the ‘life skills’ industry – running strategic-planning courses for local municipalities, restorative justice groups for young offenders, experiential learning camps for school kids … Continue reading
In honour of the Olympics: “athletics” in the back yard
Last Friday I got to take photos at a mini “athletics” day – homeschooled children mimicking the Olympics for an afternoon. And they all took it very seriously indeed: the … Continue reading
Street Scenes and one of the reasons I’m here
So, here I am in Antananarivo, Madagascar. One of the reasons I came was to attend the graduation ceremony of one of the classes I taught when I lived here … Continue reading
Hockey, but without the ice, puck or impassioned Canadian fans
I’ve posted about school rugby, and cross-country running already this week, and so may as well carry on the sporting theme – this time with photos from my nephew’s Under-16 … Continue reading
Cross country runners are a special breed …
1983. I arrived at the all-boys high school as an awkward teenager struggling to fit in to senior school life and was introduced to cross country running. I still remember … Continue reading
Century-old rivalry as strong as ever
Pretoria Boys High School (my alma mater) lies just across the railway line from its Afrikaans neighbours Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies). Theirs has been a bitter but positive rivalry on … Continue reading
