Project South Africa: Days 7 to 12
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After teaching the women about photography, mobile technology and social media in the first 6 days, we moved into production mode. We spent 2 days photographing in Khayelitsha, a Cape Town township where the women live. On the morning of Monday November 25th, the women went out on their own to photograph in the vicinity of the centre. They quickly realized the challenge as many residents were very interested in what they were doing and especially in their devices. We decided to photograph away from the centre after lunch for security reasons. Buli and his friend Roy, drove us and accompanied us to an informal settlement area. Our first stop was at Buli's aunt's house. There were 7 of us photographing the area. They documented township life, I documented them.…