R50,00
Date: 15 September 2026, (13:00 – 14:00)
Presenters: Patrick de Mervelec & Quaniet Richards
Address: WORLDART Gallery, 68 Long Street, Cape Town
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Date: 15 September 2026, (13:00 – 14:00)
Presenters: Patrick de Mervelec & Quaniet Richards
Address: WORLDART Gallery, 68 Long Street, Cape Town
The Street as Stage: A Conversation on Street Photography
What happens when two photographers, separated by geography and generation, discover a shared way of seeing? Join French-born photographer Patrick de Mervelec and Cape Town photographer Quaniet Richards for a conversation about the enduring appeal of street photography, their long association with Leica cameras, and the publication of their latest books. While de Mervelec’s work reflects decades of observing South Africa as both outsider and insider, Richards’ photographs capture the rhythms and complexities of contemporary Cape Town. Together, they explore the street as a space of observation, encounter and storytelling, revealing how photography continues to transform everyday moments into lasting visual narratives.
Description:
The Four Kings is a photographic project documenting a single oak tree with four trunks in Kongeeikene. Estimated to be between 500 and 600 years old, the tree was photographed over the course of a year.
Now at the height of its life, it may, under favourable conditions, endure for centuries more, yet it already bears visible signs of wear. The causes remain uncertain, but this project does not seek a scientific explanation. Instead, it takes the tree as a visual and existential point of departure.
“For many years, I have regarded this tree as an extraordinary natural presence. Since 2018, I have consciously turned to subjects that I believe carry significance for the future – forms that embody beauty, vulnerability, and complexity.”The Four Kings is both a tribute and a quiet warning. It documents the tree as an artwork in itself, while also suggesting a longer temporal arc in which it may come to reflect our own relationship to – and destruction of – the natural world. The tree remains still as its surroundings shift. In this, it becomes both witness and mirror.
Festival Director:
Heidi Erdmann info@capetownphotofest.co.za
Festival Coordinator:
Alexandra Martinez
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EIE Productions: dylan@eieproductions.net
