Image Number: APN148628
Title: ipjr11990532 a daughter tends the grave of her mother, they have
Path:
Africa Media Online /
South Photos /
John Robinson
Description: no space to breathe. mountain rise cemetery, january 2008 pietermaritzburg kwazulu-natal south africa.. a daughter tends the grave of her mother, they have only a simple wooden cross and a grave number with which to mark her mother's resting place. she is helped by her grand mother.. i have put this series of images together against the backdrop of frustration of living a city that seems to be dying all around me.�omething must be wrong when so many people are dead and buried, so close, so fast and so often. while i walked among the graves making these images i asked questions of family members; what happened? why are these people are dying? i was told that he were just old (thank god) others, well they were sick, or stabbed with a knife, she just died, and, well you know my friend these things just happen,�i stopped asking the "was it�iv/aids" question. i just leave it as something that has happened and leave it there. what ever the medical details are in each case, i do know th
Collections: South Photos
Subcollections:
John Robinson
Country: south africa
Location: mountian rise grave yard
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 3888 x 2592
Media Id: 119_861
Credit: John Robinson / South Photos / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
2000s,
black African women,
daughters,
,
Mountain Rise Cemetery,
cemeteries,
2008,
Pietermaritzburg,
KwaZulu Natal,
South Africa,
death,
grieving,
cross,
graves,
horizontal,
black and white image,
funerals,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No
