The Unexpected Funerals

• Photographer
  Giuseppe Potente
• Technical Info
  Shot By: Nikon D700 (6-8) , Sonya7s (1-5)
• Photo Date
  2016-2018

In Western Cape, South Africa, black and “coloured” people, regardless of their income, usually borrow a lot to have a funeral usually much above their real economic conditions. I am always struck by the unexpected contrast between the luxury of the car or the ceremony and the real status of the deceased. I shot these photos in 2016 (7-9) and in 2018 (1-6) , in the small township for “coloured” and black people, Groendal , near to Franschoek, a very wealthy locality of the Western Cape.

GP was born in Italy in 1950. He followed classical studies in Rome, where he graduated in 1974 in MD. Specializing in medical imaging in 1978, then Professor of Medical Imaging, interested simultaneously to photo imaging. Since 2010 he works as a photographer on personal projects, as : “In the Fields”; “Terroirs, in South Africa. He got recognition by Sony WPO, IPA Lucie Foundation, LensCulture, TIFA, The Guardian, Monochrome Awards. He joined in 2019 the Magazine online Camerapixo. His activity has been aimed to publications, so far he has not had relations with art galleries.