Earlier this year I went on a trip to South Africa and visited Robben Island (for those who don't know what that is, it's the island where Nelson Mandela was jailed). While on the island, we got a tour around the cells - including Nelson Mandela's, and surprisingly all his belongings are still present in the cell. At first I thought I could use the photograph I took of his cell to represent the opposite of freedom. However, I took this image of Cape Town from the island, and I thought it could work.
The photograph shows 'freedom', the exact same view that the people imprisoned would have seen, and longed for each minute they spent locked up.
I chose to make the image seem quite 'ghostly' and 'cold', as that would have been the atmosphere on the island compared to the island of Cape Town.
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| 2. Freedom f 10.0 shutter: 1/125 ISO 100 filter: black & white, colour change |
(part 2)
I thought I'd add one of the images I took of Nelson Mandela's cell, for those of you who were curious to take a look! It goes well with the word 'Freedom', however would be used as the opposite of the word.
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| part 2. Freedom f 3.5 shutter: 1/40 ISO 100 filter: levels and colour balance |


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