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Oxford

I'm part of an international photography collective called [( 6 )]. 

In this project, '[( 6 )] go to Oxford', our collective work explores social themes through differing approaches to photography and art. We got together for the weekend of 16th - 18th September, 2016, to record our experience and thoughts of Oxford, England, before being exhibited in Oxford, Canada, in October. 

This was my contribution, with the following thoughts: 
​What if I hadn’t left? 
Experiencing and photographing is, in large, the act of comparing.
Comparing places, smells, people and sounds, to those already known, or those I had experienced since the last time in that particular place. Also, consciously comparing to where I’m living at present. 
Revisiting Oxford 10 years since I’d left was not only a sensory becoming aware again of place, but also an emotional awareness of the act of comparing – the city, yes, but also myself as a person who has changed so much through the years. 
All photos © Dewald Botha. No unauthorized use, copy or redistribution please.
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  • Portfolio
    • Czech Exploration
    • So, right then?
    • But is it...?
    • Každý Den / Every Day
    • Open / Closure
    • Zmrzlina
    • The Colour of Panelaks
    • Oxford
    • Simulacrum
    • My Suzhou Garden
    • Ring Road
    • 2630
    • Dead Fountains
    • Relationship with trees
    • Please sit
    • Film
    • Krematorium
    • Travel
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