I made these shots at the Kimberley Hotel in Cape Town about a decade ago. I was fairly well acquainted with the clientele because I went there to photograph quite regularly.
A crack den hid diagonally opposite the Kimberley, across the intersection on which the hotel sat. The runner between the den and the hotel(in which a range of transactions took place) was a friend of mine. He sat quietly in the corner reading Daniel Defoe until someone needed something. Then he would place his book neatly on the corner of the bar and run the errand.
About 3 years ago I organised a Party to celebrate the launch of the DISTURBANCE DESIGN BOOK. At this point the bar was colonised and now is home to a small art crowd.
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