It will still be a few months before I finish my review of the images that I took on our Southern Africa motorcycle adventure. Recently, I was looking at images that I took in Kolmanskop, Namibia. It is a fascinating story of the rise and fall of this once diamond mining town that is slowly being reclaimed by the sand that you can read through the link above. However, I was told that after severe sand storms, some of the staff remove sand from inside the homes. I visited this town 6 years ago and I did notice that some of the rooms inside the buildings have far more sand now then they did then. I'm going to guess that the door frames are 10ft. tall, but the sand is making that impossible for me to determine.

Kolmanskop

Throughout the buildings, the worn textured walls really appealed to me. It was a lot of fun to create multiple exposure images that only my camera could see.

Another area in Namibia that we visited was Deadvlei. The white clay pan with the dead black trees that are surrounded by the towering sand dunes are visited by hundreds of tourists every day. 

Desert Skeltons

Creating multiple exposure images of the fall leaves has also had my attention recently.

Through the end of February, I am participating in 2 different shows in Alberta :

Voices in Abstraction with Sharon Thompson at the Kiwanis Gallery in Red Deer 

December 5, 2023 - February 11, 2024

Official Opening with artists in attendance: January 5, 2024 5:30 -7:30 pm

4818 49th St. Red Deer, inside the Red Deer Public Library

As part of the Exposure Photography Festival I will have 2 images in The Artist’s Lens 2024: Body

January 5, 2024 - February 24, 2024

ASA Gallery in Calgary

Kolmanskop Ghosts

If you have read this far, I would love to know what you think of any of these new images.

Happy Holidays