Saturday, August 18, 2018

Yasser Booley (Africalia) (English, French and German Edition) Hardcover – April 11, 2017 by Africalia Editions (Author), Yasser Booley (Photographer) (Stichting Kunstboek)

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Yasser Booley is a freelance photographer who started photographing South Africa when he was 17 years old after his father gifted him a camera. Yasser enjoys telling the real stories of South Africa such as dignity and understanding as opposed to the violence and crime that is a common occurrence in South Africa. He enjoys photography because its a way for him to remember his journey throughout life and how he looks at the world. The first "big" event Yaser captured was the memorial service of the activist Chris Hani. He has photographed everything from crowded South African public transportation to prison gangs to World Wide Fund for Nature. Yasser's goal is for the subjects of his photographs to tell a story to the viewer. He has published multiple photography books and magazines. 

This book is a celebration of the work of South African photographer Yasser Booley• A new title in the Africalia seriesYasser 'Mierkat' Booley started producing photographs in 1993 on the eve of the 'new' South Africa. Raised within the tension of a conservative Cape Malay home in politically fraught South Africa, he soon became an observant apprentice, set on mastering the essence of the electric 'rainbow nation'.This book is a celebration, an indulgent vision. Booley's South Africa shows ordinary people caught at a crossroads, entangled in a dishevelled unity. He brings to light the beauty of humanity through all religious and cultural differences, through class and gender diversity. His character and style reveal an unbridled optimism, sprinkled with an accidental whiff of irony.

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