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Photographer | Writer | Everyday Epicure
Winner 2020 Ingrid Jonker Poetry Prize for Zikr ( @uhlangapress | 2018 )
Also: @shootcakephotography

Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
[Travel Archives] Salt fields, Hon Khoi, Nha Tran [Travel Archives] 
Salt fields, Hon Khoi, Nha Trang, Vietnam. (November 2018)

#dslr #travelphotography #traveldocumentary #vietnam #za2vn #reflections #silhouette #liveforthestory #CanonCollectiveSA #canonrsa #ishootwithorms
What is it they say? Life, it will find a way. (An What is it they say? Life, it will find a way.
(And when the dirt patch next to the driveway looks like it's readying itself for faerie folk.)
#zenitlens #helios40_2 on #canonm50 #gardenscapes #moss
I came home to mushrooms sprouting alongside the d I came home to mushrooms sprouting alongside the driveway and this magnificent pineapple on the kitchen counter (zoom in to get an eyeful of that texture). 
Before photography became work, it was another language to acquire, a second tongue; part heart-muscle with a cortex. 
It's easy to forget why we love doing the things we do when it phases into workaday tasks.
The colours and textures of this pineapple excited me, and forgive me if this is starting to sound like a LinkedIn post, but I was reminded of the first joys I found in photography.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstilllife #ishootwithorms #godoxsa #moodyfood #pineapple #canonrsa
Garlic scapes are the stem and flower bud of the g Garlic scapes are the stem and flower bud of the garlic plant. 
I'd have never known that garlic could present as charismatically as it tasted, had I not seen these interesting-looking stems at a local Woolworths (the gaps in my food knowledge are sweeping). The scapes are edible, mildly alliaceous, and are often served roasted, stir-fried or as a pesto.

Shot with a #minoltamd50mmf2 on a #canonm50

#mirrorlesscamera #foodstilllife #garlicscapes
Yeah, it's been a real mug of a year. Here's its l Yeah, it's been a real mug of a year. Here's its last hurrah; banana bread mug cake topped with coffee meringue (for ersatz dalgona feels).

[This, with ice cream, fed three adults. If I were a LinkedIn life coach, I'd write a whole parable from this.]

#canonm50 #helios40_2 #zenitlens #manualfocus #mugcake #bananabread #dalgona #coffeemeringue #2020intherearviewmirror
A slideshow of some of this year's food-centric wo A slideshow of some of this year's food-centric work that I didn't get to featuring on the gram.
Starring @razeenapalekar @green_dot_cafe @bagelstreetco @zaatarandzeal and @naqiyah_mayat X @barilla.sa 
Food and lifestyle photography sessions will resume after January 14th 2021.

#dslr #foodphotography #foodstyling #foodies #contentcreation #shootcakephotography #shootcake #2020
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Two years into Forever

Two years into Forever

Here are some pages from the chapbook I put together of all the words Naeem has pulled from me.

The title is from this.

Continue reading Two years into Forever

Posted on March 15, 2010December 24, 2013Categories BlogTags n00b executions, sg33k4 Comments on Two years into Forever
Drawing Destinies

Drawing Destinies

My very simplistic rendering of how I imagine the interaction between fate and free-will to be.

destiny

Some things you can’t avoid. The rest is up to you.

Now draw your own.

Posted on January 30, 2009April 1, 2010Categories BlogTags cogitations, n00b executions6 Comments on Drawing Destinies

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