Ripples

‘You're not thinking about what ISO am I on and that sort of thing. You’re just doing.’

‘I’m not one given to the grand narrative about how I picked up a camera the moment I finished suckling at my mother’s breast,’ said South African born and raised Clayton Hairs. ‘I don’t come from an artistic family. While I probably had inclinations to the artistic side, I had quite a domineering father and I was always aware of his, “how are you going to make a living mate” attitude to career choices. So I did undergraduate things that I really didn’t care much for – and which, quite frankly, took me far too long to actually complete.

‘When I finished my undergraduate studies, I decided to buy an old 1976 Land Rover and together with my partner at the time we drove for two years through Africa, up to the Red Sea and down again.

‘My partner had just finished her graphic design degree and it was through her that the artistic