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That Karoo light

Sam Reinders is an award-winning photojournalist and ex-picture editor of this magazine. She has a deep connection to South Africa’s arid interior. The Karoo is her home, her happy place, and a place that challenges her visually over and over again.

“Eve Palmer sums it up in her classic book, The Plains of Camdeboo,” says Sam. “Palmer wrote: ‘At first encounter the Karoo may seem arid, desolate and unforgiving, but to those who know it, it is

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