Thomas Hoeffgen

Goalposts and high desert hills agreeing on scale. Oregon.

Johannesburg, 2008.

To shoot here, you had to ask permission.
Certain parts of Jo’burg were controlled.
You worked around it — or you didn’t shoot.

Football was everywhere anyway.
Between the high-rises. In the sand in Soweto.
The graphic of it stopped me every time.

Still does.

Prints from African Arenas now available — link in bio.
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