Proud people

Joburg is a place of extremes
Where we stay you see the most expensive cars but travel just a bit and people are living like this.

Now I don’t shoot these images for fun.
I shoot them during trips to also show another side of a city or county.

We gave the children some soccer balls and a little bit of money (after). The family was incredibly friendly and loved to talk about live. They were not sad but proud. This was their place.

Do remember to put it into perspective that 130 years ago this was all green and grass land and people were living in huts. Still as a European it hurts my soul and heart to see people living like this. But it did surprise me that they were absolutely not complaining. This was their place and they were proud of it. And the soccer balls were awesome 😉

We’ve seen a lot already during the trip but this will for always stay with me.

Here some of the images. And just think about this and the proud family when you complain the next time when you’re out off peanut butter or your partner/parents bought the wrong brand.