MAPALAKATA BOOK LAUNCH LONDON
I am excited to announce that the London launch event for my debut photobook MAPALAKATA will be held on the 14th of May at Plaster Magazine HQ (20 Great Chapel St, London, W1F 8FW) from 5pm-8pm.
The event is free and open to everyone.
Those in London who have pre-ordered books and prints during the pre-sale will be able to collect these at the event. But don’t worry if you can’t make it - your copy will reach you in the post.
For those who missed the pre-sale, copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night, as well a selection of new special edition prints.
More details about the Cape Town launch to follow soon.
As part of the presale for the upcoming book MAPALAKATA, I am running a sale of some editioned prints from the project. These editions are exclusive to the launch of the book and won’t be available again.
All colour prints are 8x10” Archival Pigment on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl and are made by Alex Schneideman @flowphotographic in London.
The black and white print is an 11x14” Fibre Based Hand Print on Ilford MultiGrade FB Warm Tone (Semi-Matt) made by Kerfi Sarkari at @dot.imaging in London.
All the details are available via the link in my bio. Prints are signed, stamped and limited by edition.
Thank you for your support!
MAPALAKATA LAUNCHES IN 10 DAYS
14th of May at Plaster Magazine HQ (20 Great Chapel St, London, W1F 8FW) from 5pm-8pm.
Hope to see you there!
Those in London who have pre-ordered books and prints during the pre-sale will be able to collect these at the event. But don’t worry if you can’t make it - your copy will reach you in the post.
For those who missed the pre-sale, copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night, as well a selection of new special edition prints.
More details about the Cape Town launch to follow soon.
24 HOURS LEFT TO PRE-ORDER MAPALAKATA — Link in bio.
There are 24 hours remaining to grab yourself a signed first edition copy of my new book MAPALAKATA, published by @gost_books . In doing so you’d support brining this project to the page.
Editioned prints are also on offer, beautifully made by @dot.imaging and @flowphotographic . These prints are exclusive to this presale campaign, so will only be available for another 24 hours.
Thanks so much to everyone who has backed the project so far! The support has been incredible and I am very grateful.
Johan, 2019. From MAPALAKATA.
There are 4 days remaining to preorder MAPALAKATA, published by @gost_books .
Please follow the link in my bio for all details on how you can preorder a signed first edition copy of my first book to help bring this body of work to life.
ONE WEEK REMAINING TO PREORDER THE BOOK.
Thank you so much for the incredible support on this presale so far. If you have already made a pledge I am beyond grateful and I look very forward to sharing the book with you soon.
There is one week remaining to support the presale fundraiser. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the book, please follow the link in my bio for all the details on how to pledge and preorder yourself a signed first edition copy of MAPALAKATA, published by @gost_books .
I have released some additional prints for sale, so please feel free to have a look at the new prints on offer. You will be able to update your pledge if you’d prefer to take a different print, or add a print to your existing book purchase.
ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT TO PREORDER THE BOOK - Link in bio.
There are only two weeks remaining to pre order a copy of MAPALAKATA.
MAPALAKATA will be published by @gost_books mid 2026 and includes two texts — a short story by @lidudumalingani and an epilogue by @desmondlatham .
The prints on offer are limited by edition and made by @flowphotographic and @dot.imaging .
Huge thank you to those who have already helped to bring this project to life by purchasing a book and or a print. If you haven’t yet please follow the link in my bio for all the details.
MAPALAKATA BOOK PREORDERS LIVE FOR 18 DAYS - Link in bio.
Years of photographic investigation around an overlooked and yet geographically and historically significant corner of my home country, South Africa, are culminating in the release of my first book. MAPALAKATA will be published by @gost_books mid 2026. I am currently running a pre-sale of the book along with a limited print sale. Your support in pre-ordering a book (and a print) will help bring MAPALAKATA to life.
The book includes two texts — a short story by @lidudumalingani and an epilogue by @desmondlatham .
The prints on offer are limited by edition and made by @flowphotographic and @dot.imaging . Grab the ones you like while they’re still available.
Thank you to all who have been involved in helping realise this project over the years. Most importantly, thank you to the subjects of the portraits contained in the book, many of whom are now close friends of mine and have helped me get a little bit closer to understanding the nuances of place in our beautiful country.
NEW PRINTS AVAILABLE — as part of the MAPALAKATA book presale I have just launched the sale of two new prints, “Makhonjwa, 2020” & “Makhonjwa, 2022”.
Both prints are available sized at 24x30”, and as with the other print offerings they are Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl, made by the master printmaker, Alex Schneideman at @flowphotographic in London.
I running these at a tightly limited edition of 8+2AP. So be sure to secure yours soon if you’d like to own them.
These very special images were made in different parts of the same ancient mountain range, a few years apart. The prints are intended to live as a pair, side by side, or individually. The Makhonjwa Mountains are part of the Great Southern Escarpment and form a significant part of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, the unique and ancient geological formation on which the project MAPALAKATA is set. Some believe that these mountains were once the first land to emerge from the waters before the time of continents. Deep beneath them, amongst the seams of gold, are encased traces of some of the oldest known life on earth.
All the details on how to purchase are available via the Kickstarter link in my bio. MAPALAKATA will be published by @gost_books in mid 2026.
MAPALAKATA PHOTOBOOK PREORDERS LIVE - Link in bio.
Years of photographic investigation around an overlooked and yet geographically and historically significant corner of my home country, South Africa, are culminating in the release of my first book. MAPALAKATA will be published by @gost_books mid 2026. I am currently running a pre-sale of the book along with a limited print sale. Your support in pre-ordering a book (and a print) will help bring MAPALAKATA to life.
The book includes two texts — a short story by @lidudumalingani and an epilogue by @desmondlatham .
The prints on offer are limited by edition and made by @flowphotographic and @dot.imaging . Grab the ones you like while they’re still available.
Thank you to all who have been involved in helping realise this project over the years. Most importantly, thank you to the subjects of the portraits contained in the book, many of whom are now close friends of mine and have helped me get a little bit closer to understanding the nuances of place in our beautiful country.
Marycate and Sibahle, 2025. Fairview Mine, 2025. Peter and Jack Rose, 2025.
Along with the presale of my upcoming book MAPALAKATA, with @gost_books , I am offering a selection of Barberton Greenstone specimens.
Sourced with permission from Pioneer Gold mine / Agnes Galaxy Mines in Barberton and collected in one of the first commercially operated tunnels in Southern Africa — now dormant, yet still occupied by unofficial / illegal mining prospectors.
Barberton Greenstone is a dense, durable metamorphic rock from The Barberton Greenstone Belt, where the images for Mapalakata were made. The Greenstone Belt is one of Earth’s most ancient geological formations, noted for preserving some of the earliest evidence of life on the planet. The stones typically appear green due to minerals like chlorite, actinolite, and serpentine, and often show well preserved volcanic textures like pillow lavas which offer insight into earths early continent forming tectonic movements. Greenstone tends to occur in areas where large gold deposits are highly prevalent.
It is believed that the Makhonjwa mountains, a key part of the Greenstone belt, constitute some of the first land to emerge on earth.
Pre-order a copy of the MAPALAKATA book, along with a vacuum sealed specimen bag containing a Barberton Greenstone sample (5~36g). Limited to 45 samples.
Details available via the link in my bio.
As part of the presale for the upcoming book MAPALAKATA with @gost_books , I am offering some editioned prints from the project. These print editions are exclusive to the launch of the book and won’t be available again.
These four prints are 8x10” Archival Pigment on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl and are made by Alex Schneideman @flowphotographic in London.
All the details are available via the link in my bio. Prints are signed, stamped and limited by edition.
Thank you for your support in bringing this work to life!
