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Benjamin Hoffman’s Cape Town: scars and a zest for life

Benjamin Hoffman’s Cape Town: scars and a zest for life

In Farewell Cape Town, a book published by Éditions Juillet, the photographer Benjamin Hoffman and the writer Sophie Bouillon paint a touching portrait of South Africa’s Mother City. Using black-and-white photography, the book presents a panoramic chiaroscuro of a scarred, yet vibrant metropolis.

© Benjamin Hoffman, courtesy Éditions de Juillet

As if he had to get at it through its specific mood, through its currents filled with bitterness and salt, its ebb and flow, Benjamin Hoffman began his Cape Town book with a photograph of the ocean. T...

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