Jacques Marais Media
I create. I capture moments. In photographs, as well as in words. As a photojournalist, I use tools – a camera and a computer – in order to freeze-frame short-lived instants in time. To make sure they are remembered long after the passing of the actual moment. There’s duality, a shit-load of it, in fact, as the image I capture utterly depends on where I point my camera. And the words I write depend on my mood, my state of mind, my rapport with my subject, my agony and my ecstasy. But I’m more craftsman than artist, and busting my gut goes hand in hand with that occasional flash of blinding insight.
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Champagne morning … that is all one can say of Lourensford this AM. The 2nd race in the MOMENTUM HEALTH SA National Off-Road Duathlon Series kicked off in perfect weather at what surely rates as one of the Western Cape’s premier wine estates. A strong field of athletes, massive family participation and fantastic vibe made [...]
Whooba! How cool to be back in ‘The Kingdom’, and to experience a completely new mountain biking route and race! MiWay’s phenomenal series of races have taken the mountain biking community by storm, and it is easy to see why from today’s course … sugar cane singletrack, blue-gum downhill blasts and an ethereal boardwalk winding [...]
My latest book (100 DORPS / 1000 THINGS) are just about done and dusted, with a couple of weeks to go before printing. As part of the book, much of the past few years have seen me exploring gravel roads and out-of-the-way dorps in order to get photographs, interesting stories and a handle on what [...]
… and the kids, plus family and assorted mates of course, to go and get muddy and married in the Eastern Cape. My cameras took a back seat for once, but when you trip through the Amatolas, along the Wild Coast and through the Tsitsikamma Forests, you have to occasionally slip the Nikon or Go-Pro [...]
