The circle is the most perfect of all things With the words of his old maths teacher echoing through his memory, Obie Oberholzer, compass in hand, planned a new pictorial journey (having caught his breath after his recent trip from Ariesfontein to Zuurfontein) and traced a circular route around Southern Africa. Departing from Grahamstown on 1 May 1989 to the cheering of children and the barking of dogs, he began his 64 days journey covering a distance of 14 800 km.
With camera at the ready, he worked his way along a circle of contrasts traversing terrains of startling diversity and capturing the essence of each place in a series of vibrant photographic images. From the loneliest longdrop in Africa to `Durbs by the Sea, from the sweeping vineyards of Stellenbosch to the Love Station brothel near Caprivi these are just some of the pit-stops along the circumference of a Southern Circle.
I look up or down and around, without a person for miles around. Makes you think, being so close to all this vastness the sadness and gladness, the dust, the driving, warm elephant turds on the road . . . Things small and things big. I looked up into the stars and saw a passing satellite . . .
