To Hell and Gone by Obie Oberholzer

Overall Condition: Very Good to Fine. Published by Struik in 1991.
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Dust jacket in very good condition is shelf rubbed especially on corners and top edge. Binding tight and secure. Boards are intact, corners bumped, some shelf wear. Original laminated pictorial boards that have the same design as the dust jacket. Unpaginated. A Very Good copy otherwise.
 This book was sponsored by Rand Merchant Bank and there is a tipped in presentation sheet (in Afrikaans) from the bank to a shareholder.

Jus I thought, but I love this great Southland. A strange land. Theres a beat that runs through her body; sometimes, if you listen carefully, you can hear the spirits of the Abadala. Yes, I said to the night. You Africa, my friend, you happysadland, hug me and keep me, for I could never live in Brussels . . .

Please note that all our books are also sold from a shop and we may inadvertently sell this book and not update Bidorbuy quickly enough. Please confirm that we have the item before placing your order.

Obie Oberholzer began this, his third major photographic odyssey in Grahamstown on February 18th, 1991 treading the well-worn tourist paths until he got to the famous Cango Caves. Here he stood in a tourist group, next to a little man who wore sandals and socks, listening to the drone of a guide who said everything twice (in both official languages) and then played organ music. At that point he knew: no more tourist areas, finish and klaar. So he patted his hipflask, hitched his camera, climbed aboard his Volksie bus and headed west into the sunset and the great open spaces of southern Africa, finally reaching Meob Bay, to hell and gone up the Skeleton Coast, one of the most isolated places on the African subcontinent. He returned four months and 20000 kilometres later with images that delight the eye and stir the heart.*

Here, in this fine gallery, are some of the remoter places and less conventional faces of southern Africa, captured on film by a photographer of insight and endearingly eccentric humour.

*Obie Oberholzers first two journeys were recorded in Ariesfontein to Zuurfontein (1988) and Southern Circle (1989).