The magazine of the photo-essay
Jan/Feb 2023 back issue
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
by Sarah Stacke
Love from Manenberg looks at life in Manenberg, South Africa, in
particular the experiences of women and their children. The work
makes room for complex narratives pushed aside by the media and
shows the ways families look to the future and carry the joy, grief,
and everyday realities of life in a community plagued by gang violence.Through
fortitude and faith,they persevere and prosper.
Sarah Stacke first photographed Manenberg, a neighborhood of
CapeTown,inJune 2011.Forover adecade,thewomenofthe Lottering,Pietersen, and
Adams families have shared theirlives, showing
the texture, unity, and comfort of their home.The title of the book
reflects the love these women embody,but also describes the relationships the
photographer has formed with them. They have become a part ofthe fabric of each
other’s lives.
Table Mountain from Sabie Road, 2020
@Sarah Stacke
Debbie watching Zobi enter the school gates, 2014
@Sarah Stacke
Edmond (left) and Graham Watson securing the cross at
Ashwin’s grave, 2018 @Sarah Stacke
Zobi helping Naomi after a stroke left her incapacitated.
Zenoah is in the background, 2022 @Sarah Stacke
Meesie and Naomi, 2016
@Sarah Stacke
The South African National Defense Force and the SA
Police Service guard Red River St. 2019 @Sarah Stacke
Chalcey (left) and Chandre practicing a dance they
learned on TikTok, 2020 @Sarah Stacke
Chalcey playing in her living room, 2018
@Sarah Stacke
Debbie (left) and her neighbor, Naznuna Esau, 2014
@Sarah Stacke
Zobi, 2020
@Sarah Stacke
A full moon rising over Manenberg, 2018
@Sarah Stacke
Tonya, with Tosha’s help, getting ready for prom, 2020
@Sarah Stacke
