. by Graeme Williams The Inner City, is a collection of black and white photographs reflecting an inner landscape that is both stark and gentle. For three years Williams spent almost every weekend taking photographs of city life, exploring a sense of isolation rather than a documentary agenda. In his book, Williams quotes the following lines from TS Eliot's poem The Hollow Men: 'Between the idea and the reality, Between the motion and the act, Falls the shadow'. Most, if not all, big cities can be isolating, however Johannesburg is an interesting case because of its complex past, unsettled future and jarring present.  The apartheid era set up divisions that are a long way from being broken down. All the images were taken in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jan Hofmeyr, 1997 Braamfontein, 1997 Newtown, 1998 City and Surburban, 1996 Johannesburg Zoo, 1997 Hillbrow, 1990 Jan Hofmeyr, 1997 Newtown, 1998 Kibler Park, 1998 Johannesburg CBD, 1995 Joubert Park, 1989 Hillbrow, 1997 Hillbrow, 1997 Wemmer Pan, 1997 Rand Easter Show, 1998 Brixton, 1996 Rivonia, 1998 MAY 2013 BACK ISSUE Back to current issue