ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Urban Landscape - Cape Town, South Africa

I was walking down Long Street (Cape Town) on a cold winter morning, the heavy mist was slowly moving through the cross roads. I was walking down the middle of the road, alone, when I noticed a flock of pigeons sitting in a neat line on the middle of the road. I realized the one way traffic coming my way from afar and I knew that the traffic would frighten the birds and that that would make for an interesting photograph. So I started running like a mad man toward the traffic as I knew I needed to get closer to get the shot and the right angle. I was running right for the traffic as I watched the cars chase the pigeons into the air, the flock flying directly at and over me. In that moment I knelt down to sturdy my camera and get the angle encapsulating the buildings around me, took a deep breath and shot a few frames, knowing that I had a double lane of cars coming for me. Once I knew that I got the shot, I moved off the road...

Taken in 2012 using Nikon D700 with Nikkor 23-70mm f2.8

AUTHOR
Cape Town based photographer and artist, Gregor Röhrig holds degrees from prestigious Rhodes University in New Media; Anthropology and Journalism.

Röhrig has a unique perception of his chosen career which, serendipitously, also happens to be his passion. He is an award-winning, self-taught photographer and artist, who has exhibited both locally and internationally.

Best known for his street, urban landscape, and portrait photography, Röhrig has over the past decade matured his art, working inventively with various mediums and avant-garde photographic concepts. His current portfolio spans four continents.

Röhrig’s approach to people and street photography is spontaneous, edgy and irreverent. Predominantly black & white, his photojournalistic style is distinctive and his images emotionally charged. While he works quickly and on the move, his compositions are striking. His work is especially distinghed by the stories that he allows his audience to imagine whilst absorbing his work.

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