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Ruthy Goes to Church
Ruthy Goes to Church is the 2nd part of Julia's ongoing project Proud Women of Africa: a photographic record of women who live or work in Africa.
Julia’s work is primarily documentary based and her projects are usually made up of a mixture of portraits and investigative images. Julia likes to explore the lives of her subjects, giving her audience a context in which to view her portraits.
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entry description
Ruthy Goes to Church is the portrayal of Ruth Jones, second-in-command of the Manenberg Church Brigade in Cape Town. Ruthy was born and still lives in the infamous township of Manenberg, renowned for its drug and gang related crime. It’s thanks to women like Ruthy that South African townships have not completely imploded and that the people of Manenberg can still be proud of where they live and of who they are.Ruthy Goes to Church is the 2nd part of Julia's ongoing project Proud Women of Africa: a photographic record of women who live or work in Africa.
about the photographer
Julia Gunther was born in Berlin, Germany, and studied Film & Video at the University of the Arts in London, UK. After 7 years of working on feature films, commercials and music videos in Berlin, London, Amsterdam and Cape Town, she decided to shift gears and concentrate solely on photography.Julia’s work is primarily documentary based and her projects are usually made up of a mixture of portraits and investigative images. Julia likes to explore the lives of her subjects, giving her audience a context in which to view her portraits.
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