Food Styling: Trends – Noir Part 2 / Living in the tension of Black & White
Black OR White
Black AND WhiteIt’s not always clear.I recently gave away all my black clothes; not because black is drab, boring , or even some might say evil.No. I gave them away because I well, wait for it, I gave away all my white clothes too…I can’t explain it in definitive black and white clarity. Only that I’m questioning the hard line choosing one of these opposing colours.
Is this a metaphor for life ?Today is an important day in South Africa , anytime you make your black mark on a piece of white paper is, isn’t it ?Yet somehow is feels more confusing than ever.It’s not an issue of black and white anymore, well it shouldn’t be, but 20 years on this hard won democratic privilege still feels so much about black OR white.It still feels like we are fighting the same fight.Over and over again.Maybe it’s just about learning to live in the grey zone, working through the tension, and still making a mark.
Im off to make my mark, dressed in, yup , you guessed it, grey…
Happy Voting ( for those in South Africa)Go make your mark, it counts, no matter the color.
x
Concept & Styling: Taryne Jakobi
Photography: Roelene Prinsloo
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Oh my word , I love it! I loooove the way you say things, leave them open and yet subtle hints and then ! at the end of that, there is an amazing array of interesting, exquisite photographs of food,,,,,,,, today I love the “food” in its essence, how it comes, not made up and complicated by our use……. thx Taryn. You are so spot on, I personally feel that our separateness as black and white is deeply supported in structures that were set up during the Apartheid era and whether it be the taxi system or the township segragation, the continued daily separation prohibits us from getting to know each other and realising that in the end, our human diversity is that much richer when we merge into 60 million rather than stay in our separate groupings. . . .
Thank you for another beautiful blog post. My prayers are with all South Africans. My wish for South Africa is a future filled with hope and colour xxx
just wanted to check in….. waiting for your next post 🙂
hi, its up, thx