Author Archives: Shubnum Khan

Such a great shot. (Awaara, 1951)

This is summer in Durban. A never ending sun; early mornings, late nights, the sun a liquid line always on the horizon. Great bunches of rose-tinged litchis at every intersection, hunks of watermelon in hands and meat burnt black on the braai. Cape Salmon: 79.99 The hottest Christmas day we’d […]

Durban’s Mitchell Park is such an overlooked treasure. It’s always a delight, especially for kids.  I just realised how much I enjoy photographing birds – something about their form – they curve so easily into different shapes and the texture and the light in the feathers is captivating. Here are […]

I’m driving up the road. The day is ending. Broken glass on the road. In the chest. In my chest. Things you’re not supposed to see. ‘We told you not to look. Why are you still looking?’ The morbid fascination. Ice. It’s all ice. Hit so hard I had to […]

There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap […]

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