FLASHBACK # 6: Sasha / 2010

STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO: Catherine

BY ERIKA

Catherine Poole is a trichologist and if you are wondering what on earth that is, that was my first reaction too when we first met.

A trichologist, she explained, is someone who encourages hair and scalp health and treats hair loss and baldness. 

Catherine who trained in the United Kingdom, is based at HairOptions in Somerset West and uses non-surgical and laser procedures to restore ones crowning glory to its former glossy and abundant state.

From these gorgeous images of Catherine with her healthy head of hair, it is clear that she is a walking advertisement for her profession.

MAKE-UP ARTIST: Candice Harker http://www.mobilemakeupartist.co.za/

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FLASHBACK # 5: Drumming with Drumba and Laerskool Rusthof / 2010

Drumming with Bevil Spence of Drumba and the kids from Laerskool Rusthof in Strand. They were practising for the 2010 World Cup street carnival in Cape Town that year.

FLASHBACK # 4: Pauline / 2011

FLASHBACK # 3: Classic On Main / 2010

BY MARTIN

It is a while since sheet metal shaper and teacher, Barry Ashmole of The Garage in Stellenbosch said good bye to this beauty. But since then other classic cars in need of custom-made parts have found a place in his workshop on Blaawklippen Road.

This image was taken at the petrol garage on Main Road, Strand early one morning on our way to a photo shoot in Pringle Bay area.

STYLE & STORIES PORTRAIT PORTFOLIO: Lanel

BY ERIKA

Dancer by night (or day) and business woman by day (or night).

Always enthusiastic, innovative beyond belief but at the same time well-prepared and professional, Lanel Van der Kolff very successfully juggles being the ringmaster as well as performer with The Psychedelic Theatre, a performance arts group from Stellenbosch.

And I think, it is exactly this combination of passion and poise that Martin’s studio portraits of Lanel captured.

We have been fortunate to work with Lanel and her team of dancers, fire dancers, stilt walkers, mimes, puppet masters, magicians, jugglers and physical theatre performers on a few occasions. And we will again at fashion show gala event for the Save the Tie, Save a Child project at the end of June.

Lanel who trained with contact improvisation dancer Sam Pienaar at the University of Stellenbosch founded The Psychedelic Theatre around 2009 with actor Marvin-Lee Beukes.

Since then they have danced their way to trance parties, raves, street festivals, corporate gigs, weddings and birthday parties as well as a full-length theatre show! At the end of 2012 The Psychedelic Theatre even presented Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Taal Monument in Paarl, complete with fire dancing, narration and spectacular costumes. 

To book The Psychedelic Theatre for an event, festival or party, call Lanel Van Der Kolff at 079 148 1933 or email her at psychedelictheatre@yahoo.com or visit their Facebook page.

MAKE-UP ARTIST: Candice Harker http://www.mobilemakeupartist.co.za/ 

FLASHBACK # 2: Merlene / 2010

“In Light there is Dark, and in Dark there is Light.”  - Kami Garcia, Beautiful Darkness