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Bicycle Portraits - everyday South Africans and their bicycles. A photographic book in the making.

The Bicycle Portraits project was initiated by myself, Stan Engelbrecht (Cape Town, South Africa) and Nic Grobler (Johannesburg, South Africa) early in 2010.

Please visit http://kck.st/c09uOF and help us bring the Bicycle Portraits project to life. Pledge / pre-order now and own a copy of our adventure...

We are raising funds through the Kickstarter pledge-for-reward fundraising initiative - if someone pledges $50 they are essentially pre-ordering a copy of the book. If they are pledging $250 they will get a copy of the book and their name will appear on a special page in the book. If we do not meet our funding target the project will sadly be cancelled…


Whenever we can, together or separately, we’re on the lookout for fellow commuters, and people who use bicycles as part of their everyday work, to meet and photograph. We’re finding out who rides bicycles, why they ride bicycles, if and why they love their bicycles, and of course why so few South Africans choose bicycles as a transport option. There is no specific range of questions asked, we'd rather just establish a conversation around the rider’s life and where his or her bicycle fits into it. Being avid cyclists ourselves, this project is as much an investigation into South African bicycle culture as it is an excuse for us to ride our bikes and take photographs. We are raising the funds to turn this project into a self-published full-color hard-cover photographic book ( similar to a previous book I've done, 'African Salad' - www.dayonepublications.com ). We'll be shooting the entire project from our own bicycles while traveling around the country - this will enable us to meet everyday South Africans out there while they use their bicycles.


Please visit -http://kck.st/c09uOF or www.bicycleportraits.co.za - to get involved or find out more about the project.


Contact us - dayone@me.com - or follow us on twitter - www.twitter.com/bicycleportrait

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Permalink Reply by Michael on June 3, 2010 at 10:05pm
Hey Stan,
Good to see you posting on this forum. I posted links to your work back on May 20, after reading about it on Mahala. Fantastic work! Best of luck. You can count on a modest contribution from me to help get your book published.
Permalink Reply by Stan Engelbrecht on June 4, 2010 at 2:47am
Hi Michael! Thank you very much. We would really appreciate you pledge - if we don't reach our funding goal the project will sadly won't happen as we won't be getting any of the funds. Pledging is easy - just go to http://kck.st/c09uOF and hit the green 'Back This Project' button. Fro there just follow the instructions. It's all safe as well - all handled by Amazon and no money comes off your card until we've reached our goal.

Thanks again, and keep spreading the word!

Stan.

Michael said:
Hey Stan,
Good to see you posting on this forum. I posted links to your work back on May 20, after reading about it on Mahala. Fantastic work! Best of luck. You can count on a modest contribution from me to help get your book published.

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