Nikki Rixon: Latest News

I need your Vote

nikkirixon1 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:45:31 +0000

I have been selected as one of 10 finalists in the Canon SA photo competition in the Candlelight category. In order to win, I need to get as many Facebook likes as possible for my entry. I would greatly appreciate it if you can help me achieve this by taking a moment of your time to click “Like” and write “Vote” under my image on this link:

http://tinyurl.com/cmgw35m

If I do win, all the people who voted for me will get a chance to win a camera

A Xhosa woman lights a parrafin lamp in her kitchen at home. There is no electricity where she lives in the Transkei.

Paved with Gold – Updated

nikkirixon1 — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:02:12 +0000

I’ve added a selection of new photos to my feature “Paved with Gold” on my website, which you can see here:

www.nikkirixon.com

Zimbabweans gather every Sunday at the United Apostolic Faith Church. The Church is located in the back yard of a South African family home in Mandela Park, Cape Town.

Portraits

nikkirixon1 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:43:20 +0000

Last week I spent a couple of days with a photographer friend of my Lindeka. We walked around Khayelitsha looking for shots and chatting with the locals who are all so friendly and hospitable. Here are some of the portraits I took in the township:

Iliso Labantu Exhibition

nikkirixon1 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:32:40 +0000

The community in Langa viewing photos from the Iliso Labantu exhibition.

Iliso Labantu

nikkirixon1 — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:37:06 +0000

Images I shot from my canon G9 camera during the Iliso Labantu workshop in Langa. Twelve township based photographers and photo-students from the Iliso Labantu Photo Group spent two days last week documenting life in one small area of Langa.

A selection of their work will be exhibited this Saturday (the 17th Sep) on the same streets in which it was shot.

For more details see: www.ilisolabantu.org

Growing Up

nikkirixon1 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:10:03 +0000

“There is only one path in this world in which nobody can go except yourself. Do not ask where it leads: Follow it” By Friedrich Nietzsche

My niece Tessa soon to turn 21! I’ve been looking through old negs and stumbled across photos of my nieces when they where young. Now both have blossomed into beautiful girls………….

Tessa my niece

Tessa my niece soon to turn 21!

Growing up

nikkirixon1 — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:28:46 +0000

“I’ve heard that it’s possible to grow up – I’ve just never met anyone who’s actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don’t go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope – against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope…” By Meredith Grey

My Niece Natasha has grown up so quickly, it seems the other day I shot this image of her on Kommetjie beach.

Now soon to be 15 she is roping me in to do modelling shoots for her!

Best Seller for TwentyTen & Publications Tear Sheets

nikkirixon1 — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:12:45 +0000

One of my features was the best seller of all the TwentyTen images and one of the images from that feature was the top selling image all round:

http://media.blogs.africamediaonline.com/projects/twenty-ten/

Some samples from my TwentyTen work published in print:

Football Dreams - Courrier International Magazine (France)

Daniel Künzler - Fussball in Afrika Book Front Cover

Sex Workers - Zam Africa Magazine (Netherlands)

Boycot - Zam Africa Magazine (Netherlands)

Field of Dreams - New Internationalist Magazine (UK)

Taxi Ferry, Victims of the Game, Township Guesthouse, All Whites and Township Soccer stories also published in playthegame.org:

http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge-bank/theme-pages/world-cup-south-africa-2010/images.html

Township Guesthouse story additionally featured in City Press:

http://www.citypress.co.za/SouthAfrica/Features/Entrepreneur-sets-up-township-guesthouse-20100619

Paved with Gold Photo Essay

nikkirixon1 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:22:25 +0000

Paved with Gold is a photo essay documenting the courage in the face of adversity of Zimbabweans living in South Africa:

Paved with Gold

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards

nikkirixon1 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:55:47 +0000

I received a gold award for this image in the Portrait and People category in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. The image will be featured in the book Portraits and People 2011.