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Shooting the Festival: Jane Berg

Published on 13 July 2015

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][FESTIVAL NEWS] For the 11 days of the National Arts Festival, a small team of photographers – photojournalism students and staff from Rhodes University’s School of Journalism – spend 15 hours a day either shooting shows (usually under extremely tricky light conditions) or processing and uploading images. It’s gruelling, it’s not very well paid – but we’re sure you’ll agree that the results are extraordinary.

  • CuePix has opened its vault of almost 5 000 images taken during the National Arts Festival to the public. The images are free to use – but please credit CuePix and the photographer by name. If you would like a high-res image, contact our Media Office: info@thefamousidea.co.za.

We’ve asked members of the CuePix team to choose their favourite photographs of the past fortnight. Here is Jane Berg’s selection:

 

 

Jane Berg is a photographer and writer working in Grahamstown South Africa, currently reading towards a Bachelor of Journalism degree at Rhodes University specialising multimedia photography. She is the Environmental Section Head for Activate Student News Source and a freelance journalist for Grocott’s Mail and Rhodes University. Born in Brazil and raised between England and South Africa, she majored in English and is a member of the Cycle of Knowledge Performance Poetry Group. She was awarded the 2014 Kevin Carlean Scholarship for Academic Achievement in Journalism and First Place Portrait Category for the 2015 Foto-Fence Competition. Her work is concerned with gender and environmental issues.

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