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Photography is therapy
Photography is therapy. It started that way and then soon became only an income tool. Then when income was sourced from something else...
Charl Folscher
Nov 27, 20241 min read
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (it will rip your heart out)
This is one of the most fascinating stories I have heard. For a few days I saw the new documentary showing up on my Netflix feed until I...
Charl Folscher
Oct 27, 20241 min read
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I believe in non-violence but what if...
I believe in non-violence but I regularly ask myself, what if something is actually done to me and more importantly, those I love? In...
Charl Folscher
Dec 17, 20232 min read
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Our days alive and together are priceless
It's 6:51 am and I am knackered. I sat in the back with my brother until 2 am just talking and even though we both were looking at one...
Charl Folscher
Dec 8, 20231 min read
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Its 11pm and I have another idea
Yes, it is 11 pm and I am still discontent with my life. Not in an ungrateful existential crisis I hate my life kind of way. Just in a,...
Charl Folscher
Dec 3, 20231 min read
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My Cape Town photo mission starts with a dead body
You live in South Africa and go to Cape Town on a photo mission but your days starts with a dead body.
Charl Folscher
Sep 24, 20231 min read
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The stream became a torrent
I live in Caledon, South Africa which is next to a small free standing mountain and at the base of it you find a neglected wildflower...
Charl Folscher
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Photo Stories: South Sudan does not want to be photographed
It was the third day in South Sudan and we were traveling down a "highway" leaving Juba. Suddenly our driver told me to put my camera...
Charl Folscher
Jul 12, 20232 min read
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Photo Stories: Pebble Beach, Dumbo, Brooklyn
I do not exaggerate when I say New York is one of my favourite places in the world. To me it's an escape and a photographer's paradise....
Charl Folscher
Jul 11, 20231 min read
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Intentional Camera Movement
Recently I tried my hand, loosely, at a photo technique called "intentional camera movement". It is what is says, moving the camera while...
Charl Folscher
May 31, 20231 min read
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Charl Folscher
Mar 3, 20230 min read
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I went for an alien vegetation hack
A few years back a friend and me started a non-profit, Beyond Black Mountain and one of our big areas of focus is conservation,...
Charl Folscher
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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I never thought I would do this
I never thought I would end up doing this but looking back there were signs even at school although it was overshadowed by my fierce...
Charl Folscher
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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The Walmart birds
I don't exaggerate when I say you get these birds at all Walmarts. At least it feels like it. Georgia or Texas these noisy grackles seem...
Charl Folscher
Aug 26, 20221 min read
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My hero friends in India
In 2011 I was busy making a documentary in India when we were taken to a children's home in Amritsar in Punjab state. I met Vijay Kumar...
Charl Folscher
Aug 18, 20222 min read
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Photo gold in an "ordinary" town
I have always believed you can create great photos in places which with first impressions leave you uninspired. The secret is to keep...
Charl Folscher
Aug 12, 20221 min read
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Die Caledonner Shop
Each photo I take has a back story. Most stories are short and rushed because it seems that I never have enough time to just enjoy the...
Charl Folscher
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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Expat Heartache
This was the last time my once close family were all together in one place. It was 2010 for my dad's 60th. All but one of the 4 brothers...
Charl Folscher
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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How I got into England (London) without a visa
I am South African and therefore because of some usual political nonsense, I can't travel to the UK anymore without a visa. Back when I...
Charl Folscher
Jul 31, 20223 min read
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A place called White Settlement
For some unfathomable reason I ended up in Dallas, Texas for a year and a half of my life. It wasn't a pleasant experience for a lot of...
Charl Folscher
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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