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Louis, a self trained photorapher , grew up on a smallholding north east of Pretoria in South Africa. Louis qualified in the field of commerce and followed a corporate career in a large financial services organisation . At the age of 40, Louis started to take photography, his hobby for many years, more seriously.

He enrolled for varies courses and did a lot of self studying on the subject. Louis discovered the value of photography as a medium to communicate without words and how to paint stories with light. He became passionate about photographing remote landscapes, places and ordinary people. Over the last 20 years, Louis has participated in several solo and group exhibitions. He exhibits permanently in Price Albert, his hometown, and shares his passion for photography with others during workshops .

At the northern entrance to Prince Albert in the Great Karoo lies Northend, a neighbourhood home to a special group of people. They have a very special way of communicating with others through their stories, which indicate an inherent joy of life. However, judging by their environment and circumstances, it is clear that they have experienced many hardship, and for an outsider it is an enriching experience to meet them.

Every picture in Slow Down Look Again tells a story and is supported by explanatory text. These enable the reader to gain insight into the past and the present of this unique neighbourhood and its residents.

The joy and sorrows of the residents of Northend - as well as their scant earthly possessions - are illustrated through Louis Botha?s excellent choice of photographic backgrounds. And yet the absolute neatness of their homes illustrates a certain pride - poverty without dilapidation. The intimacy of the photographs ultimately leaves the reader enriched. We become witnesses not only to the extraordinary character of a close-knit community, but also of its trusting relationship with the person whom they have allowed to tell their story. Louis Botha was born in Bloemfontein in 1955 and grew up on a small-holding north-east of Pretoria. After school he studied finance and followed a career in the Financial Services Industry. At the age of 40, and encouraged by his wife he pursued his hobby more seriously. He?s held several exhibitions and lives in Prince Albert.

The Karoo has a way of stealing your heart and getting under your skin. It pierces through the marrow, mixes with the blood in your veins. When your soul meets the soul of the Karoo, you are home. Calm­ness overcomes you. The Karoo is more than just a place; it makes me feel safe and free. It gives me space to breathe, think, reflect and create. Here you can live close to the earth. The Karoo consoles and heals. It is my breath, my heart's beat, my inspiration. The Karoo awakens my senses. Here I experience, in all their intensity, the sea­sons, the heat and the cold, the droughts and floods, the snow, wind, sunrises and sunsets, the moon and the Milky Way

Koerie Kerkmuis bly in die kerk se kantoor. Hy het vir hom `n snoesige huisie gebou agter die houtpaneel in `n stil hoekie van die vertrek. Hy het net een wens, en dit is om `n regte
egte mensetand in die hande te kry. Maar dit kos baie geld, en waar gaan `n arme kerkmuis dít vandaan kry?

This is the biography of a South African army deserter named Louis Botha du Toit who stayed "lost" for 40 years before returning to his country of birth. This real-life story was told to Andre Jacobs, who wrote this biographical account.