Portrait of a Nation

17 Aug 2010, Posted by Cape Town Girl in CTG, photography, shoots, south africa, 1 Comments

A few weeks ago I had the honour of being shot by photographer Andrew Brauteseth for his Portrait of a Nation project. Mildly intimidating since the subject before me was Helen Zille. Even further intimidating because Andrew was on this ‘extreme natural’ trip and wouldn’t let me put on makeup (I did manage to get away with a little eyeshadow). Despite this I went ahead bravely. Am hardcore like that. Makeup, No makeup, whatevs. I think the shots came out really nicely, the one below being the final selection for the project (click to see).

Some of the other shots we quite liked:

There are some very funny shots which I’ve not included here because they just open up too many strange questions, but I will state categorically that this was one of the funnier shoots I’ve been on. Thanks Andrew! Good times!

Click here to view the Portrait of a Nation site.

Click here to read an interview with photographer Andrew Brauteseth.