We were on our way to shoot Diane and Jason’s downtown couples session this evening, driving past that Steers in Auckland Park on our way to Newtown – the area around the Market Theatre makes for some amazing down town images – when I spotted it. It was a bottle store called Sans Souci, which my barely there french (verified by V whose french is a lot better than mine, mine mostly consists of changing the th sound into z) translates to “Without Care”. I kind of idly wondered what kind of person would call their bottle store Sans Souci in an area of town where I doubt many people speak french. Remembering a million mornings waking up with a hangover, swearing blind never to touch the demon drink again, I decide that it had to be someone with a rather cool sense of humour.
A couple of minutes later and we’re watching the sun set near the Bassline, golden African glow that only comes with a serious amount of pollutants, or a heavy hand in photoshop. Sipping coffee at the Market Theatre, dodging some odd characters on the streets of Newtown, skaters outside the Africa Museum, pigeons, old world architecture, advertisements for faith healers, hundreds of taxis adding their own soundtrack to the afternoon, a cobalt blue wall and some inner city graffiti. Throw in a super photogenic couple, late afternoon light and Joburg just being Joburg. Too easy. Diane and Jason, definitely a cool sense of humour (and some serious heels).
