‘Sudan Under My Skin’ is a photo exhibition comprising 35 images encapsulating the recent seven-month experience of Cape Town-based journalist and photographer Yazeed Kamaldien . Please note that this exhibition is also part of the official Cape Town Month of Photography which opens on October 2 2008. "Sometimes a place or experience can leave you scarred. Sudan did more than that. It didn’t just brush my surface; it crept under my skin.I first ventured to this African country’s troubled Darfur region in October 2004. Back then I was working as a journalist with a national daily newspaper based in Johannesburg. I never guessed that I would be back in Sudan. It was a hot afternoon on July 1 2007 when I landed 

at Khartoum International Airport. The flight out of that capital on January 21 2008 was delayed by two hours. It gave me enough time to almost finish a short Sudanese novel, Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih. Its emotive words captured the place that I was leaving behind.
Like Salih captures a Sudan through his eyes, this selection of images aims to share and experience and people encountered.
The A2-sized colour images will be on view at 38 Special Gallery. Check out his website www.yazkam.com for information on other work.
Photos to promote the exhibition are also available.

For gallery information please call Louise Shelver on 021-462-1348 or 083-460-4366.

Venue Details:
Address: 38 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
Viewing times: Monday to Friday 7:14am-3pm
Special viewings can be arranged outside these hours. Contact Louise Shelver on 021-462-1348 or 083-460-4366

To view a selection of the images from this exhibition check out the Facebook group