Heilige Schutzengel Photograph - Limited Edition of 5

My grandma had a print of Lindberg's Heilige Schutzengel, green with age, in her dimly lit guest bedroom, and as a small child, it fascinated me. I was on assignment to create tourism brochures for three small towns in the Northern Cape, South Africa, when this woman, Katriena, and her two children passed me in the street, so I struck up a conversation when they were curious about my camera, and she happily posed with her kids. She had never been photographed before. Women like Katriena don't have easy lives, and are often illiterate and undocumented, because they come from an era when Khoisan people from rural communities were never issued birth certificates. They often struggle to get government IDs, and thus government financial assistance, or even medical care. This photograph is part of a long-term project titled "The Invisibles". Proceeds from the sale of this photograph and others in the series will be donated to the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children, as well as other organisations that aid in the advancements of historically disadvantaged communities of rural South Africa.