Pierre Blignaut's Photography and Design Blog. www.pierreblignaut.com

Vietnam: Hanoi, Ha Long, Ninh Binh

Hanoi 2017

Old lady in the streets of Bah Dinh
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Vietman being thankfull
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Lady collecting Paper in the streets of Hanoi.
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Gert Johan Coetzee

Had the opportunity doing some work with the great Linden based fashion designer
in his home.

To see some of his work visit: www.gertjohancoetzee.com

Photographing Passion: Blue Like Jazz

Lindiwe Maxolo Copyright: pierreblignaut.com

"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve." Donald Miller

"Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way."

Photographing and working with musicians must be one of the most inspiring jobs in the world, specially in a country filled with a cultural variety and the passion for expression and art. Watching someone loose themselves in a performance changes the way I see myself... the way I see the world..

If you ever have a change go check out these artists: Lindiwe Maxolo, Almarie vir Altyd and Dan Patlansky.

"I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.."

Don’t wait, Don't hesitate, CREATE!

I was newly inspired by the story of the little ginger man called David, and how he fearlessly overcame a beast of a man called Goliath. How he, against all the odds, ran towards the giant while the rest of the troops hesitated and even started to run away from this challenge.
A story I have heard so many times while growing up, became new and fresh to me when I realized that this simple act, using only a couple of stones with almost no armor, changed the course of history just because someone acted.

Even more inspiring was the fact that the soldiers probably thought: “That was so simple… We could have done that…”

And Yes, they could have… But they didn’t!

How many times as a creative, photographer, designer, activist, artist or image designer do we have the same thoughts?.. I could have created that, I could have taken that shot…
So...2014 is the year to create! Take chances, inspire and ACT.

In the words of a great mentor, Erwin McManus
“You are never going to discover your full creative potential until you’re willing to step into a crisis, a challenge, a problem, an issue bigger than you. You’re never going to discover the full creative capacity you have until you desire to step in to situation bigger than you that requires more than you ever demand of yourself.”

South Africa have seen many changes on the creative-, political- and spiritual front.
The great thing is we all have the ability to create and to be apart of changing our country, making it maybe just a bit more beautiful.

I am a lucky one, I get to tell stories with pictures, mainly because I love stories and find it really difficult to write (thats why we have Copywriters, Right?) So this is my attempt to share some thoughts, blog a bit and hopefully better my SEO ranking.

For more pictures and less words please visit my site: pierreblignaut.com and lets make this year count and create some art!