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Lonely Lifeguard Stand

MVUYELWA ONKE NYUSHMAN

Photography

Originally Published: 19 December 2025

Landscape photography can go much deeper than simply capturing a wide-angle scene. In these two photos, I have chosen to highlight the textures of the landscape by removing color. In the first image, I included a lifeguard stand to introduce a man-made element into the scene. I treated the lifeguard stand as a figure and photographed it from multiple angles while keeping the overall content of the frame minimal. In both photos, my primary focus was on the landscape and how its various elements create visual interest. Additionally, the images emphasise the absence of presence in a space that is usually full of life.

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MVUYELWA ONKE NYUSHMAN

Mvuyelwa Onke Nyushman is a photographer born in South Africa and based in Gqeberha. His work consists primarily of a series exploring belonging through the capture of liminality within the photographic medium. The translation of liminality into photography involves documenting liminal spaces. Through these spaces—places that cannot be inhabited but only passed through—he seeks to understand what belonging means, to experience environments in new ways, and to draw attention to what is often taken for granted. A liminal space serves as a point of connection between nostalgia and belonging by isolating the experience within a single place.

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