Face(T)s Of McGregor
In March 2020, SY took a single portrait shot of a McGregor resident. It was unplanned and captured the essence of the person. On a whim, he shared it on the McGregor Community Notice Board, a private Facebook page. This was the first Monday Portrait.
Since then, SY has shared a portrait every Monday. Nobody knows who it will be. These are just some of them.
The exhibition
This exhibition is of a selection of portraits – some never seen.
Want to buy Face(T)s of McGregor?
The portraits on exhibition and in the gallery (coming soon) are printed on canvas and mounted on a light frame. Exhibition portraits are A5 (half a standard A4 page).
The full catalogue is coming soon.
The exhibition runs from 19 November 2021 until the end of January 2022, and can be seen at the McGregor Tourism office.
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The photographer
Sung-Yee Tchao was born in Paris and raised in the United States where he also went to university. After leaving the US, he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Rome during which time his photographs were published in several international magazines. SY, as the village knows him, has made South Africa – and McGregor – his home.
SY is passionate about travelling, cooking, organic food gardening and, of course, photography.
SY‘s fascination with people is reflected in this exhibition which consists of a selection of just forty of the many portraits he has taken since March 2020 and September 2021. They reflect the many faces and facets of the village that is McGregor.
