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Lesotho Highlands Water Project

March 20, 2012
LHWP are sponsoring the  Lesotho section in my new photo book "Rods Pots and Pictures" and I had the opportunity to enter Lesotho for three days with Jan Oberholtzer of Sunflower tours again. The commission was to get two images. One of a dam in the background and one of a trout dish with the Katse dam in the background to add to the book. We stayed in the Katse village and the trout was organised by the Katse Orion lodge. We had the privilege to see a Basotho wearing a traditional Ndebele Beshu and not the traditional blankets, busy training his horses for a local horse racing championships. Like always it turned out one of the highlights of my life. It was raining all the time so I was restricted to the Katse lodge and area and concentrated to get landscapes from the veranda of the Katse Orion Lodge. I want to thank Roy Martin the GM at the Lodge and Joselyn the chef that assisted greatly in capturing a few nice images. 

 
 

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Head On - Gemsbok fight

January 25, 2012
Head on
The Gemsbok or Oryx in Southern Africa is a fierce opponent to even lion and it is said that they can hit a small rock thrown at it's head spot on with the horns everytime. When threatened they move their backs into bushes and kill even lion attempting to prey on it. When two male Gemsbok fight it is thus a match that remind one of a toe to toe boxing match between Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano.To get the two antelope in the same image when they connect each other is extremely difficult...

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Posted by Joe Lategan. Posted In : Stories behind Fine art Images from my Platinum collection 

 

October 2011.

November 10, 2011
This image was captured in the middle of the Karoo on a desolate station. I captured images for about 1 hour racing to finish due to the fact that it was dangerous on the railroad tracks. Truth be told I never saw a train along this tracks besides the wrecks of the train crash the month before a few kilometers up the track that made head news.The bright colours of paint used around the station is a juxtaposition with the rest of The country as far as I'm concerned . Here there's almost no tra...
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The story behind the making of "The Last Ranger"

November 10, 2011
Description of last ranger.
I wanted to do a portrait of a camelthorn tree but it is always difficult to get a single tree or a situation where the background and foreground does not detract from it. At this specific point in the dunes and central part of the Kgalagadi
Transfrontier park the opportunity was there including the backround that enhanced the message of the Camelthorn I tried to bring across. The Camelthorn is the major reason for the abundant micro habitats along the desert riverbe...

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Happy Valley

August 24, 2011

Over the past few months between the end of April and mid August I have for the first time traveled a circle route from Cape Town Bloemfontein, Upington/Kalahari through Pofadder Springbok and back to the Cape with no photograph in my mind and allowed serendipity to take charge. Like travel photographers do but with the difference in that Fine art photographers have a more selective image in mind. Only the best conditions of light, colour, patterns, aesthetics, ambiance and awe must be presen...
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Posted by Joe Lategan. Posted In : Divine intervention 

 

Old stations of the Karoo

August 24, 2011

A few miles further this station has always intrigued me as well.I have never seen a train at the station and always thought it was very aesthetic. But time or the rush to get the trip behind me prevented me from stopping and capturing its essence. The bright colours caught my eye first of course as well as the vintage look. It must also be of the oldest stations in the country and no doubt seen some pretty classy dresses and suites of travelers that used it on the way to the North and back. ...
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Stories behind the Platinum collection images

August 24, 2011

This house next to the N1 is one of the last close to Leeu Gamka and I have always been marveling at its Ambiance when I travel through the Karoo. There's something special in it. The white paint that have not been eroded away is bright white with the pastel red and bright reds of the roof. When I finally decided to photograph it I stood on the veranda and saw life as the owner saw it for a few minutes with the vehicles racing by on the N1. I could see the dog lying on the stoep and for a whi...
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Overview of the first six months of 2011

August 23, 2011
The last few years Fine art Images in the platinum gallery such as "The last ranger" that won various awards, Urikaruus cloud , Sossusvlei collection amongsts others sold well and investments increased favorably. They also  represent me well on office and home walls across the globe. This year was good to me and the latter halve of the year allowed me to create a few additional images that will without doubt overtake these giants of the past. As a matter of fact I have created the most additi...

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New venture By Joe

March 23, 2010
Catfshjoeproductions.com and fishingfanatics.net from Canada joined hands and is in the process of launcing fishingmedia.net a intercontinental fishing media website.Watch the space.
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Joe Lategan in General

December 30, 2009
As a extreme lover of "life" especially the outdoors, Joe  has captured some of the most beautiful fine art landscapes and wildlife images in Southern Africa on camera.

Specialising in fine art photography of wildlife, seascapes and landscapes as well as fishing, travel and adventure photography .Film productions of  travel, fishing, wildlife, and adventure, animals and pet photos amongst others as well as specialized wedding photography.

“With more than 30 TV broadcasts and award winning...


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About Me


Joe Lategan I am a extreme lover of the "creation", and hater of destruction thereof. Photography allows me to share in a deeper dimension than words with fellow men/women, my feelings in this regard. I am a inspirational speaker on the sustainability of the environment and and creation. On the other hand I present, consult and drive Cost leadership programs (including Disaster/ emergency preparedness and systems analysis,risk and ethics) for corporations