2012 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize

Afrikaner Blood

Photographer

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

05 April, 2011

An instructor at the Kommandokorps training camp in Carolina, South Africa, demonstrates techniques of gun use.

About the photographer

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Ilvy Njiokiktjien is an independent photographer and multimedia journalist based in the Netherlands. She has worked in many parts of the world, with a focus on Africa. As a news ...

Background story

Carolina, South Africa

An instructor at the Kommandokorps training camp in Carolina, South Africa, demonstrates techniques of gun use. Run by self-proclaimed ‘Colonel’ Franz Jooste, the Kommandokorps  organizes camps during school holidays for young white teenagers, teaching them how to combat a perceived black enemy. Jooste served with the South African Defence Force under the old apartheid regime. He eschews the vision of a multicultural nation, and believes there will be a civil war in South Africa.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/1000 sec
Focal length
32 mm
F-Stop
f/4.0
ISO
640
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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