THE URBAN JUNGLE - VIEW FROM A LENS

We can all express in a sufficient number of words what it means to live in the urban jungle, otherwise known as the city. But there's only a handful of us who can explain it in pictures, after all they do say that a picture says a thousand words. So we asked Cape Town based Jade Rabie, a talented photographer who'll probably be challenging the David LaChappelles and Koto Bolofos of this world sooner than we think, to put together a collage of photos that describe life in the urban jungle. His pictures are quirky but somehow endearing, and thus are primed to offer you another side of life other than the norm:

Pics by Jade Rabie [www.jadedmedia.co.za]

"Some friends of mine had a clothing label, so I asked a kid who lived down the road from me if he would pose in the clothes, I ended up giving him the hat. He has since got into graffiti and still skateboards "


"Two hot girls fighting over a hoodie, what more can I say?"


"This is from a shoot I did for Shelflife in Cape Town, all the models are graffiti writers, hence their faces being blocked"

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A portrait of a friend, she works as a production manager for a film company she runs with her boyfriend - Flyonthewall Productions. I shot this in their office, her boyfriends paintings are in the background "


"I took this photo for my portfolio, this is a friend of mine who I used to stay with in a block of flats in town."

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This is an old friend from college who is an MC; we were standing outside of an exhibit in the street, he was looking after his friends dog, so I asked if I could take a pic of him"



"My good friend from America, he really dresses like this, and he is crazy about his hip hop; he is blacker than a lot of people down here. He recently married his long time South African girlfriend after 5 years of being together. "

"Another photo for Shelflife, no photoshop. I took this near the train station in Salt River"