citylikeyou — Lions Head — Cape Town by David Chancellor

Cape Town / Place

Every full moon we walk to the top of Lions Head. It’s a part walk, part climb and we invariably return once the sun’s set and the full moon risen, so the journey down can be quite interesting. The view from the top is spectacular. I often sit here high above the city and watch the late night flights to Europe carving their way through the thick, liquid purple sky, happily accepting that they’ve left me here.

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Lions Head, Western Cape, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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Current city: Cape Town

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David Chancellor, born 1961, London England, works and lives in South Africa. His work, for which he travels extensively, can be best described as documentary reportage. His series Hunters, which will be released as a monograph in 2011, explores the relationship between man and animal.

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