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Happysadland

Happysadland

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Photographer and writer Obie Oberholzer is difficult to find as he’s mostly somewhere else, riding the roads of his beloved Southern Africa. A free spirit, a workaholic (and the occasional binge kind), a self-proclaimed visual thug and vagabond, he’ll laugh at the claim that he is a national treasure.

But national treasure he certainly is, devoting much of his life to discovering what lies beyond Fokkolfontein, ever-returning to find what still lies beyond Fokkolfontein, and giving it all to us in his inimitable pictures and words.

Written and photographed as only Obie can do, undaunted and with rough edges, Happysadland pages through his life on the road as he devours the diesel of the unpredictable and the dust of the haphazard.

A collection of situations, incidents, thoughts and humour, it embraces the ridiculous, the whimsical, the joyful and the forlorn, and ultimately is a vivid documentary by one of this country’s greatest storytellers that shows us just how much we have here to love and to hope for.

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Irmel Dunaiski
take your time

one needs time and quiet moments to read and digest these diverse experiences in and about the southern part of our continent.

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Lee
Poignant memoirs from the back streets of Southern Africa

I love this collection of photos- it’s those everyday moments that make South Africa and Southern Africa so special and the only place where we feel at home!

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Carla Dodd
Happy Chappy

Bought this as a Christmas gift - can't wait to give it to my sister! Easy online order, delivered well-packaged and in great condition within a few days. Would definitely order from HPH Publishing again.

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Catherine Wilson
Happysadland a Happy result

Excellent service. Ordered on a Friday and received the book on Monday!! The book was a gift, waiting for feed back.

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Alan Richards
Happysadland

It is very good book The author is seasoned commentator on the realities and struggles of (mainly) rural southern Africa, and has been taking really meaningful photos for decades. He also writes very well about his experiences and thoughts.
I also think it is a unique book, and it would make a special gift for anyone interested (and knowledgeable) about life in our part of the world.

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