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Guests discussing Martin Barber's first presentation during the break, after enjoying the snacks.
Martin Barber rocked and moved us

Our guest of honour reminded us with memorable two talks why he is such a popular presenter

The morning after opening the Celebration of Photogra- Then Martin took us on an emotional journey along his
phy exhibition on the Friday evening (see previous pag- own creative path. By telling the stories behind the cre-
es), Martin Dudley Barber had everybody who was gath- ation of some of his own images, it became clear why
ered in the glamorous Simon’s Function venue at Groot Martin is such a multiple award-winning photographer:
Constantia stamping their feet and clapping in tune to the empathy he feels for his subjects touches an emo-
Queen’s We will rock you! tional cord in his viewers. Especially for the innocent chil-
And then he proceeded to rock us by urging us to find dren caught in war situations, as depicted in his image
the story we want to tell and to develop our own voice Ukraine Child.
when telling it ... and explained how we should do it. There were many attendees who thanked us with tears
During the break between his presentations descrip- in their eyes for inviting Martin as a speaker – and the
tions like inspirational and motivational were often heard consensus was that a second speaker on the same day
above the clatter of tea and coffee cups and servings of would have been seriously handicapped as his or her
scrumptious snacks, organised by Joyce Goldschmidt. presentation would have been compared to Martin's.

CTPS members Jean Bradshaw, Anna Engelhardt and Jacoba van Zyl (photo left) and Marius Stockenstrom and Richard
Goldschmidt (right) enjoyed Martin's talks.

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