Angelika Kollin
@angelikakollin
Estonian documentary and fine art photographer
Cape L’Agulhas – The Southernmost Tip of the Continent of Africa
The wind was absolutely insane today, it made it almost impossible to walk.
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Grandma Ntombi (her name meaning maiden in Xhosa) was the first child in her family born with this rare skin condition. Here she is photographed with her two granddaughters, Lulutho, whose name in Xhosa translates to grace or knowledge, and Buhle, which means beautiful.
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Along the Knysna coast of South Africa, harvesting oysters has been part of local community life for generations. Yet what has always been a traditional food source is now labelled “illegal poaching,” creating a tension between conservation laws and ancestral ways of living with the sea.
A few of the so-called “poach...
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Relationships are never simple. They are the place where our wounds, our longings, but also our hidden strengths rise to the surface. For Selin (30) and Neko (29), it has been a long and rocky road. Growing up in a rough environment, they entered adulthood with almost no tools for navigating the terrain of love.
Two y...
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For me, the artistic path has never been about expression - it is a form of devotion, a way of remembering the original silence from which everything arises. Creation is my daily practice of attunement, an alignment between the visible and the unseen. It calls for stillness, honesty, and surrender, allowing me to becom...
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Children who grow up in poverty often carry a kind of maturity etched into their still-young faces, an intergenerational inheritance beyond their years. The traces of sadness and witnessed trauma are written there, visible and unmistakable. And yet, beneath that guarded expression, the child still remains - appearing i...
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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
Nelson Mandela
Portrait Justing with his Son
South Africa, 2025
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