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Bo-Kaap is a whole neighborhood of color, so I picked one dress bright enough to hold its own against it. Blue door, yellow-and-magenta corner, teal house — I photographed the streets more than I photographed myself.

November 2023 · 8 photos · 1 clip

  • Neké Akua in a magenta gown on a Bo-Kaap street in Cape Town, Lion's Head rising behind the neighborhood's pink and white houses.
  • Neké Akua in a fuchsia slip dress at a white Bo-Kaap door with blue and green stained-glass panes, the house painted cornflower blue around it.
  • Neké Akua in a pink slip dress against the split yellow-and-magenta walls of Bo-Kaap, Cape Town.
  • Neké Akua in a fuchsia slip dress beside a white sash window set into a periwinkle-blue Bo-Kaap wall.
  • Neké Akua in a fuchsia slip dress by the white steps of a teal Bo-Kaap house, a yellow wall on the corner beyond.
  • Neké Akua in a pink dress beside a white staircase against a magenta Bo-Kaap wall.
  • Close portrait of Neké Akua in a fuchsia slip dress against a teal Bo-Kaap wall, tucking back her braids.
  • Close profile of Neké Akua in a fuchsia slip dress against a hot-pink Bo-Kaap wall, braids catching the light.

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