The Square Peg: November 2023

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

80th Birthday party for Denver and Gill Dicks Duncan

On 12th November 2023 Denver and Gill and their children hosted a high tea party at Sweetwell Farm

between Somerset West and Stellenbosch

The welcoming

The Family Portrait

Mollie Neale, Denver, Gill, Diedre Dicks Duncan and Greg Duncan Dicks

Birthday cakes with delicious additions

Professor Neville Webster and Penny Webster with Mollie

The family photographer Tamika Peterson

Gill and Denver

Diedre and Brian Peterson with Mollie Neale

Jimmy Duncan and Greg

The spread

Joanne and Jimmy

Mollie, X and Dee, photographers all!

The cake cutting

and dividing it into portions to take away

About me

Too many times in my life, I was a square peg in a round hole. I have done my best, over time, to square the hole. My photographs reflect my interest in wine & food, nature, landscapes, people and travel. While my career as a photographer dates from 1969, most of my current portfolio dates from my first digital camera in 2005. I Studied English, History, Political Science at University of the Witwatersrand, then Photography at The Polytechnic in London from 1967 to 1971, which included a year working at Sturlason a/s Polyfoto in Oslo, Norway. My fourth (final) year major was portraiture. I Practised as a photographer in Johannesburg till 1978, then joined AGFA as sales representative, later Regional Sales Manager in Johannesburg. I was Regional Manager in Cape Town 1986 till I took early retirement in 2002 I Qualified with a Diploma in Wine from the Cape Wine Academy in 1999 and my Wine Tourism licence was upgraded to Wine Industry Specialist. With my wife, Lynne, we started and ran Main Ingredient, speciality wine and food retailer 2002-10. We started MENU, our online wine, food and travel journal, in 2003 and we're still publishing most weeks

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

80th Birthday party for Denver and Gill Dicks Duncan

Ford Family Photo Album - Part Two 1911 - 1930