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Jacques Nelles

Chief Operating Officer

Jacques Nelles based in and predominantly working in the Pretoria. He covers news events daily, ranging from protests to portraits to any type of news occurring in the capital city. He is driven by the importance of his job and its ability to shape how society views an event. Most of his longer term work looks at societal issues in the communities around us and aims to bring unknown or not well documented crises to the forefront of the public's view.

Essays 1 · Frames in archive 36 · Albums 1 · Walks led 2

Essays.

A person in a wide hat stands among masses of pink flowering shrubs and trees.

The Capital at Eye Level

Newest frames.

A bronze statue on a plinth almost hidden inside a dense flock of pigeons rising into a blue sky. — Church Square, PretoriaJacques Nelles

A person leaps with arms raised as pigeons scatter into flight, statue and government building behind. — Church Square, PretoriaJacques Nelles

A bank of bright Jacaranda behind a low fence, bare trees and city buildings beyond. — Jacques Nelles

A man walks past a red building carrying a large bundle of grass brooms across his shoulder. — Jacques Nelles

A person wrapped in a red and white striped blanket walks through a concrete colonnade past a parked bicycle. — Jacques Nelles

Two men move in the middle of an empty street, one in a yellow shirt, trees and buildings behind. — Jacques Nelles

A chicken crosses a street in front of a man pulling a wheeled suitcase, cars and shopfronts behind. — Jacques Nelles

An oil slick spreads bands of colour across a puddle on tar, the edge of a foot at the frame edge. — Jacques Nelles

Ramaphosa in the trash bin with a blue gazebo over a street stall on an empty pavement, an older building behind. — Jacques Nelles

A man walks along a paved street carrying shopping bags, city towers ahead of him. — Jacques Nelles

A red brick heritage building wrapped in scaffolding, a person with an umbrella on the pavement below. — Jacques Nelles

A person works near the top of a metal lighting mast against a clear blue sky. — Jacques Nelles

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Albums.

Jacques Nelles

Bathong! First light by Jacques Nelles

32 photographs · Saturday, 29 August 2026

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All work © Jacques Nelles. Licensing enquiries go directly to the photographer.