From the introduction text by Terry Kurgan & Jo Ractliffe:

"Johannesburg Circa Now is about photography and the city, and it started with a conversation. Cities run on conversations, and ours gave birth to an ever-widening circle of engagement with others. At the centre of our original discussion were two shared preoccupations. On the one hand, an abiding interest in photography's relation to the real and how photographs mediate our experience of ourselves in the world. On the other, the practical experience of having worked on a number of projects connected with photography, public space and the inner city of Johannesburg."