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A digital exhibition of JOMBA ! photographs by Val Adamson Award-winning Durban photographer, Val Adamson, whohas photographed the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience since it began in 1998, shares her work in an online exhibition 21 years of JOMBA! through the lens during the festival on the event website from 25 August to 6 September. “This is not only a moment of honouring Val’s extraordinary photographic eye for dance and performance, but it is also a moment of visually remembering the festival’s 21-year history through these amazing pictures,” says Artistic Director Lliane Loots. Long associated with the performing arts, Val has carved a name for herself through the insightful and creative work she has captured for theatre, music, dance, visual art as well as in her work as a portrait photographer. Her generous contribution through supporting artists across the spectrum of the arts is legendary. So it is no wonder that she was named a Living Legend in 2014 by the eThekwini Municipality for her work in documenting theatre. Val was born in Kenya, studied in Scotland and came to South Africa, her mother’s birthplace, in 1985,when she joinedthe Performing Arts Council of Transvaal as an assistant photographer. In 1988 she was invited by the Playhouse Company to set up and run their photographic department in Durban. Read the full article