“I’ve had this car for eight years, it’s my third Datsun. Her name is Susy and I enjoy her so much. If I'm having troubles in my life, I just get into this car and head to Chapman’s Peak, watch the calm of the sea...believe you me, when I’m home, I’m fresh. That’s what this car really does to me," says Ruben Petersen of his electric turquoise baby.
"There is a whole clan of us that likes Datsuns. On April’s fools day, my prankster friend put my Datsun up for sale. My phone didn't stopped ringing.”
MOTORING PORTRAITS
Ruben Petersen and his 1979 Datsun GX Coupe
Globetrotting photographers Desmond Louw and Antonia Heil share their portrait series of characters and their cars
“I’ve had this car for eight years, it’s my third Datsun. Her name is Susy and I enjoy her so much. If I'm having troubles in my life, I just get into this car and head to Chapman’s Peak, watch the calm of the sea...believe you me, when I’m home, I’m fresh. That’s what this car really does to me," says Ruben Petersen of his electric turquoise baby.
"There is a whole clan of us that likes Datsuns. On April’s fools day, my prankster friend put my Datsun up for sale. My phone didn't stopped ringing.”
Desmond Louw and Antonia Heil of DNA Photographers are based between Cape Town and Berlin. Combining their love of cars, travel and people, they have been gathering content for a book they hope to publish next year.