Mind-Boggling Aerial Shots Capture The Lines That Divide The Rich and The Poor

Photographer Johnny Miller captures the disparity present in South Africa between rich and poor showing the striking differences between two sides highlighting the physical differences between the living situation of South African residents.

Using an Inspire 1 drone, he took his shots from up in the air of South Africa showing the deviation that could clearly be seen through his photo series, Unequal Scenes.

It highlighted the separation of the green landscapes and pleasing homes of a side and the dreary and deserted lands of the other just by a thin line. Miller said that the differences could not be easily seen from a person’s usual point-of-view and that is what he told is the beauty of being able to fly. He was able to show things from a new perspective through his clever photography.

The dramatic photographs showcase how inequality is, and still, very much present. He aims to disrupt complacency of the people of Cape Town.

These were all even taken 22 years after the end of the 1947 policy Apartheid, a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites in South Africa created buffer zones — to create a distinct and modified separation through barriers, roads and rivers. Despite the fact, many of these barriers still remain, so do the injustices.

KYA SANDS and BLOUBOSRAND

HOUT BAY and IMIZAMO YETHU

ALEXANDRA and SANDTON

MANENBERG and PHOLA PARK

STRAND and NOMZAMO

MASIPHUMELELE and LAKE MICHELLE

PAPWA SEWGOLUM and GOLF COURSE

VUKUZENZELE and SWEET HOME

Close up of Sweet Home.

VUSIMUZI and MOOIFONTEIN CEMETERY

In his series, he hopes to encourage people to make the best use of their technology, to share stories that would strike people and help make a difference all over the world, especially now in this time of fast-paced spreading of information globally.

Miller’s aim, however, is not to start a war. He shows the scenes in the most objective way possible. He hopes to help in addressing the case in a constructive and peaceful manner.