I made this portrait of my father in my parents’ home in Gaborone, Botswana, in late 2010. He was 68 at the time. I re-discovered the photograph soon after I began the long-overdue process of reviewing the 15-year archive of my negatives. The white balance was impossible to correct as the portrait was made indoors under a mixture of incandescent and fluorescent lighting using film that was designed for daylight. Even though the colours are irredeemably unnatural, I am very pleased with how the picture turned out—and to have found it at all.
I have added this photograph to a series called Candid, which is published as a gallery on this website. The collection contains colour shots of my family, friends, and acquaintances. You may also be interested in my black-and-white portraits.