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Panel Discussion
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett

Geoff Blundell and David Lewis-Williams discuss the art’s imagery in front of a life-size copy at the University of Witwatersrand’s Rock Art Institute in Johannesburg. The panel took two weeks to trace, and from those tracings this ink drawing was made.

Camera: Nikon F5
Film Type: Ektachrome 100
Lens: 20mm Nikkor
Speed and F-Stop: 1/8 @ f/5.6

Weather Conditions: Unrecorded
Time of Day: Afternoon
Lighting Techniques: Tota lights