Of all the places my camera has taken me, the streets of Kliptown in Soweto have had the greatest impact. My day job, working in South Africa, gave me a foot in the door, but it was my friend and guide Illan Ossendryver who fully opened it. In a place overlooked by its government, I was granted the kind of intimate access that most photographers only dream of. What I found was a community forgotten, yet entirely devoid of bitterness and possessed of a vibrant sense of kinship and resilience. These images are among my most precious. They are a humble tribute to a people who taught me that even in the face of immense hardship, the human spirit can remain generous, proud, and deeply connected.