Welcome to rePhotoSA
This project encourages you as the public or 'citizen scientist' to contribute to an understanding of how South Africa's environment has been changing and is continuing to change. This is done by comparing two photographs of the same view, taken at different times, and then recording the major changes that have taken place between the photos. This approach is called 'repeat photography'.
Read more about repeat photography in the About section, or begin browsing our photographic database here to look for images in your area, for which you can take repeat photos and help increase our collection of repeat photographs. You might just discover some enchanting images from places in your distant past.
If you have a collection of interesting historical images of southern Africa, with very good records about the location and date of each photograph, please get hold of us. We would like to fill in the 'gaps' on the map so that we have historical images representative of most of southern Africa.
rePhotoSA is a collaborative citizen science project between the Plant Conservation Unit and the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town.
The Plant Conservation Unit (PCU) is an African-centred research and postgraduate training unit. It aims to improve the ecological understanding and conservation status of Africa's biomes, and has a particular emphasis on the succulent karoo and fynbos biomes of South Africa.
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology aims to "To promote and undertake scientific studies involving birds, and contribute to the practice affecting the maintenance of biological diversity and the sustained use of biological resources."
The University of Cape Town is known for its academic excellence and pioneering scholarship. Through a culture of teaching and learning, UCT strives to turn out graduates who are engaged citizens, able and willing to apply their expertise across the African continent.
