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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Grace Holliday

‘As soon as I saw it, I knew the image’: Robby Ogilvie’s best phone picture

A bright-blue classic car parked on a road with a slight incline, against a cobbled pavement in front of a bright-green and a bright-pink house, with a bright -blue sky showing above
Colour Divides, 2025, shot on Google Pixel 6. Photograph: Robby Ogilvie, UK winner, Open Competition, Object, Sony World Photography Awards 2026

Edinburgh native Robby Ogilvie was visiting South Africa when he took this image. “I’d spent the first week in and around Kruger national park, photographing the culture, landscapes and wildlife, before moving on to Cape Town.”

Along with a friend from South Africa, Ogilvie visited the neighbourhood of Bo-Kaap. “The area is known for its brightly coloured houses, but it also carries a rich and complex history. There was a real feeling of community, and many of the houses felt like open studios; artists had taken over spaces to exhibit and sell their work.”

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