Annelize and Martin Le Roux

Photograph

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W17 Gallery

Name/Title

Annelize and Martin Le Roux

Entry/Object ID

PIE4263

Description

Annelize Le Roux lost her miracle baby. The year before, she terminated her pregnancy after discovering that her baby had downs syndrome. After a medical mishap, she was told that she would never have another child. Being pregnant with her son Andreas was an unexpected but happy surprise. The family was devastated when Andreas died, Annelize remembers walking into one of her kids rooms, to find him holding onto the babies clothes. Before Andreas died, Annelize’s whole family fell ill. “It was just like strong flu symptoms,” she said. Her husband Martin did not think much of his illness. But after Andreas died, they received results from a blood test she had sent to England. Those results confirmed that Andreas had contracted listeriosis from his mothers womb. When Annelize found out about the outbreak, she used her history of microbiology in isolating and packaging food stuffs from her fridge. When the health inspectors came to her home, she had prepared all the samples for them. A move that played a crucial role in assisting the health department in confirming the source of the contaminated food stuffs.

Made/Created

Artist

Thom Pierce

Date made

2017

Edition

Edition Size

5

Edition Number

1

Dimensions

Height

57 cm

Width

48.5 cm

Location

Building

BANK

Workplace

Workshop17

Province

Gauteng

Valuations

Valuation Type

Pricing

Value

ZAR 4,800.00

Date

Jun 20, 2025

Intake

Notes

Thom Pierce (born 1978 in Jersey, Channel Islands) is an award-winning British photographic artist, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

General Notes

Note

Claudia@workshop17.com