he began photographing football pit

he began photographing football pitches and goalposts around the world - from makeshift poles or markings sprayed on walls to sophisticated stadiums -
they were published as a book: Posts. During a residency at Tate Liverpool in 1999, Gabie created a series related to the Posts photographs.

The result was the portfolio Playing Away; a series of twenty-four prints. The first twelve prints (which Nqutu is one of), show images of pitches and goalposts, mainly in South Africa. On the contents page of the portfolio Gabie notes that it marks ‘South Africa’s first ever qualification to the World Cup Finals at France 1998’.