statement
I was born on the East Rand in 1960, finished school in '77 and obtained an Air Force diploma in photography in 1980 while fulfilling military duties. I Worked at various daily newspapers as a press photographer until 1991. I won the 1988 title of Illford Press Photographer of the year. After leaving the industry, I worked at a tertiary education institution, Technikon Pretoria as staff photographer and occasional lecturer. Freelancing since then. The last four to five years I have been specialising and focusing more intently on industrial photography,both commissioned and fine art work and the eventual publishing of photography books about the various subjects covered.
bio
born: 1960, Brakpan, South Africa
education
Photography Diploma, Air Force 1980
selected awards/honors
Finalist OPEN contest "Stairway" Exhibitions Without Walls for Photographers and Digital Artists, Gresham, Oregon, USA December 2011.
Inclusion in Environmental Photography Exhibition, Golden, Colorado 2012.
International Photography Awards: Honorable Mention in Architecture - Industrial category "Search for Gold" 2012.
Honorable Mention for "Space for Dying", Urban Landscape contest, New York Centre for Photographic Art 2013.
selected publications
Best of Photography 2011 - Photographer's Forum magazine, 31st Annual Spring Photography, Santa Barbara, CA 2011.
Best of Photography 2012 - Photographer's Forum magazine, 32nd Annual Spring Photography, Santa Barbara, CA 2012.
International Masters of Photography, January 2013.
Book title "On Assignment in the old SA", March 2013.
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Solo 'What we leave behind' Centurion Gallery, February 2011.
Solo 'The Jimmy Tunnel', Association of Arts, Pretoria. April 2011.
Solo "The Golden Harvest", The Lovell Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town February 2012.
selected group shows
Members group exhibit, Association of Arts Pretoria 2011
Joburg Fringe in partnership with the Goethe-Institut SA, September 2012.
Month of Photography, Cape Town - Iziko South African Museum, October 2012.
CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition, Royal Geographical Society, London, January 2013.
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