‘Africa’ is an evocative collection of images arisen from one artist’s passion for the wide spaces of Africa and the spirit of freedom that they embody. Unique in that the photographer has purposefully taken a step back, spending weeks, months and even years waiting for that decisive moment - to capture Africa in context. The collection includes pieces from some of Africa’s most iconic landscapes, but also offers a spellbinding journey to remote and seldom photographed wildernesses. Whether it is a Black Rhino browsing in an equatorial forest or Ground Squirrels foraging on the desert floor of the Kalahari, the collection portrays ordinary African subjects captured in an extraordinary way.
South Africa remains Africa’s last stronghold for the White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). In fact, this prehistoric creature was brought back from the very brink of extinction and this, all from a small number of just around 40 in Zululand’s Hluhluwe Game Reserve. From Hluhluwe, the rest of the country was repopulated, including Kruger National Park and from the very tip of the continent, this magnificent beast has been reintroduced into wilderness meccas such as the Okavango Delta and as far afield as Kenya...
Shooting fashion and model portfolios are like opening a lucky packet every time you pick up the camera. “You never know what you’re going to get”. – Forrest Gump
