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About Me
Some random facts about me…
- It feels completely normal for me to go to far off places and travel on my own. Getting lost in a foreign country, and being anonymous excites me
- I have won a Fuji Photographic Award two years running.
- In June 2015 one of my images won in “The Top Best Wedding Photos of 2015“, in the Signature Weddings competition.
- In 2014 two of my images were selected in the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Year Competition – travel weekly, highly commended.
- In 2015 I won in the travel photographer competition – in The Independent Traveller, Argus newspaper.
- My work has been exhibited in London, France and South Africa and I’ve been published in various magazines including Marie Claire, Elle, Your Wedding Day, My Wedding Day and Discovery magazine.
- I used to work in the music industry photographing musicians and bands. These include Hot House Flowers, Blondie, Steve Winwoood, Joss Stone and Seal.
- I was so hopelessly in love with a guy in my last year of high school, I ended up nearly flunking.
- Twelve years later I studied Fine Art Photography in London and passed with a distinction.
- Photography is not factory-work. I only take on a limited number of bookings a year so I can give every client the very best of my energy, attention and creativity.
- I have a feline goddess living in my home, Miss Banksy…fondly named after my favourite graffiti artist.
- I love the word serendipity, not only it’s meaning, but also the way it sounds like honey dripping off a spoon.
- I was once in the travel section of a bookstore and couldn’t decide where I wanted to go. So I closed my eyes, ran my finger along the shelf and decided that, when I opened my eyes, whatever my finger was touching, that’s where I’d go. It was Cuba. I was there several months later.
- In January 2015 I found myself back in Cuba again…this time to do a documentary of images of Havanna.
- Much of my inspiration comes from cinematography. I keep a notebook and pencil in my bag for when I’m at a movie and a creative idea presents itself.
- I photographed my first recipe book: “LCHF På Riktigt” by Monique Le Roux Forslund and Published By Pagina Forlags AG in Sweden in 2013.
- Several months later a selection of my photographs were used in the English version of Monique Le Roux Forslunds book “Low Carb Living For Families” and published in South Africa.
- I have recently photographed another recipe book in Sweden, “Lär dig leva sockerfritt” which was published in February 2016, by Pagina publishers in Sweden.
- I’ve travelled the world…and now live in Cape Town and Sweden.
- I collect photographic art, and illustrations, and some of the most inspiring pieces I own are by Cig Harvey, David Bailey, Nicola Dove and Niki Pilkington.
- I love working with clients who allow me creative freedom, connect with my work and want something arty, with soul.
Photo: Jacki Bruniquel Photography
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