lecturer blogs

Udo Kieslich

Even though I have a very German name, I am South African born and bred. Of all the beautiful places my parents could have chosen for me to enter this world, they decided that Klerksdorp was the place to be at the time of my...continue reading

George Proxenos

About me - Behind the Lens My parents were Greek and Cypriot but I have lived in South Africa all my life. Although I have travelled the world, there is no place like home! My formal education consists of an...continue reading

Bruno Poco

Fortunately I was born into an absolutely crazy about photography family. I never remember an occasion that we weren´t having our pictures taken. As children we hated to stop playing to have our picture taken and as teenagers it was very embarrassing when we had...continue reading

Beverley Pestana Inacio

I like to think of myself as a visual artist, documenting the world as I see it through my camera. I am a 3rd generation photographer not because my parents or even my grandparents where Professional photographers but because they used a camera to document...continue reading

Waldo Pretorius

I guess you could say that I love to joke around, I´m not a very serious person in general but can be if need be. Otherwise, I go with the flow... directing the "flow" in the direction I want to go sometimes but mostly just...continue reading

David Ceruti

I have been photographing for ages and teaching it for the last five years. I dabbled with photography over the years, including a spell as a the “resident” photographer in the personnel department at West Driefontein Mine – highlights were going underground to photograph accident...continue reading

Nicole Hartley

I have always been into art. Since I can remember, I have been drawing or painting or doing something creative with my hands. Art at school was always my interest. Subjects like business or accounting didn’t get a second glance from me. Although I was...continue reading

Maryna Cotton

Where did it all begin? From a very young age I experimented with ways to express my creativity. My exposure to photography came as rolls of expired black and white film and access to one of my dad’s Pentax K2 cameras and his macro lens....continue reading