Born Oudenaarde East Flanders Belgium 3rd August 1949 | Education Gill College, Somerset East, South Africa 1962-1967 | School of Art Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa 1968-1970
Clients : FUJI Worldwide, CANON Cameras Worldwide, OLYMPUS Cameras North America, GRUPPO MANFROTTO/GITZO Worldwide, NIKE Worldwide TIMBERLAND/Worldwide, LANCOME Worldwide, ROLEX WIMBLEDON, FEDEX Worldwide, MPL Productions - Paul McCartney, YAMAHA Music North America, TAYLOR Guitars Worldwide, ALU Worldwide, HARLLEY-DAVIDSON Worldwide, BOEING Worldwide, PORSCHE Worldwide, LEXUS North America, MERCEDES BENZ Worldwide, BMW North America, VOLVO Europe/North America, FIAT UK, SAAB North America, VW Europe/North America, MACK Trucks Worldwide, GM North America/Europe, MICHELIN North America, IBM Worldwide, WRANGLER North America, BENETTON/SISLEY Worldwide, RALPH LAUREN Worldwide, PENDLETON Worldwide, COSTA DEL MAR North America, MARLBORO Worldwide, BENSON & HEDGES UK, AT&T Worldwide, AIG/CHARTIS Worldwide, MICROSOFT Worldwide, RWE POWER Europe, XCEL POWER North America, LOEWEN Windows North America, SHANGRI-LA Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, STELLA ARTOIS Worldwide, BUDWEISER BEER UK/Europe, CARLSBERG BEER Worldwide, HANNEN BEER Germany, ORANJEBOOM BEER Holland, MOLSON BEER North America, CHIVAS REGAL USA, CROWN ROYAL USA, SHEERY FEDERATION of Spain, OCEAN SPRAY North America, COLUMBIAN COFFEE North America, NEW YORK TIMES, ROLLING STONE, BOSTON GLOBE, LONDON TIMES, HARPERS & QUEEN, ITALIAN ELLE, GUITAR WORLD, BRITISH TOURISM, BRITISH COLUMBIA TOURISM, BERMUDA TOURISM, BAHAMAS TOURISM, WYOMING TOURISM, NORTH CAROLINA TOURISM, VRIESLAND TOURISM, DAYTONA TOURISM, FLORIDA TOURISM, MAURITIUS TOURISM, MASSSACHUSETTS TOURISM, ROYAL DUTCH AIR FORCE
Awards : City of Port Elizabeth Municipal Silver Medal / “Student of the Year” / 1970 | CLIO Award “Best Photography” for Mercedes Benz / New York / 1983 | CLIO Award “Best Photography” for Fruhauf / New York / 1984 | AFAEP Portfolio Gold Award / London / 1984 | AFAEP Landscape Gold Award / London / 1984 | Adweek “American Advertising Photographer of the Year 1986” / New York | Kelly Award for “Best USA Advertising Campaign” / 1986 | Kelly Award for “Best USA Advertising Campaign” / 1990 | CLIO Award “Best Photography” for George Dickel Whisky / New York / 1990| PHOTOGRAPHIS “Best of Show” Statue Award / New York / 1995 | Mondi “Best of Show” Gold Award / South Africa / 1998 | Mondi “Best of Show” Gold Award / South Africa / 2000 | '200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World” Lurzers Archive / Germany 2004-5 | “200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World” Lurzers Archive / Germany 2006-7
Exhibitions : SHELL House (1st “One Man” Show) Cape Town / 1972 | Council for the Protection of Rural England Images London (Opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II) / 1989 | Modern British Advertising (Benson & Hedges Campaign) National Gallery London / 1989 | “Travels with Harry” World Trade Center Boston / 1990 | Gruppo Lino Manfrotto PHOTOKINA Cologne Germany / 1994 | “Out West” Permanent Collection Philip Morris Headquarters Munich Germany / 1995 | “Yankee Mystique” Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts / 1995 | “East Coast / West Coast” Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts / 1996 | “Vanishing Texas” Permanent Collection Houston Museum of Fine Arts Houston Texas / 1997 | “Namibiana” Collection presented to Namibian President Dr Sam Nujoma Windhoek Namibia / 1997 | “7 Days in Wyoming” Teton County Library Jackson Hole Wyoming / 1997-2006 | “7 Days in Wyoming” Permanent Collection Polaroid Corporation Cambridge MA / 1997 | “There & Back” Hout Bay Gallery Hout Bay Cape Town / 1999 | Aids Benefit Auction New York / 2000 | “Self-Inflicted Photographs” ClockWork Apple Gallery New York / 2004 | Gruppo Lino Manfrotto PHOTOKINA Cologne Germany / 2008 | “Silver Footprint” Independent Photographers Gallery London / 2009 | “Coming Home” Tour of Flanders Centre/CRVV Oudenaarde Belgium / 2011 | “Imagine” La Biennalle di Bassano del Grappa Museo Civico Bassano del Grappa Italy / 2011 | Gruppo Manfrotto / Red Cross Tsunami Relief Auction Tokyo Japan / 2011