Editorial Travel, Reportage and Documentary Photography

Assignments in editorial travel and lifestyle, reportage and and documentary photography shoots and commissions for magazines and NGO's.

For Magazines, Publications & Brands

Collaborations / assignments with editors, art directors, and communication teams to create cohesive photographic narratives. Published work includes reportage and documentary projects that contain portraiture, travel and lifestyle for magazine editorial clients, online magazines and private companies and NGO's. Each assignment is approached with a narrative first concept and bold, minimal and striking visual language.

 

Farmland scene in South Africa's Western Cape.
Vineyard scene in dramatic light.
Farm sign on country road.
Family walking in the vineyards.
Father and son inspect the vines in South Africa.
Detail of a barrel in Cape vineyard cellar.
Old farmhouse in the Western Cape.

Travel Editorial - Badenhorst Wines

Travel and lifestyle editorial feature shot for Highbury Safika Media title, cape Etc Magazine. This editorial commission features The Badenhorst Family Wines and was shot in the Western Cape of South Africa.

The Wembley Road House roadside signboard.
Reportage photograph of a a car parked outside the Wembley Road House.
Twilight shot of road house for travel editorial feature.
Twilight architectural exterior of road house for travel editorial feature.
Architectural exterior of Wembley Road House for travel editorial feature.
The outrageous interior design of the bakery at the Wembley Road House complex.
Interior view of the wild decor at the bakery at the Wembley Road House complex.

Editorial Travel Photography

Shot for Cape etc Magazine, documenting the legendary Wembley Roadhouse and attached bakery/grocery stores, in Cape Town, South Africa.

Scene inside Die Werkswinkel for documentary shoot.
Detail scene of birthday chart at Die Werkswinkel for documentary photography project.
Black and white documentary shot from a shoot for Die Werkswinkel.
A childs coffin at Die Werkswinkel.
Volunteer workers at Die Werkswinkel.
A man finishes making a burial cross at Die Werkswinkel.
Men play a informal gambling game in South Africa.
A man lights a cigarette in a township, South Africa.
Scene from a documentary shoot at Die Werkswinkel.

Documentary Photography Project for NGO

Documentary photography and short film capturing one of the NGO's projects that runs a workshop that trains and supports local people with physical disabilities. Based in Knysna, Western cape South Africa. The project is operated by Knysna APD.

Die Werkswinkel provides people with physical disabilities the space to produce functional craft. Materials include wood, fabric, and paper. The environment is informal and repetitive. The aim is to generate small revenue and social interaction.

Travel photography image of the Zambezi Queen, floating hotel.
The Zambezi river as seen from a boat.
A tourist chill area on the Zambezi.
The countryside on the banks of the Zambezi.
A riverside bar interior scene, on the banks of the Zambezi
The pool on the Zambezi Queen.
Exterior view of river boat.
Man fishing on the banks of the Zambezi

Travel Reportage - The Zambezi Queen

My selection of (less commercial) images from a shoot for The Property Magazine as a lifestyle / travel feature on the (then) recently launched Zambezi Queen.

An amateur drag racing car at Killarney, Cape Town
Reportage photograph of a safety marshal at a amateur drag racing event.
Spectators watch a car do a burn out at an amateur drag racing event.
Reportage photograph of a drag racing car at an amateur drag racing event.
A motorbike races by at an amateur drag race.
Burnout at Killarney.
Safety marshall and equipment at an amateur drag racing event.
Drag racing christmas lights shot as part of an editorial reportage photo series on amateur drag racing.

Editorial Reportage

Shot this series of pictures for a editorial feature on amateur drag racing open day events at Killarney raceway in Cape Town. Client: Highbury Safika.

A woman jogging near St James, Cape Town.
A scene with penguins at Simonstown, Cape Town.
Kalk bay village shopping alley.
A swimmer enters the water at St James tidal pool, Cape Town.
A surfer at Muizenberg, Cape Town.
Kalk bay harbour, and old fishing boats.
Kalk Bay harbour seen from the main road.
Surfer and colourful changing huts at Muizenberg, Cape Town.

Editorial Travel Shoot

My selection of a few images shot for an editorial on the Deep South of Cape Town, specifically in Muizenberg.

Restaurant facade in The Hague at night.
Moody warm restaurant interior scene.
A chef finishes a plate in a restaurant kitchen.
Close up food shot of roasted butternut.
Butter cooking in a pan.
A cut of meat in a restaurant kitchen.
A plated dish in a restaurant in Den Haag.

Restaurant Shoot

Shot some images for an amazing restauranteur in The Hague / Den Haag of the spaces as well as the kitchen.