'Your first 10 000 photographs are your worst.' Henri Cartier-Bresson

This week I spoke to Paul Choy. He has a gift of telling the positive side of story. He has adapted the famous quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson to half a million photos when shooting on a digital camera.

Have a look at Paul’s work at:

Website: https://www.paulchoy.com/

Instagram: @paulchoyphoto

Nathalie Boucry inspires us this week to keep on keeping on. She was only 8 years old when she got her first camera and has been taking photos for a life since 2006. Nathalie is a Fujifilm X photographer and has a heart for sharing her knowledge and love for photography with others.

Catch her work on Instagram: @nathalieboucry

or her website: https://www.nathalieboucry.com/

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

This quote has inspired Tim Moolman in his photographic journey. His portfolio ranges from celebrity, event and music photography to serving as official photographer for the British Royal Family on the Isle of Man.

Have a look at Tim’s work:

Website: https://www.timmoolmanphoto.com/

Instagram: @timmoolmanweddings / @timmoolmanphoto

This week I spoke to Emma O'Brien. She is an award-winning photographer, mentor, author, philanthropist.

Her quote comes from world famous photographer, W. Eugene Smith.

“Photography is a small voice, at the best sometimes – just sometimes – one photograph or a group of them cab lure our senses into awareness…. Someone – or perhaps many – among us may be influenced to heed reason, to find a way to right that which is wrong….The rest of us may perhaps feel a greater sense of understanding and compassion for those lives are alien to our own….Photography is a small voice….It is important voice in my life, but not the only one. I believe in it.” - W. Eugene Smith,

Have a look at Emma’s work:

Website: https://emmaobrien.com/

Instagram: @emmaobrienphotos

Facebook: emmaobrien.com

“There are always two people in every picture”

Ansel Adams

This week I chatted to DuWayne Denton not only about his favorite quote, but also how he and his wife work together.

Have a look at their work:

https://www.zaniduwayne.com/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/zaniduwayne?igshid=qd07b00e55tz

He’s an absolute legendary photographer in the South African entertainment industry. He has photographed the who-who of SA Bands and his conceptual photography puts him in a league of his own. It’s my pleasure to talk to Andre Badenhorst in this week’s episode. One of his favorite quotes is from Ansel Adams: "You don't just take a photo, you make a photo."

Have a look at Andre's work:

https://andrebadenhorst.com/

https://www.instagram.com/andrebadenhorst/

The things you do is not only for you, it is for society around you. Emmy Ojo Aromokundu uses this motto in the way he approaches all he does.

Have a look at Emmy’s work at:

Instagram: _emmy.photography

Facebook: Emmy Photography

Web: www.emmyphotography.co.za

“Thinking about art is not making art”

Jennifer Hudson Fine Art Photographer

Start creating, start pushing for the things you want in life. This is the way Natalie Field has approached her artistic and photographic journey.

Follow Natalie: http://nataliefield.photography/

Instagram: @natalie.field.art & @natalie_field_photography

“…To give them beauty for ashes,

The oil of joy for mourning…”

Isaiah 61:3

This scripture in the Bible has changed the way Wil Punt sees the world. Wil hopes to inspire and bring joy to others not just through his work, but also interaction with people. Follow Wil’s work on Instagram at: @PEARTREE 

Or his site: https://www.peartree.co.za/

“You see what you think, you see what you feel, you are what you see. If with the camera you can make others see it – that is photography.”

— Ernst Haas

This quote by Ernst Haas has inspired Fujifilm X-Photographer, Earl Abrahams in his photography.

Earl is a Johannesburg based visual artist, who originates from Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. His camera is the predominate tool through which he communicates, and his passion is to contribute to conversations that could bring about moments of reflection in our society and world. His work straddles between themes of identity, spacial and racial politics.

Follow Earl on Instagram at: @earl_a_