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My time with SAA has not only been hard work but also took me happiness is my camera and I (eye). I never forget a quote
me to some great places in Europe, India, Egypt and Japan, to by Yusuf Karsch: ‘Look and think before opening the shutter.
name but a few – and this ‘all expenses paid’; not to mention The heart and mind is the camera.’
all the other spin-offs of a special kind - like meeting Princess Today, I get most of my inspirations through my membership of
Diana face-to-face or sharing the sun with Luciano Pavarotti on CTPS and an online photo club in Germany (www.fotocommu-
a beach in Barbados! nity.de) where some of the members have become my ‘virtual’
photo friends. For me, interaction with other photographers
is extremely important to improve my knowledge, hence my
weird architecture photography. Because of my skills in dark-
room work and knowledge about colour, I could easily relate to
image processing with Adobe Photoshop.
*) LPPSA: Licentiateship of Professional Photographers of
Southern Africa.
**) APPSA: Associateship of Professional Photographers of
Southern Africa (Industrial and Portraiture)

I left SAA in 1999, when the photographic department was
closed down after eleven years; and after a few years in Ger-
many, I finally decided in 2004 to move to this beautiful area,
the Western Cape. Here I became a freelance photographer, spe-
cialising in portraiture and weddings but also doing some work
in industrial and architectural photography, until health reasons
forced me to give up my professional life.
However, this was not the end of my photography because the
passion I have always had for it could now turn into an all-con-
suming hobby and give me the freedom that comes with it. For

The above editorial profile is based on an interview of Sonja Grünbauer by Francois van Oudtshoorn.

"Creativity needs to extend beyond the lens. Find creative ways
to showcase your work and get it seen. Straight up tenacity, hard
work and determination will always be part of the equation, so
get to it."

- Jimmy Chin

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