LIFE /
BLACKBEARD'S CHEST / A COLLECTION OF RANDOM TREASURES
ISSUE 04
Flora
Christopher Rimmer
www.christopherrimmer.com
Driving along the pot-holed Wild
Coast road after sunset is never
wise, so on a recent trip I found
myself making a stop in Port St
Johns, my childhood home until
I was 5 years old, to spend the
night before heading on. I stayed
at a river lodge and spent the early
evening chatting to other guests.
That’s when I met Christopher. He showed me
the most amazing photograph of a bull on the local
beach with a moody, breathtaking blue sky in the
background and I was hooked. The following day
he said he planned to use a carrot to see if he could
lure a donkey to the beach and take a similar shot. I
continued my journey the next morning, but thanks
to Facebook, I saw that he had indeed succeeded
in luring the donkey, and the result is perfection
- I have enjoyed many more of his beautiful
photographs since then. Christopher’s story is as
astounding as his images.
Christopher Rimmer was born in England
and emigrated to South Africa as a child. After
immigrating to Australia in 1981, he studied
photography formally, firstly under Werner
Hammerstingl and then later at Rusden College
under Paul Green. His critically acclaimed
photographs of Africa have been widely published
and he has exhibited in group and solo shows
both in Australia and in the United Kingdom and
France & the U.S. He is a member of the Royal
Photographic Society and was shortlisted for British
magazine B&W Photographer of the Year for his
work in Southern Africa in 2011 and again in 2012.
I’m glad he is back in South Africa and am wowed
by his latest offering! Above all its good to know
that journeys can hold infinite surprises and new
friendships even when the road is a familiar one.
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