WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BY SOUTH AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WINNER
Winner of the South African Photographer of the Year, People’s Choice Award, Roy Zetisky is currently exhibiting his wildlife photographs at The Lighthouse Coffee Company on Sea, 47 Stadler Rd., Bloubergstrand, Cape Town.
The show is on till the end of January 2025 and includes his award-winning photograph as well as a couple of others that made the shortlist.
There are “meet the artist” breakfast sessions on all weekends and public holidays until the end of January, during which exhibition offer A3 prints will be available as well as a sneak preview of his box set of 5 wildlife books, releasing in 2025. At the breakfast sessions you will also be able to pre order personalized signed copies of the books.
Award winning Photographer, Cinematographer and Film Director, Roy Zetisky is also a recipient of the Best Cinematography Mnet Vuka Award and The F.I.L.M. Best Mentor Award for his work in education of previously disadvantaged filmmakers. Zetisky was also the Head of Film at AFDA Film School in Cape Town and has delivered master classes in cinematography and directing at SAE Institute, Orms Film School, The DOCCY Institute and to Post Graduate students at AFDA.
Roy Zetisky has also sat on the jury for film festivals including The SAFTA’S, The Durban International Film Festival and The International Emmy Awards.
Zetisky’s wildlife exhibition includes photographs captured in South Africa and Namibia and a large part of the collection he created at Gondwana Game Reserve, near Mossel Bay, where he lived for a few years, in the free roaming area.
Zetisky’s exhibition of his analogue works from the eighties has just concluded at the Barrydale Arts Festival. Both his exhibitions opened on the same weekend in mid December.
This current exhibition features large prints of wildlife up close and personal, as well as themed photographs showing wildlife relationships with each other and with their environment.
In conclusion, a quote from the authors of the foreword of Roy Zetisky’s books, releasing in 2025, Mariel Hemingway and Melissa Yamaguchi, Co founders of the Mariel Hemingway Foundation: “Roy Zetisky’s photography beautifully captures the essence of the greater whole. He offers a visual invitation to experience nature’s tranquility. Through his lens, the wilderness becomes more than a distant spectacle – it is a relatable, soothing presence that speaks to the soul. His images exude a calming simplicity, grounding viewers in the stillness and peace that only nature can offer. Roy’s work serves as a gentle reminder that in reconnecting with the natural world, we rediscover a part of ourselves, calming our spirit in the process.”
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