An ecologist by profession, took up wildlife photography as a passion and has been living this passion for over a decade.

She is known for capturing the small unnoticed dramas that go on in life, producing results of stunning detail and clarity to illustrate her micro focus.

A few examples of this are clearly evident in the presentation that follows.

How did you get started in photography?

When I was much younger, about 10, I’d become a wild lifer: nature camps and societies, things like that. And it seemed like all serious wild lifers had cameras. So I got myself an old second-hand Minolta, some long and heavy lenses. I carried them everywhere and made some shaky and some sharp pictures, usually all bad ones.

There began a long, on now, off again affair with photography, which has settled finally into a completely absorbing passion.

What artists have influenced your work?

I don’t know if there’s any direct influence on my work, but I admire several of the Impressionist painters, Monet, Van Gogh and Degas primarily. Of the others, Matisse and Mondrian.

Among photographers, Cartier-Bresson, Feininger, Arbus, Maplethorpe and as wildlife photographers, Lanting Dalton, Rouse and ‘Nick’ Nichols.

What do you like shooting the most?

Wildlife. Not just the usual tigers, lions, elephants, the stuff that’s been done and done again. Instead the bits that everyone misses, the little adventures that go on quietly in the background, insects, birds, even plants.

What made you want to specialize in this category?

Well, it’s how I got into photography in the first place!

What is the most demanding shot you have ever done?

Most of my work is demanding, most wildlife photography is.

What is your favourite picture? (Preferably something in the Visage Collection)

It’s hard to pick a single favourite picture, but if I had to, it would be the blue and red grasshopper on the half folded mimosa leaf. It’s got a lot of the elements that for me make good images, line, balance, colour and a story!

What’s the best use of a picture that you have ever seen (an ad, a book cover, etc…)?

Michael Fay recently did a huge project for Nat Geo called Africa Megaflyover, where he flew all over Africa trying to measure the human footprint on the continent. He took pictures from the air as he flew over the continent in many spots.
These were then overlaid on the Google Earth satellite map of Africa, so you can see where each one was taken. I think it’s a stupendous way to document our world and our relationship to it!