Hein Waschefort

Hein Waschefort, on being announced overall winner of the 2019 Africa Photo Awards with his dreamscape, “Where the Moon and Tusks Collide”, explained: “Since I can remember I perceived everything around me in pictures – people, places, events, dimensions, perspectives – and I have always had the urge to translate, record and communicate what I see in visual form. So, I started drawing, painting and sculpting and ended up studying fine arts at university. Then I discovered a camera, film and a darkroom and found a new exciting medium for my art: Photography. For me as a visual artist, the digital era provides endless opportunities to create images across multiple platforms and disciplines, combining photography with digital art, graphics and presentations.”

Hein masterfully combines and manipulates his compositions with expert use of light, shadow, texture, colour, form, proportion, space, rhythm to create an artistic vision. He constantly studies art history and artists to test his values and perspectives in a never-ending quest to synthesize and develop new concepts and techniques.

He sees opportunities for images all around him and uses each opportunity to push his creativity further. “I will never use third party images ...

2014:Certificate: Assessor Conduct Outcomes-based assessment (Registered assessor for Photography as well as Design qualifications)
1982: Diploma Photography, School of Modern Photography, NY
1976-1977: Studied Fine Arts, University of Pretoria

2021:Private Exhibition (solo), hosted by Elbė & Christo Lindeque at Zambesi Estate, Pretoria
2020: Lockdown in South Africa Collection, Sixty Photos in Sixty Days
2019: BMW South Africa – Legends Solo Exhibition
2016: China International Photographic Art Exhibition (CIPAFE)
2014 Retrospective Exhibition, Pretoria
2014: Art Gallery, Mauritius
Trierenberg Super Circuit, the world’s largest photo salon – from 2000 – 2017
2012: Exhibition, Brooklyn, Pretoria
1985: Contemporary Exhibition, Pretoria, group exhibition
1984: Zone 5 Exhibition, Sunnypark, Pretoria, group exhibition
1975: Solo Exhibition, Art Faculty, University of Pretoria