Leap of joy - Limited Edition 2 of 10 Photograph

Antoinette is a German/South African photographer. She primarily shoots portraits and editorials, her works have been exhibited, published and sold on auctions for charitable events, including her famous images of Nelson Mandela. She began her career as an Art Director in advertising, working in New York, Hamburg and London. Changing careers in the early 90's and started working in fashion photography and editorial portraiture, for fashion publications in the UK and South Africa. She has had two books published of her works. "Motherhood" which had a large amount of critical acclaim, sponsored by De Beers, she had reviews in publications such as the Observer magazine front cover and six page story, The telegraph, Photography publication, Junior magazine and several other newspapers as well as guest appearances on TV, including ITV news. For 'Reflections on Nelson Mandela; Icon of Peace' published by Titan Books, Antoinette has been interviewed for BBC radio stations as well appearing on television to talk about the book and reviews in various publications including Readers Digest. She is often involved with interior design projects, and recently was asked to art direct a music video for a well known UK hit song from members of the band Freeez for the new release of "Southern Freeze". Antoinette works as a photographer for mostly musicians, actors, artists as well as fashion campaigns, including The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund UK. She curates and blogs for Contemporary Art Keen Enthusiast, C-A-K-E .