Graeme Williams

I was born in Cape Town and studied Geology and Statistics at Cape Town University. I never actually practiced as a geologist and rather started to pursue my own creative work. Photography has been my main focus and over the past 25 years I have photographed in fifty countries. My photographs have been published in major publications worldwide, including National Geographic Magazine, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine and Photography magazine (UK).

I have painted for over 15 years and have tried to merge my interest in photography with my painting.

BSc Geology from the University of Cape Town.

My work is housed in the permanent collections of The Smithsonian (USA), The South African National Gallery, The Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology, Duke University (USA), The North Carolina Museum of Art, The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, The Finnish School of Photography, Oxfam and Anti-Apartheid Movement in Belgium, Cape Town University.

I have staged solo exhibitions in Johannesburg, New York and Paris and London and have contributed to many combined exhibitions including the 2011 Figures and Fictions exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.