I am one of only two accredited Master Portrait Photographers in Africa, recognised by The Portrait Masters. I work from my studio in Johannesburg, specialising in portraiture that is quiet, intentional, and deeply human. A simple belief guides my work: one moment, one portrait, forever. Loss has a way of sharpening what matters. I lost my mother in my early thirties. Her final words to me were simple and direct: life is short — do something with it before it’s over. At the time, I was working in the corporate world, photography still a calling I hadn’t fully answered. Eight years later, my father died on my mother’s birthday, with his children at his side. In that moment — quiet and final — something shifted. I picked up my camera and began the work that has shaped the last two decades of my life. Some said I wouldn’t last. Today, I am more than twenty years into a portrait practice devoted to meaning rather than trend. I cannot go back and create the portraits I wish I had of my parents. But I can — and do — create them for others. These are not photographs for now. They are portraits for later.