Becoming History
I have recently found myself viewing the environment as a chronicle of events, with me periodically jabbing at the timeline with a camera, trying to rouse something memorable, unusual, or even insightful. A flowery analogy would be this timeline as a bow-wave of history with me throwing buoys overboard at selective intervals.
The materials that interest me are the twin topographies (our geographic history, layered with the complex cultural and industrial interactions that are imprinted on it), and the chosen moment. Not only is it fascinating to me where these three elements intersect, but their relationship is dynamic: an endless source of continuously shifting opportunities. Always good for a photographer.
About Tony Meintjes
Tony was born in South Africa in 1956. After he studied photography in Durban he further practiced as an advertising photographer in Cape Town until 2000. He then started a printing company called Southern Editions, making prints for photographers and fine artists. Some of the artists he prints for include David Goldblatt, Jane Alexander, Gail Catlin, Guy Tillim and Bernie Searle. He lives in Cape Town with his wife Janet and his daughters Alexandra and Billie-Mae.