About

Johan du Preez is a photographer and essayist based in London who works around the world.

His work explores the rich texture of life through its paradoxical nature – its dynamism, its quiet poetry, its drama and its joy – using sequenced images and text.

Johan’s creative practice is guided by Robert Henry’s words, “Learn to listen to the song within you and to create under the spell of it.”

A reflective practice allows his art to transcend the vagaries of luck by exploring the intrinsic drivers of his work. In this way Johan uses inspiration as both a guide and a tool to explore the depth & breadth of my art.

I have found my peace waiting for just the right moment, the right light, the flash of feathers or fleeting tenderness in a pride of lions in Africa or the first snow falling on the cedars in Japan, first light in the Khentii Mountains in Mongolia or the sun slipping down behind a volcano in Indonesia. I'm most happy when I can express my experience those moments through my art.