‘Living & Working as a Photographer in Namibia’

With retirement approaching, Scott set up a new life in Otjiwarongo, a small town in the African bush, in order to work with his first love, photography.

As a professional photographer in Namibia, he never knows what the next phone call will bring. He could be training anti-poaching units out in the bush, photographing aged freedom fighters or shooting a President. He could be camped out in the desert doing ID photos of wild horses, covering a big tribal wedding or working with rescued pangolins. One of his most unexpected and exciting projects has been to document the construction of a brand new mine, from virgin bush to the first gold bar. His knowledge of African wildlife has enabled his images to spearhead major conservation campaigns and be used in publications worldwide. The content of Scott’s presentations is as diverse as the Namibian people, the wildlife and the land itself. A born story-teller, he speaks lovingly of a land that fast became his home, a land where camera technique has to adapt to very different, sometimes arduous and often extreme conditions. This is an Africa that visitors can only guess at.