Jacques Marais

Pro photographer/author who regularly contributes to a wide selection of premium adventure-, travel- and outdoor magazines, both in SA and abroad. Leading titles include Runners World, Bicycling, Discovery Magazine, Time Out & Men’s Health. As a columnist for a range of newspapers, my photographs and articles are regularly published in newspapers and on web sites around the world. I’ve also shot and authored numerous outdoor books, and as an accredited Red Bull and Land Rover photographer, I cover global extreme sport events as diverse as FMX, adventure racing, DH mountain biking, snowboarding and wilderness expeditioning. During the acclaimed ILLUME Red Bull Sports Photography Awards, I was honoured as a TOP 50 finalist from a field of well over 20,000 international shooters. Most recent honours include both a Gold and Silver Award in the respected SONY Profoto Awards.