DNA is a multidisciplinary photography duo based in Cape Town and Berlin, specialising in automotive, sport and social-first content.
Desmond Louw and Antonia Heil began their careers in engineering and journalism before finding their niche in commercial photography and filmmaking. Today, they bring that combination of technical understanding, visual instinct and editorial thinking to work across automotive, sport and lifestyle.
Their sport photography is dynamic, capturing athletes in motion with a strong sense of authenticity. From the intensity of competition to the split-second moments between action, DNA create images that convey the movement, energy and personality of their subject.
Their client portfolio includes Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Jaguar, adidas, ASICS, Red Bull, Volkswagen, Rolls-Royce, Nissan, Toyota and many others, alongside leading agencies, publishers and international brands.
Their work has been published internationally across titles including TopGear, Architectural Digest Germany, BBC, Red Bull Bulletin, Tatler, Bicycling, GQ and Zeit Magazin.
DNA is a multidisciplinary photography duo based in Cape Town and Berlin, specialising in automotive, sport and social-first content.
Desmond Louw and Antonia Heil began their careers in engineering and journalism before finding their niche in commercial photography and filmmaking. Their backgrounds bring together technical understanding, editorial instinct and a natural curiosity about people, machines and movement.
Their work spans automotive campaigns, motorsport, sport and lifestyle, moving seamlessly between stills and motion. They also have a strong understanding of social content, creating photography and film with the pace, energy and visual impact needed for digital platforms.
Their client portfolio includes Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Jaguar, adidas, ASICS, Red Bull, Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce, alongside leading agencies, publishers and international brands.
Their work has been published internationally in TopGear, Architectural Digest Germany, BBC, Red Bull Bulletin, Tatler, Bicycling, GQ and Zeit Magazin, among others.
Ravi brings a highly considered approach to advertising photography, combining an exceptional understanding of light with a strong instinct for composition, character and visual storytelling.
His images have a crafted, cinematic quality while retaining a sense of authenticity and personality. Whether working with people, products or lifestyle concepts, Ravi uses light to create depth, atmosphere and visual impact.
His background as a DOP and Social Director gives him an understanding of how a campaign needs to work across moving image, stills and digital platforms - allowing him to bring a consistent visual eye across multiple formats.
His portrait work reveals the same sensitivity to character, bringing an intuitive understanding of people into his commercial photography.
Whether through analogue film techniques or complex digital manipulation, Stan Kaplan approaches photography as an organic artistic process, using natural and artificial light to create images with emotion, depth and character.
His visual style is constantly evolving, allowing him to respond to each brief rather than imposing a fixed aesthetic. Stan takes the time to understand the brand, its audience and its visual language, creating imagery that feels distinctive to the brand while remaining unmistakably his own.
Whether through analogue film techniques or complex digital manipulation, Stan Kaplan approaches photography as an organic artistic process, using natural and artificial light to create images with emotion, depth and character.
His visual style is constantly evolving, allowing him to respond to each brief rather than imposing a fixed aesthetic. Stan takes the time to understand the brand, its audience and its visual language, creating imagery that feels distinctive to the brand while remaining unmistakably his own.
Roice’s ideas and creative perspectives, ensure that each piece resonates with its intended audience. His ability to blend traditional filmmaking techniques with the latest technology allows him to elevate projects, regardless of their scale.
In response to the demands of the digital era, Roice seamlessly expanded his skill set to include photography, reinforcing his versatility across yet another visual medium.
A Sense of Wonder, Unscripted and Alive.
Niv Shank has a natural instinct for the unfiltered world of childhood - the fleeting expressions, quiet curiosity, and bursts of unrestrained energy that cannot be directed or faked.
In his kids photography, playfulness and atmosphere take centre stage, creating a visual world that feels honest, warm, and deeply nostalgic.
Drawing on an effortless patience and eye for real emotion, Niv lets moments unfold on their own terms. His frames move fluidly between joyful movement and still, cinematic tenderness - capturing kids exactly as they are rather than asking them to perform.
There is an unforced magic to his work, a feeling that the camera simply slipped quietly into their world.
The result is kids fashion and lifestyle photography with genuine heart and timeless appeal: raw and playful in spirit, yet elevated by a rich, cinematic edge.
A Sense of Life, Caught in the Moment.
Niv Shank has an eye for the unspoken energy of a place—the fleeting glances, raw textures, and pockets of natural light that turn everyday life into cinema.
In his lifestyle photography, environment and human connection merge seamlessly, creating a visual world that feels unscripted, immersive, and alive.
Drawing on an instinct for candid storytelling, Niv captures moments as they unfold rather than staging them. His frames carry a spontaneous, lived-in rhythm—moving effortlessly between quiet intimacy and a subtle, playful wit.
There is an unforced honesty to his work, a feeling that the camera simply happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The result is lifestyle photography with genuine soul and atmosphere: raw and immediate in its feeling, yet elevated by an unmistakable cinematic edge.
A Sense of History, Seen Through A Contemporary Lens.
Niv Shank has an eye for the character of a place - the details, textures and traces of time that give it a distinct identity.
In his fashion photography, architecture, landscape, light and local culture become part of the image, creating a visual world that feels both familiar and quietly transportive.
Drawing on the style and sensibility of different eras, Niv creates images that carry a timeless quality, as though it has a history of its own.
There is an effortless elegance to his work, a sense of style that feels discovered rather than constructed, with each location bringing its own history and personality to the frame.
The result is fashion photography with depth and atmosphere: contemporary in its execution, yet touched by the enduring appeal of another time.
Niv has photographed campaigns for brands including Lacoste, Skoda, AXE, UBS and WWF, and editorial work for publications including Vogue Italia, GQ, Cosmopolitan and ICON. He was also a Portrait of Humanity winner in 2021 and was included in Lürzer’s Archive’s 200 Best Ad Photographers 2020/2021.
Niv Shank has an eye for the character of a place - the details, textures, and traces of time that give it a distinct identity.
In his advertising photography, architecture, landscape, light, and local culture become part of the narrative, creating a cinematic visual world that feels both familiar and quietly transportive.
Drawing on the style and sensibility of different eras, Niv creates campaigns that carry a timeless quality, as though each frame has a history of its own.
There is an effortless, approachable elegance to his work - a sense of authenticity that feels discovered rather than constructed, with every location bringing its own personality to the story.
The result is commercial photography with depth, warmth, and atmosphere.
Niv has photographed campaigns for brands including Lacoste, Skoda, AXE, UBS and WWF, and editorial work for publications including Vogue Italia, GQ, Cosmopolitan and ICON. He was also a Portrait of Humanity winner in 2021 and was included in Lürzer’s Archive’s 200 Best Ad Photographers 2020/2021.
Sacha is a globally recognised South African photographer whose career spans more than 25 years across advertising, music, entertainment and portraiture.
After more than a decade in New York, Sacha established himself within the international creative and music scene, developing a reputation for powerful, highly crafted imagery with a distinctive visual edge.
His work has included portraits and campaigns for some of the world's most recognisable names, from Jay-Z, David Bowie and Nas to Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Will Ferrell, alongside global brands including adidas, Nike and Reebok.
With an instinct for transforming ambitious concepts into striking images, Sacha brings both creative vision and extensive commercial experience to every shoot.
25 years of turning ideas into images that demand attention.
Sacha is a globally recognised South African photographer whose career spans more than 25 years across advertising, music, entertainment and portraiture.
After more than a decade in New York, Sacha established himself within the international creative and music scene, developing a reputation for powerful, highly crafted imagery with a distinctive visual edge.
His work has included portraits and campaigns for some of the world's most recognisable names, from Jay-Z, David Bowie and Nas to Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Will Ferrell, alongside global brands including adidas, Nike and Reebok.
With an instinct for transforming ambitious concepts into striking images, Sacha brings both creative vision and extensive commercial experience to every shoot.
25 years of turning ideas into images that demand attention.
Sacha is a globally recognised South African photographer whose career spans more than 25 years across advertising, music, entertainment and portraiture.
After more than a decade in New York, Sacha established himself within the international creative and music scene, developing a reputation for powerful, highly crafted imagery with a distinctive visual edge.
Sacha Waldman is a globally recognised South African photographer with more than 25 years of international experience across advertising, music, entertainment and portraiture. Known for his powerful, highly crafted imagery, he has worked with some of the world’s most recognisable artists, actors and global brands.
While much of Sacha’s commissioned work is bold, punchy and unapologetic, this portfolio explores another dimension of his visual language. From sweeping natural landscapes to expansive urban environments, the images reveal his instinct for scale, perspective and the relationship between a subject and its surroundings.
Alongside campaigns that embrace wide-angle compositions and a strong sense of place, the selection brings together fashion, personal work and photographs made while travelling. Together, they offer a glimpse into a more cinematic approach to image-making - one that allows space for atmosphere, context and the environment to become part of the story.
A broader perspective on a photographer whose work is defined not by one style, but by the ability to move between visual worlds.
Chris Lawrence brings an art director’s eye to automotive and lifestyle photography, creating images that feel considered without losing their sense of energy and spontaneity.
His approach is rooted in the relationship between subject, environment and light. Whether photographing a car, athlete or lifestyle story, Chris builds a visual world around the subject, using composition and carefully designed lighting to give each image its own personality.
His work can be dramatic, graphic or unexpectedly playful, with a strong instinct for finding the detail, perspective or visual tension that makes an image memorable.
With experience across major automotive, sport and lifestyle brands, Chris combines strong creative thinking with the technical precision required for commercial photography.
Art direction, photography and light - working together to create images with a point of view.
Chris works across both analogue and digital formats, bringing the distinct character and tactile quality of film together with the flexibility and precision of digital photography.
Chris Lawrence brings an art director’s eye to sport and lifestyle photography, creating images that feel considered without losing their sense of energy and spontaneity.
His approach is rooted in the relationship between subject, environment and light. Whether photographing a car, athlete or lifestyle story, Chris builds a visual world around the subject, using composition and carefully designed lighting to give each image its own personality.
His work can be dramatic, graphic or unexpectedly playful, with a strong instinct for finding the detail, perspective or visual tension that makes an image memorable.
With experience across major automotive, sport and lifestyle brands, Chris combines strong creative thinking with the technical precision required for commercial photography.
Art direction, photography and light - working together to create images with a point of view.
Chris works across both analogue and digital formats, bringing the distinct character and tactile quality of film together with the flexibility and precision of digital photography.
An Editorial Eye on Automotive
Fran Galac brings a distinctive editorial sensibility to automotive photography, finding unexpected perspectives and turning the relationship between car, architecture, landscape and light into part of the story.
His images play with composition, perspective, scale and negative space, creating work that feels contemporary, atmospheric and full of character while keeping the vehicle firmly at its centre.
His signature approach to colour, texture, grain and post-production adds a tactile, sometimes playful quality to his work — giving familiar automotive subjects a fresh perspective.
Automotive photography with an artistic edge.
Precision doesn't have to mean predictable.
Capturing Energy in Motion
Based in Amsterdam and working internationally, Ruud Baan is a world-class photographer and director known for images driven by movement, colour and cinematic energy.
With more than 25 years of experience, his work spans sport, advertising, fashion, entertainment and portraiture, bringing a powerful sense of character and immediacy to every frame.
From global campaigns for adidas and Nike to portraits of talent including Rafael Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo, M.I.A. and A$AP Rocky, Ruud has an instinct for capturing people at their most dynamic and authentic.
His extensive experience in key art, campaign photography and entertainment marketing makes him equally at home creating a powerful advertising image or capturing the personality of talent.
Bold. Cinematic. Human.
Clients:
adidas, AKQA, Asics, DDB, Footlocker, JWT, Karl Kani, Levi’s, Nike, O’Neill, Onitsuka Tiger, Puma, Reebok, TBWA, Under Armour, Wieden+Kennedy, The Source, Mizuno, to name a few.
Capturing Energy in Motion
Based in Amsterdam and working internationally, Ruud Baan is a world-class photographer and director known for images driven by movement, colour and cinematic energy.
With more than 25 years of experience, his work spans sport, advertising, fashion, entertainment and portraiture, bringing a powerful sense of character and immediacy to every frame.
From global campaigns for adidas and Nike to portraits of talent including Rafael Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo, M.I.A. and A$AP Rocky, Ruud has an instinct for capturing people at their most dynamic and authentic.
His extensive experience in key art, campaign photography and entertainment marketing makes him equally at home creating a powerful advertising image or capturing the personality of talent.
Bold. Cinematic. Human.
Clients:
180 Amsterdam, Adidas, AKQA, Asics, DDB, DRAFTfcb, Footlocker, JWT, Nike, Nitro, O’Neill, Onitsuka Tiger, Puma, Reebok, Royal Dutch Ballet, TBWA, Umbro, Under Armour, BSUR, Wieden+Kennedy, RedBulletin , Red Bull, Mizuno… to name of few.
Capturing Energy in Motion
Based in Amsterdam and working internationally, Ruud Baan is a world-class photographer and director known for images driven by movement, colour and cinematic energy.
With more than 25 years of experience, his work spans sport, advertising, fashion, entertainment and portraiture, bringing a powerful sense of character and immediacy to every frame.
From global campaigns for adidas and Nike to portraits of talent including Rafael Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo, M.I.A. and A$AP Rocky, Ruud has an instinct for capturing people at their most dynamic and authentic.
His extensive experience in key art, campaign photography and entertainment marketing makes him equally at home creating a powerful advertising image or capturing the personality of talent.
Bold. Cinematic. Human.
Clients:
Samsung, Heineken, adidas, AKQA, Asics, DDB, Footlocker, JWT, Karl Kani, Levi’s, Nike, O’Neill, Onitsuka Tiger, Puma, Reebok, TBWA, Under Armour, Wieden+Kennedy, The Source, Mizuno, to name a few.
Ken is a multidisciplinary filmmaker and photographer whose work is intimate, emotive and deeply personable.
His images have a gentle, authentic quality that draws you in, with a strong sense of atmosphere and a genuine filmic feeling. Working across analogue and digital, Ken brings a considered eye to both moving and still image, capturing people and moments with warmth and sensitivity.
Best Documentary Winner – SHORT to the Point Film Fest 2021
Nominee - The British Short Film Awards 2022
Nominee - Big Sky Documentary Film Fest 2022
Official Selection - La mida no importa Film Fest 2022
Official Selection - Dumbo Film Fest 2022
Best Documentary Winner – Marin County Fair Film Fest 2018
Grand Prix - CIK Film Festival 2018
Jury Diploma - Sochi Int’l Film Festival 2018
Official Finalist - TMFF 2018
Official Selection - CineGlobe 2018
Official Selection - BFA 2018
Official Selection - GIEFF 2018
Official Selection - Cheap Cuts 2018
Official Selection - Feel The Reel 2018
Official Selection - Ouchy Film Awards 2018
Official Selection - London Lift-Off 2018
Ken is a multidisciplinary filmmaker and photographer whose work is intimate, emotive and deeply personable.
His images have a gentle, authentic quality that draws you in, with a strong sense of atmosphere and a genuine filmic feeling. Working across analogue and digital, Ken brings a considered eye to both moving and still image, capturing people and moments with warmth and sensitivity.
Ravi’s portraiture is driven by an instinct for character and an ability to reveal something of the person in front of his camera.
His understanding of light is central to the work — shaping mood, depth and atmosphere without overwhelming the subject. Rather than simply capturing a likeness, Ravi looks for the expression, gesture and energy that give each portrait its own presence and personality.
His experience as a DOP and advertising photographer brings a highly developed understanding of lighting and visual composition to his portrait work, while his approach to people remains intuitive and personal.
The result is portraiture that feels considered, atmospheric and distinctly human.
Naudé Heunis - Wildlife & Conservation Filmmaker | DOP | Photographer
Naudé Heunis is a wildlife, conservation and adventure filmmaker, DOP and photographer with more than a decade of field experience, based out of the US, available worldwide.
His work is driven by a deep connection to the natural world and an instinct for capturing wildlife with intimacy, patience and respect. Rather than simply documenting an animal, Naudé looks for the moment that reveals its character — a glance, a gesture, a behaviour or a quiet interaction that brings the viewer closer to the subject.
Working across land, ocean, underwater and aerial environments, Naudé combines strong technical expertise with a highly observational approach. His experience as a director, DOP, underwater cinematographer and certified drone operator allows him to work fluidly in challenging environments and find perspectives that would otherwise remain unseen.
His credits include National Geographic, BBC, DJI, Insta360, Audi, WWF, IFAW, Sennheiser, PolarPro and PADI, alongside extensive work across wildlife, adventure and conservation productions.
From Antarctica and the South Pacific to Africa, Iceland and remote tropical environments, Naudé has spent more than 13 years working in some of the world's most demanding and extraordinary locations.
His photography and cinematography share the same purpose: to bring us closer to the natural world - not simply to show it, but to make us feel connected to it.
Russell is one of the top food and product photographers in South Africa. He is a magician with light. His love of travel allows him to capture real moments revolving around food, friends and family perfectly.
