Getaway Gallery 2014 Judges

Judging the 2014 Getaway Gallery is a task best undertaken with a glass(es) of wine. The standard of our finalists was so high that we had to call in reinforcements in the form of two external judges, both highly skilled photographers at the top of their fields.

Our judging panel for the Getaway Gallery 2014 Competition consisted of two internal judges, our residing Photo Editor Teagan Cunniffe, Getaway’s Art Director Jacqui MacGregor and two external judges, Travel and Lifestyle photographer Russell Smith and Travel and Nature photographer Heinrich van den Berg.

Below you’ll find some info behind those names.

Also read: 2014 Getaway Gallery image critique

H E I N R I C H  V A N  D E N  B E R G

South African based photographer, Heinrich van den Berg specialises in nature, environmental and travel photography. He has spent many years in the field, capturing images of African wildlife and the natural beauty of the continent.

Highly acclaimed as a wildlife and nature photographer, he has won various international photographic awards. He was the first photographer to win the Eric Hoskings Award of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year for two consecutive years. He has also won the international Camel Trophy Photographic Competition, and was one of the official international photographers for the Camel Trophy in 1998. Additionally he was the overall winner of the international Fuji Getaway Photographer of the Year award in 2005. His photographs grace numerous books, calendars, magazine portfolios and photographic products worldwide.

Apart from his photographic skills, he is experienced in the field of publishing, having photographed and published 26 highly acclaimed photographic books. To ensure that the quality of images is maintained from the field to the printed page, Van den Berg is intimately involved with the reproduction and printing process – from the colour correction to the design and final production of his sought-after wildlife books. He is the founder of the publishing company HPH Publishing.

Heinrich van den Berg.

R U S S E L L   S M I T H 

I’ve been shooting professionally as a freelancer for 12 years, specialising in food, portraiture, travel and still life. Before that, I was an art director working in advertising agencies.
Some of my editorial clients include publications like Getaway, NG Traveller, Fresh Living, Marie Claire, Women’s Health, Taste and commercial clients like Cape Town tourism, Jacks camp (Botswana), Col’Cacchio, Freshly Ground, Spier, and Woolworths, among others.
Recently I’ve started my hand at teaching photography and shooting weddings to spread my wings a little. I have met and worked with talented people, travelled to amazing places and seen absolute wonders through my lens. I am one of the lucky ones that do what I love and am passionate about.

Photo by Russell Smith.

J A C Q U I  M A C  G R E G O R

Photography is about sharing. As a young child, trudging through our forests and climbing over boulders at the beach, I realised that I wanted to share the beauty of my adventures. I started my journey with Getaway twenty years ago, working with some of the best photojournalists of the time. Along with overseeing and envisaging Getaway’s design and layout, one of my primary responsibilities as Art Director is to source images for Getaway magazine to inspire you to travel further – or just to dream. Please dropbox me your images to [email protected] if you have images which do just that.

Creative Direction: Jacqui Macgregor. Images: Russell Smith.

 T E A G A N  C U N N I F F E

Photography began by accident for me. I’d always been more interested in the drawing side of art, and in need of reference images, I picked up a camera.

I haven’t put it down since, and it’s taken me to some incredible places and people. From working in the bowels of ships, documenting the flying sparks of repair works, to the skies above the Makgadikadi pans and the mountains of Peru. It’s given me access into the behind-the-scenes of a side of life we seldom get to be part of.

I took up a position at Getaway Magazine last year. It has always been my dream South African publication to work for, and the experiences have only accumulated since.

Part of my job description includes putting together the monthly Getaway Gallery, so if you mail something through to [email protected], it’s me who’s receiving it on the other end.

Photo by Teagan Cunniffe.

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