Photographer: Emil von Maltitz, Durban

The amphitheatre image is one that always makes me feel on top of the world.
The sun breaking over the Eastern Buttress which itself seems to be sailing
on a sea of clouds just emits a sense of joyful happiness.

Tintern Abbey (above) is Emil's theme piece for Renaissance - Recalling the Age of Antiquity

Tintern Abbey is a well known ruin in the south of Wales. It was demolished,
or rather razed to the ground, during the Henry VIII's attack on the
Catholic Church. This image is of one of the remaining towers. The light
shining down from the top of the spire always makes me think of crawling out
of the dark into the light.

The image of the Madonna in the Drakensberg was photographed early one
morning after getting lost in the mountains, following the theme of light in
the images, it was after a terrible night stranded off the trail on at the
top of a scraggly pass that was impossible to climb. The dawn light shining
out and illuminating Cathedral Peak in the distance seemed to lighten our
hearts after the cold and wet night.

It has to be said that Emil's work is incredibly inspiring and evocative - in a manner that creates wonder and a sense of peace at the beauty of the world we live in. I am delighted that he will be exhibiting the three pieces shown here, on the next exhibition!!