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David Wilson LRPS

David Wilson’s professional career centred on the valuation and development of waterfront and coastal property around the world. After decades of international practice, he is now retired and lives in Hermanus, South Africa, with his partner Margot and their dog.

Photography first accompanied his working life as a documentary tool, but a later change of lifestyle — together with formative journeys to the Galápagos Islands and along the Great Silk Road — transformed that interest into a serious creative pursuit. Those experiences shaped a visual approach grounded in observation, place, and the presence of people within landscape.

David became a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) in 2021 and is an active member of the Hermanus Photographic Society, serving as President from 2021 to 2023. His early photographic work focused on travel and nature, but in recent years his emphasis has shifted toward street photography and photojournalism. He now works regularly as a press photographer, documenting sports, cultural events, and community life — work that blends narrative timing with a strong sense of atmosphere and location.

His images have received multiple gold medals at international photographic salons, and he is a regular exhibitor in the regional arts scene. For more than six years he has actively promoted photography as an accessible art form through participation in art markets and public exhibitions, where his limited-edition prints are now held in private collections locally and internationally.

David’s photography is characterised by a storyteller’s eye: a balance between human activity and environment, an appreciation of fleeting gesture, and a sensitivity to light that often lends his work a painterly quality. Whether along the Hermanus coastline, in distant cities, or at the edge of a sporting moment, his images explore the relationship between people, place, and the passage of time.

I am a Photographer

My work has many facets

I am curious, I am keen to one day take that photograph

Never seen before

But I am frustrated, happy and sometimes disappointed

Perfection eludes me

But the love of photography lifts my soul

Selecting the settings, checking exposure, thinking

Learning, observing, experimenting

Rejecting, accepting

Each time yearning for importance

But what is important?

The photographer?

The photograph?

Does it matter?

In the end I will leave my mark

As a photographer