Sought-after photographs

Gordon Clark, world-renowned photographer, has returned to South Africa after 20 years in Los Angeles, bringing his American-born cat, Zulu, with him. Gordon lives in Hout Bay, and has already exhibited at Odes Gallery in the Old Biscuit Mill Complex in Woodstock. The exhibition of his rare and highly sought-after African photography was a success, bringing in sales of more than R800 000. His photos sell for between R25 000 and R120 000. He's been invited to exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Gordon grew up in Hillbrow and after finishing school, worked as a window dresser. He changed careers, becoming a hairdresser and met Johan Wessels, a top fashion photographer. Gordon became an assistant photographer, worked overseas and landed up in the advertising industry. In 1998 he went on a photo safari through Lesotho and Namibia, driving a Land Rover. A few months later he was in the same hotel as Oprah Winfrey's private pilot, and a chance meeting led to the pilot showing the photos to Oprah. Oprah was so impressed with his work that she bought a photo and wrote the foreword to Gordon's first photography book, Transitions. Gordon is a commercials director at Velocity Films.