Jacques Marais Media

I create. I capture moments. In photographs, as well as in words. As a photojournalist, I use tools – a camera and a computer – in order to freeze-frame short-lived instants in time. To make sure they are remembered long after the passing of the actual moment. There’s duality, a shit-load of it, in fact, as the image I capture utterly depends on where I point my camera. And the words I write depend on my mood, my state of mind, my rapport with my subject, my agony and my ecstasy. But I’m more craftsman than artist, and busting my gut goes hand in hand with that occasional flash of blinding insight.

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New – The Adventure Guide of South Africa

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Get 10% discount by ordering now. Send an email to jacques@jacquesmarais.co.za This book includes : * 1249 adventures throughout the whole of South Africa * 324 pages of info with 215 kick-ass photographs * 72 adventure hot spots in all 9 provinces * 23 adventure sporting disciplines, including mountain biking, trail running, rock climbing, canyoning, [...]

The Flip Side of work

Grace

Sometimes, you need to take time out from what to me is the greatest job in the world. And even though the camera may still be hauled out occasionally, it is family, friends, bikes, head space and life that take presidence, rather than some ridiculous deadline. These images have been rattling about on CF Cards [...]

Time Out in Touwsberg

Touwsberg

Somewhere between Barrydale and Ladismith – just a few kays beyond the infamous Ronnie’s Sex Shop – you will find the turn-off to Touwsberg Private Nature Reserve. This pristine haven takes you completely off the grid: no cell phone reception or television, and all the power comes from wind and solar generators. You will share [...]

Of Witches and Running Wild

Stanleys

When you tramp onto the magical trails spiderwebbing within the shadows of Towerkop booming high above the Klein Karoo, you had better be ready for a gruellingly gorgeous day in Big Mountain Territory. Stanley’s Run packs a mean gravity punch, but anyone who has followed the formation of the QUANTUM Country Classics Series, will know [...]

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