Originally published in Africa Freak, March, 2013. Written by Pippa Beaumont Christopher Rimmer’s photography invariably evokes similar responses in the viewer. There are those who leave his exhibitions with tears in their eyes and those who feel somehow ennobled, yet humbled, by the images they have seen, as if the pathos and the splendour of…
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His work is not only artistic, but also a tool for conservation efforts in southern Africa.
His photographs manage to stimulate an emotional connection with his viewers.
“When we are emotionally connected we care”.…
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Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 20 October, 2010. Written by: Christine Kellett. An Australian photographer whose pictures of breastfeeding women have been banned from Facebook says the social networking site is wrong to appoint itself arbiter of what constitutes art. Melbourne-based art dealer and photographer Christopher Rimmer travelled to Africa to shoot…
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The current COVID 19 crisis has had a dramatic effect on the vibrant art scene of New York with galleries across the city and state forced to close their doors in order to comply with the current lockdown orders…
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As someone who has been exploring the world’s most isolated wilderness regions for some time, I have some insight into the state of the planet and the human race’s current environmental befuddlement. I’ve watched the condition of the earth plummet before my eyes within my own lifespan, to the extent that I no longer recognize…
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Courtesy of Art Business News, Written by Gillian Macintosh British photographer, Christopher Rimmer brings the last tribes of Africa to New York in a breath taking series of large-scale photographic portraits. Art Expo, New York, 2019 was abuzz with excitement following the official launch of Christopher Rimmer’s latest body of work, Confluence – Tradition and…
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British Photographer, Christopher Rimmer spent two years documenting some of Africa’s last remaining tribes where age old traditions are still maintained despite the unrelenting advance of modernity. The Kunene River begins its journey from deep within the highlands of central Angola and meanders south for nearly one thousand kilometres, forming a natural border between the…
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Originally published in The South African Art Times and reproduced here with permission Photographer, Christopher Rimmer’s latest project entitled, Sign of Life, documents two abandoned diamond mining towns, Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay in south western Namibia; both towns are slowly being buried by the constantly shifting sands of the surrounding Namib Desert. The award…
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This article was originally published in March 2015 edition of U.S. Outdoor Photographer Magazine and reproduced with kind permission. It was the end of the summer, and I was driving along the south coast of South Africa. The international success of my previous exhibition of photography, “Sign of Life,” had left me in the enviable…
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Amapondo is the striking new series by acclaimed Melbourne-based, South African photographer, Christopher Rimmer. The series comprises twenty large-scale photographs featuring indigenous cattle set against the idyllic backdrop of Port St. Johns Beach on the eastern coastline of South Africa. Central to this series is its title. Amapondo means the people of the Mpondo…
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