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| alexia |
A Cape Town-based photographer, writer and multimedia producer, Alexia Beckerling’s love of photography crystallized when she saw the ethereal world of wild Namaqualand flowers through a macro lens. “I discovered that looking through a lens truly transformed the way I see things,” she says. Since then her travels further a field have allowed her to explore religious festivals in Mexico, the eccentricities of a small, western Montana town, the campaign trails of U.S. presidential hopefuls, the journey of Vangethongo, a white South African woman into the world of traditional African healing, and the life of Tibetan refugee Buddhist nuns in India. Her photographs tell emotive and powerful stories, confirming her innate belief that images can create change, promote awareness and celebrate and preserve fleeting moments and personal histories. A master’s degree in photojournalism at the University of Montana in the United States introduced Alexia to digital storytelling. She has worked with Tibetan refugee children in India and produced a series of multimedia profiles of Montana artists for NewWest.net, an online magazine. Alexia has worked at the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York and the Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town and is a published writer and photographer. She had her first solo museum exhibition last year at the Missoula Art Museum in Missoula, Montana. Alexia is available for magazine and newspaper assignments, weddings, portraits and social documentaries. |