Hi there new visitor and welcome to my shop!
Let me introduce myself... I am Natascha van Niekerk, Fine Art Photographer and Maker.
I completed my degree in Photography in 2004, and then embarked on a career as a freelance photographer and photography / visual art lecturer. I always wanted to pursue fine art photography, and really wanted to live my life outside in nature, so in 2014 we moved out of the city to the most beautiful coastal village of Nature's Valley. In 2017 we purchased and renovated a property in The Crags, and in 2025 we moved to an off grid mountain farm in the Langkloof. Here we are tending to food gardens, raising a flock of chickens and embarking on the slow process of restoring a 100 year old stone house.
Building a body of work such as you see here on these pages takes countless hours of experimentation, days of frustration, a healthy amount of persistence and obsession and moments of celebrating the small wins. It truly is a labour of love filled with passion and commitment to my art. Thank you for spending some time here and for supporting my work!
If you are interested in coming to see what we get up to here on the farm, we have also built a tiny cabin for guest accommodation. You can see more information and book your stay over on airbnb here: airbnb.co.za/h/skilpadspoortjies
