JASP Staff

JOHNATHAN ANDREWS
Facilitator: Studio Photography & Applied Digital Photography

Johnathan Andrews is a versatile photographer, documentary film producer, founder of the Johnathan Andrews School of Photography and freelance journalist. His passion for photography developed long before 1997 when he created his first image of the Acropolis in Athens and his work has since evolved into a complex operation which now also includes cinematography. Johnathan’s work has over the years been transformed into 9 publications of the journal entitled Voyage of the Planet as well as numerous documentary films shot in various countries including Israel, Jordan, West Bank/Palestine, Egypt and Uganda.

During 2010 he published a book in the USA entitled A Collection of Photographic Works.

The Johnathan Andrews School of Photography (JASP) was established in 2008 after he received an invitation from a department of the University of South Africa to compile a course in Digital Photography for internal training. To date he has presented training to more than 300 individuals through JASP and in 2011 he presented his first course on invitation, Introduction to Cinematography, at UNISA under the university’s Chance to Advance programme.

He was awarded a distinction by the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in 2010 for his photographic work.

Johnathan is immersed in the continuous process of evolving his photography and creative imagery, and challenges himself with the constant quest of “capturing the essence” and “telling the deepest story”.

More info at http://www.johnathan-andrews.com/biography.html

DIETER KIECK
Facilitator: Introduction to Digital Photography & Photoshop
(Full Time Classes)

Dieter has worked in the Information Technology sector as a certified SAP consultant. He has a PhD degree in Genetics and it was while doing laboratory work in this field that his interest in photography was initiated as he was required to print his own black and white prints in a classic photographic darkroom (Does anyone still remember Ilford No 4 photographic paper?)  He enjoys the outdoors and hiking, having climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and visited Everest Base Camp in Nepal.  The wonderful sights encountered there and on countless other hikes locally have been an inspiration to pursue his interest in photography. On the Kilimanjaro trip, Dieter was nicknamed “Mr Photo” by the guides because of the frequent stops that were made to take (yet another) photograph of the inspiring views. He commented: “ Thank goodness for the advent of digital photography – it allows me to take hundreds of pictures on every trip,  store them all in a compact manner and view them on a myriad of electronic devices as often as I choose.”

NELIA DE FREITAS
JASP Administration

Managing school administration.

LINDSAY COCKCROFT
Studio Assistant

Assists with photographic shoots and general office functions.