I BEGAN MY CAREER AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BEFORE TURNING TO MY PASSION FOR WILDLIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHY. I TOOK A POST AT MALAMALA GAME RESERVE AND AFTER A FEW YEARS I HAD WON A NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR  MY PHOTOGRAPHY, MOST NOTABLY, THE BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1999 - THE MOST COVETED TITLE IN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONALLY. 

 

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF LIVING IN A GAME RESERVE I JOINED AN AMERICAN COMPANY, FILMING AND DIRECTING WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARIES FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AND DISCOVERY CHANNEL, AND THEN WENT BACK TO MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. I STARTED JAMIE THOM SAFARIS IN 2002 , GUIDING PHOTOGRAPHERS THROUGHOUT PARKS IN AFRICA, AND FROM THERE MY BUSINESS HAS GROWN AND DIVERSIFIED. FROM MADAGASCAR TO CHAD, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, I HAVE SEEN A  LOT OF AFRICA AND I LOVE ALL OF IT!

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WHILE AT MALA MALA I MET A WONDERFUL FAMILY AND TOGETHER WE PRODUCED A COFFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE RESERVE AND THE SAFARI EXPERIENCE. LATER ON, WHILE BUILDING MY OWN SAFARI BUSINESS, I PRODUCED A BOOK ON GOLF COURSES BECAUSE I LOVED GOLF AND OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY.