Difference between revisions of "Ruphin Coudyzer"
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
==Highlights as photographer and photo journalist== | ==Highlights as photographer and photo journalist== | ||
| − | He started out with a job as darkroom operator with the Argus Africa News Service. During this time he compiled a documentary on Kliptown, a | + | He started out with a job as darkroom operator with the Argus Africa News Service. During this time he compiled a documentary on Kliptown, a township next to Soweto, an exhibition of which was held at The Photographers Gallery in London in 1977 and started an ongoing series ''Focus on People'', a candid reportage on people in their everyday doings, exhibiting some of this work at the [[Market Theatre]] and the Carlton Centre. |
| − | + | In 1977 he joined ''[[The Star]]'' newspaper's news photographers team for two years and in 1979, he became [[The Star Tonight!]] magazine photographer. | |
| − | In | + | In February 1988 he was appointed Pictures and Graphics Editor of [[The Star]] newspaper. |
| − | + | ===Exhibitions:=== | |
| − | + | 1979: ''Le Plat Pays'', an exhibition of work done during various visits to his home country Belgium. at the [[Market Theatre Photo Gallery]]. | |
| − | + | ===Awards:=== | |
| − | + | Among his many awards over the years, have been: | |
| + | 1978 and 1979: The Star-Picture-of-the-Year award (and highly commended in the News Picture Category of the Shell Press Pictures of the Year Awards) of 1978 and 1979) | ||
| + | 1982: Won a World Press Photo Contest Award in the art section, with a photo of the [[Sonje Mayo Dance Group]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | 1984: A documentary on him and his work was included as part of a series screened on [[SABC TV]] about top photographers in the country. | ||
| + | |||
| + | 1986: forty-eight of his prints on people were selected to form part of an exhibition entitled ''The Soul of Johannesburg'' and presented at the Total Gallery by the South African Institute of Photographers. | ||
| + | |||
| + | In February 1989 he resigned from the Argus Company in order to devote himself on a full-time basis to various photographic projects and some eminent clients, the bulk of them in the entertainment business. | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 5 March 2024
Ruphin Coudyzer (1948-) is a photographer and musician.
Contents
Biography
Born Ruphin Maurice Coudyzer on 30 March, 1948 in Waregem in West Flanders, Belgium, where he completed high school at the Heilig Hart College Waregem, then went to university to study classical philology for one year, then switched to a two year Commercial and Secretarial Degree.
At age 13 he had obtained his first guitar and founded his first four piece rockband at the age of 14 (called "The Silhouettes", later renamed "The Phantoms"). A more serious rock/underground band "All Of Us", followed after four years, and they performed until his military service call up in 1970.
Armed with his training, he came to SA in August 1971 and got a job as safe custodian and rights department in a stockbroking company (National Board Of Executors) in Johannesburg.
However, he soon tired of this after one and a half years, so in 1973 he bought a camera and taught himself photography - a career that led him to become one of the more highly rated photographers in the country and certainly one of its most most prominent theatre and arts photographers.
Highlights as photographer and photo journalist
He started out with a job as darkroom operator with the Argus Africa News Service. During this time he compiled a documentary on Kliptown, a township next to Soweto, an exhibition of which was held at The Photographers Gallery in London in 1977 and started an ongoing series Focus on People, a candid reportage on people in their everyday doings, exhibiting some of this work at the Market Theatre and the Carlton Centre.
In 1977 he joined The Star newspaper's news photographers team for two years and in 1979, he became The Star Tonight! magazine photographer.
In February 1988 he was appointed Pictures and Graphics Editor of The Star newspaper.
Exhibitions:
1979: Le Plat Pays, an exhibition of work done during various visits to his home country Belgium. at the Market Theatre Photo Gallery.
Awards:
Among his many awards over the years, have been:
1978 and 1979: The Star-Picture-of-the-Year award (and highly commended in the News Picture Category of the Shell Press Pictures of the Year Awards) of 1978 and 1979)
1982: Won a World Press Photo Contest Award in the art section, with a photo of the Sonje Mayo Dance Group.
1984: A documentary on him and his work was included as part of a series screened on SABC TV about top photographers in the country.
1986: forty-eight of his prints on people were selected to form part of an exhibition entitled The Soul of Johannesburg and presented at the Total Gallery by the South African Institute of Photographers.
In February 1989 he resigned from the Argus Company in order to devote himself on a full-time basis to various photographic projects and some eminent clients, the bulk of them in the entertainment business.
He retired to Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa, moving to The Strand in 2023.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
A superb craftsman, perhaps the best known in theatrical circles as the chronicler of Johannesburg’s Market Theatre (the 1970s-1990s) and of the Grahamstown Festival.
He actually did the photography for productions by numerous other performers and companies as well, including presentations by Andrew Buckland, Committed Artists, Handspring Puppet Company, Junction Avenue Theatre Company, Mannie Manim, Mbongeni Ngema, Robyn Orlin, Paul Slabolepszy and Pieter Toerien.
For more details of his portfolio, see his Facebook entry at https://www.facebook.com/Ruphin.Maurice.Coudyzer/photos
Sources
E-mail correspondence from Ruphin Coudyzer, Thursday 2022/03/17 19:20
An interview and subsequent email correspondence between Coudyzer and Temple Hauptfleisch, during August 2023.
Report by Adrienne Sichel published in The Star, 28 March 2006.
Website: http://www.ruphin.com/index.htm
https://www.facebook.com/Ruphin.Maurice.Coudyzer
Curriculum Vitae: Ruphin Coudyzer (March, 2024)
Return to
Return to ESAT Personalities C
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to Main Page
