Charlie Shoemaker
Photographer
The Everyday Projects
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Charlie Shoemaker is an award-winning documentary photographer covering the African continent. In 2014, he was named one of Magnum Photo's 30 under 30.
Editorial clients: The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Le Monde M Magazine, Geo Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Al Jazeera America, The Guardian, HUCK Magazine, Marie Claire Magazine, Financial Times, Men's Journal, Aperture Magazine, Hakai Magazine, OSMOS Magazine, CNN, Getty Images, WSJ Money Magazine, Yahoo! News, The Global Post, Runner's World Magazine, National Geographic Germany, De Stardaard, Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), and Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Corporate clients: Facebook, Microsoft, Volvo Ocean Race, Kodak, Hennessy Cognac, Avis Car Rental, The Church of London Publishing House.
NGO clients: Marie Stopes International, Conservation International, The Global Fund, Shark Spotters, Waves For Change, Africa Jam, Gulu Walk, David Rattray Foundation, Hives Save Lives, Bishop Simeon Trust, and the Bahamas Human Rights Network.
2017 "Metal in Botswana" projected at Visa Pour l'image in Perpignan, France.
2016 2nd place in the Portrait and Personality category in the NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism contest.
2016 An image selected to be included in the American Photography 33 AI-AP ARCHIVE with work in Botswana.
2015 Awarded the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward contest's Bright Spark Award.
2014 3rd Place in the Pictorial category of the NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism contest.
2014 Honorable Mention for International News Picture Story on coverage of Nelson Mandela’s funeral in the NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism contest.
Charlie was selected to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2009.
Charlie is also a contributor to the Everyday Africa project @Everydayafrica (Instagram/Twitter/Tumblr)
2014 - NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism , 2014 - NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism, 2015 - Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward contest, 2016 - NPPA’S Best Of Photojournalism, 2016 - American Photography 33, 2017 - Visa Pour l'image, 2014 - Magnum Photo's 30 under 30
- Advertising
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Environment
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Underwater
- Video capture
Big Game Breeding in South Africa 02
Charlie Shoemaker
WILDBEDRYF, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 17: Sybrand Mostert, one of Piet’s farm managers, on the back of a pick up between different animal camps at on Piet’s farm called Wildbedryf on November 17, 2013.
Mandela's Final Farewell
Charlie Shoemaker
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 8: Members of the Believers Church of Christ in Africa from Alexandra Township pray Sunday evening for Nelson Mandela and members of their church in Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa, December 8, 2013. The Father of the Nation, Nelson Mandela, passed away late on the evening of December 5, 2013 at his home at the age of 95 after complications from a recurring lung infection.
