Sangomas are the keepers of identity, maintaining the survival and presence of indigenous music, songs and traditions of the communities. Dalibandla - Sangomas and Traditional Horsemen of Mthatha

Nathalie Bertrams

mail@crossingborders.info +905319412281 Turkey

Biography

Nathalie is a photojournalist & documentary photographer with a focus on environment, development and social justice issues. She studied Fine Arts in Maastricht, San Francisco and Düsseldorf, graduating with a Master’s degree. After Ethiopia and South Africa, she is now based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Her work has been published by Al Jazeera, Mail & Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Süddeutsche Zeitung among others. She is winner of the EU Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2015 for Journalism on Development; finalist at Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2016; shortlisted for the Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards 2016; nominee for the Felix Schoeller Photo Awards 2015 and the Royal Photographic Society’s Joan Wakelin Bursary for Documentary Photography in 2013.

Nathalie can be contacted for assignments worldwide.

More work at www.crossingborders.info