Have light. Will travel

Lambro Tsiliyiannis, born a South African-Greek, is one of the most widely travelled and frequently published photographers in South Africa. His work epitomizes versatility, generosity, openness, and adventure. His distinctive images have amalgamated into a thirty-year career in almost just as many countries.

Whether he’s climbing the pyramids, sailing the seven seas, or escaping remote villages in Nigeria, he always shoots the image that reflects his irrepressible and infectious love of life. His career has taken him across the globe, shooting for countless travelogues and fashion magazines. An expedition on a Chinese junk boat; whale hunting in the Azores; the documentation of the Greek monasteries of Mount Athos; shooting for Cosmopolitan and Yves-Saint Laurent in Brazil and Italy; along with much more. From his travels—along with his passion for cross-culture connection—Lambro speaks many languages, including Greek, German, French, Lingua Franca and Afrikaans.

Lambro has a particular affinity with the continent of his birth, Africa, and has most recently spent time documenting the Himba people of Northern Namibia—a project spanning over the last two decades—as well as an assignment in Senegal for the Goethe Institute filming the theatre production Adieu La Vie Adieu L’Amour. Furthermore, he has spent time researching the House of the Falling Bones and Ngoma Drums and Creation Stories in Namibia for the German Arts and Culture Institute project.