Daniel Naudé was born in 1984 in Cape Town, and lives in Cape Town. He graduated with a BA Visual Arts from the University of Stellenbosch in 2007. Animal Farm, his first monograph published in 2012 by Prestel, is a collection of 50 images, taken between 2007 and 2011. In an introductory essay, Naudé describes his initial encounter with an Africanis dog, in the desert plans of the Karoo, and the many road trips that followed in his photographic pursuit of these and other animals, their place in the South African landscape and their relationship to the humans that populate it. The beauty and symbolism that his photos draw are magnetic and fascinating. He portrays his subjects with a sense of wonder and awe that allows us to see them afresh. He allows his viewers to see a magnificence to these animals we would otherwise have ignored.
