The world through the eyes of photographer Lar Glutz
Lar Glutz invites into her North Coast home and shares the story behind some of her favourite photographs
MY HOME
Just over two years ago, we relocated to a small town on the North Coast. Our whole reason for leaving Cape Town was the search for more space and to surround ourselves with nature - a luxury we couldn't afford in the Cape at this point in our lives.
Our local beach has a tranquil private feel, with perfect little rock pools for our little one. We were determined not to raise our children in a city, and feel like our home and surroundings will give our kids the feeling of being raised in the outdoors.Our brief to our architect, Lisa Rorich, was that we wanted to build a home that let the outside in. Here you can see The Cedar Barn, as we've named our home, shot from the outside in.Rorich brought this concept to life beautifully - there is a strong connection to the outdoors wherever you are in our home.
Sheffield Beach is a sleepy beach hollow with the perfect mix between indigenous bush and beautiful beaches. The whole house was designed around these bush views, as you can see in this snapshot from our main bedroom.MY WORK
I finished studying at Ruth Prowse in 2004 and have been working in the industry ever since. It's been amazing, not least because of the interesting and talented artists and people I work with and meet along the way. Every day is different - these chairs are an outtake while on set with Union3 shooting for their new-look book and online shop.I do a lot of work in décor, wedding, food, portrait and fashion photography. That said, I have purposefully not buttonholed myself as a genre-specific photographer, as I have a passion for different forms of the medium and the unique challenges they bring, both creatively and technically.This is one of my art prints, that I shot in Hogsback. The owner of our backpackers agreed to take us horseriding through the forest.
It was a ride I'll never forget and I had to take a portrait of the horse that led us that day.My work is continuously evolving. This is an image from my "Swans" series, a behind-the-scenes documentary of the Cape Town City ballerinas during their production of Swan Lake. I love how photography challenges me and keeps me inspired on so many levels.• See Lar Glutz's work at larlar.co.za. Find The Cedar Barn on Airbnb...
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