Dale Yudelman’s career in photography has led him through two eras of South African history as well as across several continents. Born in Johannesburg, he began photographing at a young age under the tutelage of his father and was barely out of his teens in 1979 when he landed a job as staff photographer at South Africa’s largest daily newspaper The Star. In 1986 Yudelman left South Africa - working as a freelance photographer first in London and later in Los Angeles., he returned to South Africa in 1996 and currently lives and works in Cape Town.
L I N K S
REALITY BYTES
I AM
MERGE
SUBURBS IN PARADISE
COLLABORATION
with Arlene Amaler-Raviv
E X H I B I T I O N S
Selected showings
2008
I am… - The Photographers Gallery, Cape Town
Portfolio - OMC Gallery - Huntington Beach, California
Space Fusion - Artspace - Johannesburg
I am… - Spier Contemporary - Johannesburg Art Gallery
Departure - The Photographers Gallery, Cape Town
Construct: Beyond the Documentary Photograph - UNISA Gallery, Tshwane
Reality Bytes - Gordart Gallery - Johannesburg
Process to Celebration - Afrovibes Festival - Amsterdam
Construct: Beyond the Documentary Photograph - Durban Art Gallery, KZN
Home is my Castle - The Photographers Gallery, Cape Town
2007
Post Mortem 2010 - Icebox 02 Film Festival - Cape Town
Livestock - SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Reality Bytes and Post Mortem 2010 - KZNSA Gallery, Durban
Reality Bytes - X-CAPE - Jo’burg Gallery, Cape Town
Uniform: South Africa’s New Clothes - Spanierman Modern, New York City
Love, Bytes & Soccer - The Photographers Gallery, Cape Town
Reality Bytes - Lumo International Photography Triennial, Finland
Surface Tension - The Photographers Gallery, Cape Town
Reality Bytes & Pie in the Sky - SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Post Mortem 2010 - Ball Games - AVA Gallery, Cape Town
I am… - Spier Contemporary - Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Post Mortem 2010 - Photoquai, Musée du quai Branly, Paris
2006
Under the Table - Miam Miam, Cape Town.
Post Mortem 2010 - World Art Gallery, Cape Town
Precious Little Things - OMC Gallery - Huntington Beach, California
2005
Reality Bytes - Cape Town Month of Photography - Jo’burg Gallery, Cape Town
Art @ Work - Sanlam Auditorium, Aardklop Festival, Potchefstroom
Past / Present - Toomey-Tourell Gallery - San Francisco - USA
South Africa Today - Cummings Art Center - Connecticut - USA
Absolut Finale - AVA Gallery, Cape Town
Committee Choice - AVA Gallery, Cape Town
Itch - Boekehuis, Johannesburg
2004
Intercontinental - OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
Postcards from Cuba - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter - Oslo, Norway
Brett Kebble Art Awards - Cape Town
2003
Live Stock - 8th Havana Biennale - Cuba - Collaboration with Arlene Amaler-Raviv
Reality Bytes - Paris Photo, France
Braai - The Cold Room Gallery, Cape Town
Brett Kebble Art Awards - Cape Town
Reality Bytes & Suburbs in Paradise - David Krut Fine Art, Johannesburg
2002
Positions of South African Photography Today - OMC Gallery, Düsseldorf
Where the Mountain Meets the City - 232 Long, Cape Town - Collaboration with Arlene Amaler-Raviv
Reality Bytes - Cape Town Month of Photography - Jo’burg Gallery, Cape Town
Voices in Transit - Din of Daily Life (Animation) - Cape Town Central Station
Members Exhibition - Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
Art City - Downtown Johannesburg
2001
New Work New York - Pepe Giallo, New York City - Collaboration with Arlene Amaler-Raviv
Heartfelt - The Foundry, Cape Town
Brain Storm - Artscape, Cape Town
2000
One - AVA Gallery, Cape Town - Collaboration with Arlene Amaler-Raviv
South Africa - JAK Gallery, London
Absolut Color - AVA Gallery, Cape Town
Collaboration - Bell Roberts Gallery, Cape Town
1999
Suburbs in Paradise - Jo’burg Gallery, Cape Town
Lines of Sight - South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Images, Imaging, Imagination - Scan Shop, Cape Town
1998
Absolut Africa - Area Gallery, Cape Town
1995
Holga - LAPA Gallery Santa Monica, California
1990
Suburbs in Paradise - Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California
No Surrender No Retreat - Black Gallery, Los Angeles
1989
South Africa In Black And White - Art Center College of Design, California
1988
Suburbs in Paradise - L.A. Photoworks, Santa Monica, California
1987
South Africa - Museum of Cultural History UCLA, Los Angeles
1986
End Conscription Campaign - Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
1985
Transformation - Shell Gallery, Cape Town
1984
Transformation - Market Gallery, Johannesburg
World Press Pictures of the Year - Europe
1979
People, Places, Memories and Faces - Pentax Gallery, Johannesburg
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Photographs and articles featured in Los Angeles Magazine, Buzz, LA Times Magazine,
Downbeat, Itch, Westways, Fairlady Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Marie Claire Magazine,
Femina Magazine, Creative Photography Magazine, Live, Arete, Newsweek, Leadership Magazine,
Black & White Magazine, Cape Argus, Cape Times, Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times, Die Burger,
The Sunday Independent, Black Business Quarterly, Cape etc. Magazine,
Apartheid: A History Grafton Books - London, Johannesburg As It Is - Argus Publishing.
AWARDS:
Professional Photographers of South Africa Award
Fuji Film Professional Photographers Award
Commonwealth Photographic Award
Advertising Photographers of America Award
Photo/Design Magazine Award
Nikon International Award
Shell Press Pictures of the Year Award
World Press Award
National Schools Salon Award
Sony Profoto Award
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Sasol, Standard Bank, Old Mutual, South African Breweries, Davis Langdon Farrow Laing,
British American Tobacco, Webber Wentzel Bowens, JP Morgan, Cadiz, Coronation, Anglo
PROFESSIONAL:
1996 - 2002. South Africa.
Editorial, Advertising & Digital Imaging - Clients include - Hunt Lascaris - Edgars
Addison Want Stroebel Gorin - Nike, Ogilvy Mather - Old Mutual
Bosman Johnson - Southern Life - Orange Juice Design - World Wildlife Fund, I&J.
1986 - 1996. London - United States
Freelance photography for magazines, newspapers and advertising agencies
including The Sunday Times, Los Angeles Times, Telegraph and The Guardian.
1979 - 1985. South Africa
Staff photographer - The Star newspaper. Worldwide syndication through
Associated Press and United Press International.
1978 South Africa.
First assistant Vision Photography Studio.