Obie Oberholzer is a South African photographer and author. He was born on a farm north of Pretoria in 1947. He studied Graphic Design at Stellenbosch University and Photography at the Bayerische Staatslehr Anstalt für Fotografie in München. Since 1987 he has produced 15 coffee table books on his travels and life in Africa. He has had 37 one-man exhibitions in South Africa and 11 in Europe and is a member of the German picture agency LAIF. He has worked for many international publications. His motto is: 'Life without adventure is no life at all'.
