http://www.lightstalkers.org/nic-bothma Nic is a professional photojournalist and has worked in more than 60 countries in the last 15 years. Nic began his career documenting the fall of apartheid and transition into democracy in South Africa. After working for a couple of years for the Cape Times newspaper he embarked on a 4 year round-the-world sailing expedition aboard his 31-foot sloop, documenting remote island cultures. In 2003, Nic joined the international news picture service European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) and is currently the West African chief photographer. He has won numerous awards including: 2005 Italian Ischia International award for Journalism 2004and2007 Fujifilm African Press Photographer of the year 2007 - USA - NPPA (national press photographers association) team sports action winner 2007 - USA national headliner award 2007 - USA Society of professional journalists - Sigma Delta Chi award 2008 United Nations - Changing Lives Award 2012 - POYI Pictures of the Year International - Award of Excellence - Olympic Action en-us Image feeds are temporarily unavailable due to heavy load on the Lightstalkers servers. Please consider making a donation today so that we can afford to upgrade this service. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:31 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/1888