(Pic: Garth Stead’s photograph on his website)Award-winning photographer dies in Cape Town.
Award-winning photographer Garth Stead died in Cape Town on October 19, after having been found dead in his Woodstock home.
Formerly of Durban, Garth achieved a BA degree from the (then) University of Natal – Durban, now UKZN, before moving to Cape Town where he joined the photographic department of the Cape Times in 1996.
Photo editor at Foto24 and previously Die Burger's photo editor as well as a winner of the prestigious Fuji Press award, he is the brother of well-known Durban director Steven Stead and dancer Rory Stead who is now based in Germany.
Specialising in stills for features, Garth worked on international and local movies including the BBC TV series Coral Island. The film work brought him into close contact with international stars such as Nicholas Cage, Peter Fonda; Roy Scheider, Jean Claude van Damme, Angus McFayden, Peter Weller, Bryan Brown; Christopher Lambert; Dennis Hopper; Luke Goss, Patrick Swayze and Amand Asante.
The founder of the Icon Image School of Photography, Garth Stead was deeply committed to training young photographers.
His website at www.garthstead.co.za details a preview of his work in each of the respective fields he specialised in, which included corporate, entertainment, features, movie stills, sports, news and politics. There are also images from published work such as Animuse choreographed by David Krugel and a powerful black and white image for the cover of a Jazzart Dance Theatre publication. He also did the impressive images on the Jazzart Anniversary Calendar.
His home page features the words: “I also want to take this opportunity to thank all those I have worked with for allowing me to capture these truly personal and intimate pictures.”
Garth Stead is survived by his two sons and his ex-wife.
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