(The splendour of sunrise
at the Moyo uShaka Pier Bar by Nolita Sinayhakh)
Nolita Sinayhakh (21) is a third year student at the Durban
University of Technology (DUT) studying towards a Diploma in Photography and
specialising in portrait and commercial photography. She recently snapped up
first prize in the Gooderson Leisure Photographic competition.
Her picturesque photograph of the Moyo uShaka Pier Bar,
capturing the splendour of Durban’s beachfront at sunrise, stood out as the
certain winner according to Gail Westphalt, Gooderson Leisure’s general manager
of sales & marketing!.
Students were tasked with capturing the beachfront lifestyle
that is fundamental to the Gooderson Brand and included their Tropicana Hotel
and Silver Sands Timeshare units.
Gail Westphalt highlighted that this was the second year
that Gooderson Leisure had entered into partnership with DUT to implement this
project with its third year students. “We were delighted with the results this
year and really feel that most of the third year class put in a lot of effort,”
she said.
Born and bred in Clare Estate and acknowledged as being
vivacious, bubbly, humorous and open-minded, Sinayhakh simply loves to make
people smile. She got involved in photography when a family friend recommended
she venture into the field.
Her motto in life is to be kind to people, have compassion
and empathy. “Be grateful for what you have and don’t chase happiness, because
there’s only one place that you will truly find it and that’s from within you,”
she says.
“I think it’s important to surround yourself with positive
people, do not allow the energy of negative people to cloud your dreams. To
parents out there that may not be open to their children venturing into a
creative or unusual field of work because it may not earn them the royalty or
status. Do not educate your children to be rich, educate them to be happy. So
when they grow up, they’ll know the value of things and not the price,” added
Sinayahakh.
Going forward she believes that getting paid for something
that you love is what is worthwhile and feels money should never take over and
sidetrack the passion that you have for photography.
In five years time, she sees herself having saved up enough
capital to start a fully fledged photography business venturing out into all
creative mediums such as writing, fashion, graphic design, videography and any
other door of opportunity that opens up with her brand Nolita as well as travel
the world and indulge in different cultures and lifestyles.
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