Based in Blantyre, Malawi, Arjen van de Merwe Photography provides up market photography services to NGOs , International Organisations, and private sector companies as well as photography education. From documenting field work in remote villages to slick advertising photographs with elaborate lighting set ups, we can fulfil your photography needs in a professional way, to international standards. We can translate your ideas into captivating, high quality images. For NGOs most images are documentary showin
Arjen van de Merwe has made photographs for Nico, Sunbird Hotels, Air Malawi, Malawi Sun Hotel, NBS Bank, IndeBank, Illovo, Zain, MTL, TNM, Access, Central Africana Publishing, RBM, Creative Revolution, Corporate Graphics, and others. Arjen van de Merwe has published in Elle USA, Irish Times, Aftonbladet. Dutch publications include NRC, Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland, Groene Amsterdammer, Telegraaf, Parool, Live XS, Fret, Slagwerkkrant, Ravage, Highlife. Malawian publications include the Nation, The Daily Times
He won the 2007 World Aids Day Photo Contest of Blantyre Newspapers and the American Embassy in Malawi. He is affiliated with Still Pictures photo agency in London. He is a member of the Photographers Association of Malawi (PHOTAMA). From 2007 to 2010 he was vice-secretary. From 2007 to 2012 he was photojournalism lecturer at Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) (course outline.pdf) From 2013 he is photojournalism lecturer at the University of Malawi, the Polytechnic. He initiated the Photojournalism Educat