Wilderness Dreaming: Memoir of a Wildlife Photographer
by Greg du Toit, HPH Publishing R395 in bookstores
If you’re a regular reader of this magazine, you’ll be familiar with the name Greg du Toit. We’ve featured the work of this world-renowned wildlife photographer and field guide many times.
In his memoir, he recounts his adventure-filled journey from a young boy with a passion for birdwatching, to becoming a field guide and safari camp manager. Along the way he honed his photography talent.
Greg brings the same keen observation skills to his writing that make him such a good photographer: He recalls moments big and small with attention to detail, making for an engaging read. His love of nature and vivid descriptions of wildlife encounters stand out, whether he writes about a bark spider constructing its web across a road or submerging himself in a waterhole to get a photo of lionesses drinking on