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Onne van der Wal

Intro Anne "Onne" van der Wal (“On-na” born October 24, 1956) born, Dutch - American nautical photographer is best known for his colorful images of boats and harbors which often feature beautiful yachts and stunning locations reached only by boat. He has photographed many Olympic and America’s Cup sailing events, as well as having an extensive portfolio of commercial work for boat builders and marine businesses. He has a gallery of his work on display and for sale in his Newport, Rhode Island location, Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery. His work has been used on numerous magazine covers and hangs in a number of high-end hotels and establishments. In 2007 Onne became a Canon Explorer of Light photographer.[1]

Early Life Born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, on February 24, 1956, Anne van der Wal  is the oldest of four children of Maaike (née van den Heuvel) and Johan van der Wal. He is 1st generation Dutch; born to Dutch parents. The family immigrated to South Africa on the Holland Amerika shipping line immigrant ship Groote Beer 1959. His mother was a professional musician and music teacher having studied the piano in Holland. His father was trained as a telephone technician at Philips in Holland then continued in that field in South Africa. The family left Cape Town for Johannesburg in 1963 as his father was promoted to a more senior position in Johannesburg with SA Philips. In 1968 the family moved back to the Cape Town area and settled in Hout Bay, just outside of Cape Town, South Africa. At this point Onne was 13 and took his first pictures when he was working aboard commercial snoek, crayfish and purse seine fishing vessels out Hout Bay as a teenager on weekends and during school holidays, he was utterly bored with studies and school, did badly at it and couldn't see the point of it. Fishing with the fleet of boats provided him with his passion for the sea. He took photographs at sea, around the harbor and of the black and colored fishermen whom he understood and could comfortably communicate with in their native language. Van der Wal’s passion for photography was born out of his love for fishing, sailing and the ocean and in capturing it all to share with his family back home. It wasn’t until he had a happenstance meet up with the editors of Boston based Sail Magazine, that he realized his potential and the possibility of a career coming from his passion.

Education The majority of Onne’s schooling years were spent at the Constantia Waldorf school, his last high school years were at Cape Town high and Norman Henshilwood High School. Onne went on to do an apprenticeship as a fitter and turner aka machinist at Metal Box in their apprentice school in the Machine Design and manufacturing division in Cape Town. He completed the course in 1978 with a top grade and cut a year off the standard 4 year course down to 3 due to his passion for the craft and his aptitude for working with his hands, a big confidence booster for the young van der Wal in stark contrast to his very mediocre success rate in his high school years.

Personal Life Onne was born in Amersfoort on the 24th of February, 1956 and immigrated to South Africa in 1959 where he grew up, went to school and completed an apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner or machinist. Onne left South Africa in January of 1979 to do his first transatlantic crossing and ocean race to South America on the 72 foot Kwa Heri. Onne continued with his sailing and ocean racing career sailing more than 100,000 miles and 10 transoceanic crossings, including a winning around the world race voyage with the Dutch team aboard Flyer II in the Whitbread Race. He finally settled in Newport, RI in 1985 and started his photography career and business in 1987. He married Tenley Gorder in 1999, they have lived in Jamestown since then. They have three children Read, Billy and Adrian.

Books and Awards https://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Onne-van-Wal/dp/0847838846 _ Published 2013, "Sailing" https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Water-Boating-Photographs-Around/dp/0821228447 - "Wind and Water" 2004 https://www.amazon.com/Nautical-Newport-Onne-van-Retrospective/dp/0989165507 - "Nautical Newport" 2013 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/610275/sailing-america-by-onne-van-der-wal-introduction-by-gary-jobson/9780847863587 - 2019, Sailing America

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyer_II_(yacht)

www.vanderwal.com

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/explorers-of-light/explorer-onne-van-der-wal

http://www.ripbs.org/blogs/bird-wire/2018/05/25/onne-van-der-wal-nautical-photographer/ https://vimeo.com/275395393 - Video about Onne

https://vimeo.com/onne - Onne's channel on Vimeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B60-wOdUhU&t=2291s - PBS Documentary on Onne and Snoek refit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNY8jKRouc - TedX Talk in Newport RI at Jane Pickens Theatre

Second Wind PBS show - http://www.ripbs.org/production/local-programs/second-wind/

KristinBrowne (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)