Raised in Zimbabwe, where an early closeness to the natural world; its rhythms and connectedness, taught me, above everything else, how to observe carefully and ask better questions. Those lessons have shaped every chapter since.

A degree in zoology followed. Then years working at the intersection of high-end luxury travel and conservation, where I learned what rare access truly means and what it requires to deliver it with integrity. And within frontline conservation and community work, where I learnt the distance between good intention and real impact became impossible to ignore. These were not separate paths. They converged and C.RHODES is what that convergence made inevitable.

My work now lives at the intersection of three worlds.

• The photography and storytelling work documents life; the tensions, the successes & failures, and the work that actually moves conservation forward. Questions are followed and even more are asked.

• Rhodes Expeditions curates journeys and hosts a collection of private trips. All journeys are designed around the ecological, historical, and cultural narrative of a specific place, and shaped by relationships built over years with custodians who understand it most deeply. Travel through invitation.

• IZOZI grew from the same conviction. Its name comes from izvozvi, “now”, in Shona, where an old letterform ɀ was used for the unique zv sound. A piece of the past carried into the word for the present. Every object in the collection does the same - made in collaboration with artisans, reimagining traditional craft in present-day form, each piece carrying the context and spirit of its making.

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