Briza Publications author Harris Steinman, a medical doctor based in Cape Town, has a special interest in allergy and allergens and has written a number of reference books on the subject. A keen photographer since his teenage years, he is largely self-taught but studied photography at the Ruth Prowse School of Art, where his teachers included Alain Proust and Anthony Johnson.
Initially he worked in black and white but later switched to colour slides and was as early convert to digital photography. He is interested in a wide range of photographic subjects but is particularly attracted to landscapes and flora. A selection of his landscape images was exhibited in the South African National Museum in October-November 2012.
Books by Harris Steinman
- Kirstenbosh – Beyond Words