Bridget Corke Photography

Bridget Corke Photography Johannesburg Portrait Photographer. i can't think of any other way to live my life!

If it takes the death of your parents and the gift of a beautiful son to be inspired to leave the corporate world and become a family photographer, then i accept their inspiration!

Then. Now. Together. You hold them differently when they are little.Then, somehow, they begin standing beside you.Years ...
04/09/2026

Then. Now. Together.

You hold them differently when they are little.
Then, somehow, they begin standing beside you.

Years pass.
Children become adults.
And sometimes, across photographs made years apart, you find something that hasn’t changed at all.

A laugh.
A look.
The way two people find one another.

Some things time doesn’t take.

I wrote more about this in my latest Notes on Portraiture:

What Time Does to Meaning
- link in the bio

One Moment. One Portrait. Forever

The new portrait doesn’t replace the old one.It adds to it.Different ages.
Different moments.
The same family.There is r...
26/08/2026

The new portrait doesn’t replace the old one.

It adds to it.

Different ages.
Different moments.
The same family.

There is room on the wall for all of them.

Because the photographs we made years ago don’t become less important when we make new ones.

Time has added another layer.

Then. Now. Together.

One Moment. One Portrait. Forever

Then. Now. Together.I first photographed Ni and Sho when they were little.Wrapped around each other.Giggling together.Gr...
26/08/2026

Then. Now. Together.

I first photographed Ni and Sho when they were little.

Wrapped around each other.
Giggling together.
Growing up in the same family.

Years later, after their family had emigrated, they came back to my studio.

I knew what I had captured then.
Time has added another layer.

The new portrait doesn't replace the old one.
It adds to it.

Perhaps that is what I love most about photographing people more than once.

There is more to hold on to.
And that makes my heart sing.

I wrote more about this in my latest Notes on Portraiture:
What Time Does to Meaning

One Moment. One Portrait. Forever

Women don’t need a month to matter.August is Women’s Month in South Africa.I used to mark it.These days, I’m not so sure...
10/08/2026

Women don’t need a month to matter.

August is Women’s Month in South Africa.
I used to mark it.
These days, I’m not so sure.

But this week it made me go looking.
Through old photographs.
Through portraits of women I have made over many years.
And then I found something I had almost forgotten.

Their words.

A few years ago, for a project called Luminance, I photographed women over 40 and asked them questions about their lives.

I asked what inspired them.
What they thought about getting older.

They wrote about kindness.
Family.
Freedom.
Curiosity.
Being comfortable in their own skin.
And caring less about what other people expected of them.

Women don’t need a month to matter.

I think they already knew that.

A new reflection from Notes on Portraiture.

Read the essay →

https://www.bridgetcorke.co.za/notes-portraiture/women-need-month-matter

What Carried Me Here.For most of my life I never thought much about my body.I thought about the next portrait.The next f...
25/07/2026

What Carried Me Here.

For most of my life I never thought much about my body.

I thought about the next portrait.

The next flight.

Whether the light would still be there when I arrived.

Curiosity kept saying, "Let's go."

My body quietly replied, "Alright."

Over the past few months I've found myself looking back at the life that quietly happened because it simply kept saying yes.

I've written a personal reflection called What Carried Me Here. Hope you enjoy the read.

https://www.bridgetcorke.co.za/notes-portraiture/what-carried-me-here

A strong professional portrait is not only about the individual.When a team is photographed with consistency, intention,...
02/06/2026

A strong professional portrait is not only about the individual.

When a team is photographed with consistency, intention, and presence, something larger begins to emerge.

Clarity.
Trust.
Professionalism.
Cohesion.

Each person remains recognisably themselves, yet together they present a unified visual identity.

In a world where first impressions are often made online, photographs are as important as words.

Professional portraits are not simply about how people look.

They are about how an organisation is perceived.

→ Discover the Headshot Experience via the link in the comments.

Before I was a photographer, I was your mother.Before I understood light, or timing, or presence —
I understood you.Ever...
10/05/2026

Before I was a photographer, I was your mother.

Before I understood light, or timing, or presence —
I understood you.

Everything I do now comes from that place.

Not the camera.
Not the work.

But the knowing that these moments don’t stay.

And that one day, a photograph may be all that holds them.

This is My Why.

A photograph cannot hold everything.But sometimes, it holds enough.The way someone opens without thinking.
The way a mom...
09/05/2026

A photograph cannot hold everything.

But sometimes, it holds enough.

The way someone opens without thinking.
The way a moment softens as it happens.

The space that appears —
where nothing is performed,
and nothing needs to be explained.

These are not poses.

These are moments that would otherwise pass unseen.

This is why we photograph them.

I photograph these moments in my Johannesburg studio.
You’re welcome to reach out if you’d like to experience this for yourself.

Motherhood is often spoken about in terms of giving.But before that, there is a woman.A woman becoming someone new, whil...
07/05/2026

Motherhood is often spoken about in terms of giving.

But before that, there is a woman.

A woman becoming someone new, while still holding on to who she has always been.

This work is not about celebration for its own sake.

It is about recognising that moment - 
when identity shifts quietly, and nothing looks different on the outside, but everything has changed.

This is the work I do.

Address

41 Balvicar Road, Blairgowrie
Johannesburg
2194

Opening Hours

Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+27828814044

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