Chris Ledochowski was born into a Polish immigrant family in Pretoria in 1956. He attended boarding school in Swaziland and, after his compulsory military service, studied at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, specializing in photography. For over two decades he has tirelessly documented life and achievement in the townships of the Cape. Apart from ongoing rural projects in Venda and Pondoland, he continues to be invited to take part in national and international exhibitions. Chris Ledochowski works as a freelance photographer in Cape Town.