Onne van der Wal

Onne van der Wal is a Dutch marine photographer and writer.[1]

Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery is named after him.[2]

Early life and career

van der Wal immigrated to South Africa in 1959.[3] He spent his early life in apartheid South Africa.[4] He is trained as a machinist.[5]

He started his career with Sail Magazine when they approached him to take photographs.[6] He was on board Flyer II which won the 1981–1982 Whitbread Round the World Race.[7]

In 1987, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island where he currently lives with his wife, Tenley, and three children.[6][5]

Award

Bibliography
  • van der Wal, Onne (14 May 2004). Wind and Water: Boating Photographs From Around The World. Bulfinch. ISBN 9780821228449.
  • van der Wal, Onne; Jobson, Gary (29 October 2013). Sailing. Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847838844.
  • van der Wal, Onne; McCormick, Herb (22 October 2019). Sailing America. Rizzoli. ISBN 9780847863587.

References
  1. "Straight Shooting". Cruising World. 15 December 2016.
  2. "Onne van der Wal Photography Gallery | Newport, RI 02840".
  3. "Van der Wal, Onne".
  4. "Archived copy". www.ripbs.org. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Hemmen, Pim Van. "Onne's New Goose". Soundings Online.
  6. James Masters. "Onne van der Wal: 'Sea astronaut' captures light years of progress". CNN.
  7. "Nautical photographer Onne van der Wal returns to Whaling Museum's Sailors' Series". www.whalingmuseum.org.


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