Attie Gerber obtained his PhD at Potchefstroom University (now North-West University) in 1997. He lectured before entering a career at the national broadcaster (SABC) in 1982. He served as producer for Verslag (actuality show), was co-founder of 50/50 (the longest running ecology magazine show), executive producer of Pols (actuality magazine show), first documentary producer at Netwerk/Network (news show), and manager for Afrikaans magazine programmes.

 

He left the SABC to lecture documentary video and photojournalism at Potchefstroom University in 1987. He is currently a professor in these fields at the North-West University (Potchefstroom). He is the author and photographer of two books on baboons and one about the Vredefort Dome meteorite impact site. His photos have appeared in various international magazines and exhibition venues. 

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Gerber held several solo photographic exhibitions in 2014-2015, the first focusing on abstract nature photography (Designed by nature - captured by Attie Gerber), and the rest on life in the desert margins called Voices of the drylands. The William Humphreys National Art Gallery (WHAG) in Kimberley, South Africa, bought two photographs for its permanent collection. He also participated in a group exhibition called Crossing Borders during the Aardklop Arts Festival in Potchefstroom in October 2016.

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Documentary productions by Gerber’s students have been selected for film festivals all over the world, the latest being the Sichuan International Film Festival in 2015 where one won the special jury category. Another student was nominated in the category best student documentary.

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