扎克·范·比尔容（Zak van Biljon)，1981年生, 是一位南非摄影师，以其独特的红外摄影和对光线的精准掌控而闻名。 他出生并成长于约翰内斯堡与开普敦之间的广袤自然环境中。童年时期，他与大自然为伴——甚至直到十二岁才第一次见到邻居。这段独特的成长经历塑造了他与自然的深厚连结，也使他至今仍热爱徒步、攀岩等户外活动，从中汲取视觉灵感。

扎克的摄影之路始于一次家庭前往纳米比亚的旅行，当时他手里只有一台一次性相机。随着探索的深入，他在 2001 年开始尝试黑白红外摄影，受到鲍勃·迪伦（Bob Dylan）、吉米·亨德里克斯（Jimi Hendrix）、弗兰克·扎帕（Frank Zappa）等在 1960 年代推广这一技术的音乐人的启发。2003 年，他以全校最佳成绩毕业于南非国家摄影学院，主修黑白打印——颇具讽刺意味的是，他却成长于充满绚丽色彩的“彩虹之国”。2004 年，扎克离开南非移居欧洲。在罗马，他发现了与以往截然不同的光线；在伦敦，他迅速跻身知名地下品牌的优先合作名单。最终定居瑞士苏黎世后，他继续从事商业摄影，同时将更多精力投入到个人艺术创作中。

扎克的创作横跨数码与模拟领域，涵盖当代广告摄影与现代艺术摄影。他的核心风格在于对光线的导演式掌控——这在他的红外摄影作品中表现得最为突出。自 2009 年开始尝试彩色红外摄影以来，他沉迷于这种将世界转化为红色与粉色的超现实视觉方式，使熟悉的现实呈现出梦幻般的新视角。扎克·范·比尔容深受其业余摄影师父亲的影响，也受到旅居各国所接触的多元文化熏陶。他通过对自然的热爱、对世界的探索，以及对光线的精妙掌控，不断重新构想与呈现他眼中的视觉世界。

Zak van Biljon (1981) is a South African photographer known for his distinctive use of infrared photography and his refined mastery of light. Born and raised in the vast natural landscapes between Johannesburg and Cape Town, he spent his childhood surrounded by nature—so isolated that he first saw a neighbor at the age of twelve. This early environment shaped his lifelong connection to the outdoors, where he continues to hike, climb, and draw visual inspiration from the land.

Zak’s photographic journey began on his family’s first trip to Namibia, armed with a simple disposable camera. His curiosity deepened over the years, and by 2001 he was exploring black-and-white infrared photography, inspired by musicians like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa who popularized the technique in the 1960s. In 2003, he graduated as the top student from the National College of Photography in South Africa, studying black-and-white printing—ironically, for someone raised amid the vivid colors of the “Rainbow Nation.” In 2004, Zak left South Africa and moved to Europe. In Rome he discovered new qualities of sunlight; in London he cemented his reputation among prestigious underground labels. Later settling in Zurich, Switzerland, he continued developing his commercial photography career while devoting increasing focus to fine art. Zak works across digital and analog media, with expertise spanning contemporary advertising and modern art photography. At the core of his practice is his directorial command of light—most prominently expressed in his infrared work. Since experimenting with color infrared photography in 2009, he has embraced its surreal transformation of the world into red and pink hues, revealing an alternate, dreamlike perspective on reality.

Deeply influenced by his father, a hobby photographer, and by the many cultures he has encountered abroad, Zak van Biljon continues to explore and reimagine the visual world through a lens shaped by nature, curiosity, and masterful technique.