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Charl Best studied art in Worcester and at the University of Stellenbosch. He obtained a business management diploma. He worked at Media 24 and Perskor as a photographer and journalist.
Charl did applied scientific photography at CSIR. in Stellenbosch and specialised in oceanology, chronocycle and ultraviolet photography. He had over 15 one-man photography exhibitions, nationally and internationally.
In 1984 Charl founded Starlight Studios and Best Models, which are still operating to date. He founded the Stellenbosch Institute of Photography & Multimedia Studies (Sips). in 1996, The Cape Town Institute in 2012 and to date principal of the multi media institutions.
His photographs appeared in leading newspapers and international magazines. His has experience of over 28 years in photography, which includes scientific, documentary, commercial, advertising, fashion, landscape, wedding and art photography.
Charl is also a prominent producer and have made numerous movies and also teaches video production at SIPS. He is a noted educator, photographer, scuba diver, yachtsman and ex-pilot. He regularly takes his students and members of the public, who are keen on both traveling and photography, on guided photographic tours to Thailand, Mozambique, Greece and Turkey.