Derek Biermann was born in South Africa in 1959 and for several years worked as the resident production and portrait photographer for the Cape Administration Performing Arts Board. He moved to London in 1982, where he spent the next five years gaining photographic experience. After emigrating to Australia in 1988, he established a studio in Sydney specializing in editorial and advertising photography. In 1993, he moved away from the commercial arena to begin a creative journey as a fine art photographer. What manifested through a personal transformation resulted in the emergence of his spiritual consciousness.
Biermann's work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions in South Africa and Australia. Samadhi is his first book.
