[1][2] Her work "frequently explores the resilience of communities enduring the rapidly shifting landscapes of Namibia.
[10] Courtney-Clarke has lived in Italy, the USA, and across the African continent, working as a freelance photographer for magazines.
[9] Imazighen (free people) (1996), the last in the trilogy, shows the lives and arts of Berber women of North Africa—their pottery, fabrics, rugs and other woven products, and murals.
[13][14] Returning to live in Namibia, for Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain (2017) she photographed the Namib desert and its people, at a time of crisis.
[15][16] Her forthcoming book When Tears Don't Matter is about the remaining bushmen in the Kalahari Desert in eastern Namibia.