LaKeith Stanfield Will Voice Apartheid Photographer Ernest Cole in Upcoming Documentary
LaKeith Stanfield will be the voice of Ernest Cole, South Africa's first Black freelance photographer, in an upcoming documentary about his life.
Fearless Apartheid Photographer Peter Magubane Dies Aged 91
Fearless South African photographer Peter Magubane, who captured 40 years of South Africa's apartheid era, has died.
Sam Nzima, Photographer Behind Iconic Apartheid Image, Dies at 83
South African photographer Sam Nzima has died. He's best known for shooting an iconic photo of the apartheid, a photo of Hector Pieterson being carried after being shot by South African police during the Soweto uprising. Nzima was 83.
Drone Photos Capture the Stark Divide Between Rich and Poor in South Africa
When politicians talk about the gap between the rich and poor or racial divides, they're usually not being literal. But as Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller shows with his startling photo series Unequal Scenes, the gap in South Africa is literal... you just need to get airborne to see it.
Exhibition Explores Racism in Early Color Photography
One would hope that the medium of photography was immune to racial prejudice, but an exhibit by London-based artists Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin shows that this was not always the case. The artists' exhibit, on display at Johannesburg's Goodman Gallery, explores the marks that racism left on early color photography.
Using film designed to capture white faces and a camera that became infamous for helping further apartheid in South Africa, Broomberg and Chanarin took photos of beautiful South African flora -- putting the once-racial implements to better use.