Documentary Photography in Apartheid South Africa

This lecture looks at debates and dialogues that characterise realist photography in Apartheid South Africa, from 1948 to 1994. It explores the tensions between advocacy, propaganda and the ‘struggle’ on the one hand, and the poetics of everyday life on the other. It also examines figures from Ernest Cole and David Goldblatt to Zanele Muholi and Lebohang Kganye.

A lecture by  Professor Tamar Garb

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, London, United Kingdom