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Detail of a photograph by Anne Fischer, Cape Town, c. 1940s. Anne Fischer/Courtesy Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections/University of Cape Town Library Special Collections

Glimpses into the history of street photography in South Africa

Kylie Thomas, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Two striking images - from the 1940s and the 1960s - help reveal the rich but still emerging history of street photography in the country.
Jürgen Schadeberg in 1955 with trainee photographers at Drum, Peter Magubane, left, and Bob Gosani. Both became well-known photographers. © Jürgen Schadeberg

Jürgen Schadeberg: chronicler of life across apartheid’s divides

Kylie Thomas, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The gift of his images lies in their depiction of the social worlds that apartheid sought to destroy, but that live on through the photographs.

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