Zwelwthu Mthethwa Special Editions Gianni Colombo

Gianni Colombo

Brian Wallis looks back at the politics

many of them scratched

whose priority was the more tourist-oriented coastal areas of the region--one example being Suzanne Lafont’s work as part of the Photographic Mission of the DATAR another

turning them into a fundamental narrative starting point

Zwelwthu Mthethwa Special Editions Gianni ColomboSince Apartheid's fall in 1994, South African photography has exploded from the grip of censorship onto the world stage. A key figure in this movement is Zwelethu Mthethwa, whose portraits powerfully frame black South Africans as dignified and defiant individuals, even under the duress of social and economic hardship. Photographing in urban and rural industrial landscapes, Mthethwa documents a range of aspects in South Africa, from domestic life and