Santu Mofokeng, Photographer of Apartheid Life, Dies at 63 – The New York Times

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Santu Mofokeng, Photographer of Apartheid Life, Dies at 63

His sublime black-and-white images of everyday life in South Africa both during and after white rule capture hope and unfulfilled expectations.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/arts/santu-mofokeng-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR0P679Kku9YxtX7BlxB8tHOPKJq2RmEhxf-6clKWaE1zzq3Zpv35NYS2-0

Santu Mofokeng, a photographer whose searing images of everyday life in South Africa’s black townships documented the prospects of freedom from apartheid and the unfulfilled promise of its overthrow, died on Jan. 26 in Johannesburg. He was 63.