Tag: Santu Mofokeng

  • How Santu Mofokeng Shaped South African Photography | The New Yorker

    How Santu Mofokeng Shaped South African Photography | The New Yorker

    How Santu Mofokeng Shaped South African Photography Mofokeng, who died in January, made work that waded through themes of history and land, and helped shape the course of South African photography. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/how-santu-mofokeng-shaped-south-african-photography These images, by the South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, ostensibly depict scenes of segregated transport during apartheid. Yet in…

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

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

    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…

  • Santu Mofokeng (1956-2020)

    https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/modena-international-photography-prize-santu-mofokeng-una-solitudine-silenziosa-fotografie-1982-2011-2/ The South African photographer died at 63. Here is the feature we dedicated to him when he received the International Photography Award in Modena in 2016.

  • Santu Mofokeng, the photojournalist who made ordinary things extraordinary | The Star

    Santu Mofokeng, the photojournalist who made ordinary things extraordinary | The Star Condolences continue to pour in for legendary photographer who died at the weekend surrounded by his family in Soweto. Link: https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/santu-mofokeng-the-photojournalist-who-made-ordinary-things-extraordinary-41638655 Art critic Sandile Ngidi tweeted: “South African documentary photography has lost one of its brightest stars. Santu Mofokeng belonged to a committed…

  • Santu Mofokeng’s Pensive Visions of Land and Ritual

    Santu Mofokeng’s Pensive Visions of Land and Ritual

    Santu Mofokeng’s Pensive Visions of Land and Ritual In a new series of photobooks, the revered photographer conjures the mysteries of faith in South Africa. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/santu-mofokengs-sean-otoole/ In a new series of photobooks, the revered photographer conjures the mysteries of faith in South Africa.

  • Victory in the Shadows – The New York Times

    Victory in the Shadows – The New York Times

    Victory in the Shadows Through blur, darkness and drift, the photographer Santu Mofokeng shows that black South Africans are more than their suffering. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/magazine/victory-in-the-shadows.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The photographer is Santu Mofokeng, and the caption of the image opens up a world: ‘‘The Drumming, Johannesburg- Soweto Line, from Train Church, 1986.’’ We now know that we are…

  • Modena : Santu Mofokeng, International Photography Prize – The Eye of Photography

    Modena : Santu Mofokeng, International Photography Prize the announcement of the winner of the 1st edition of the International Photography Prize:  Santu Mofokeng, from South Africa, to whom the exhibit “A Silent Solitude. Photographs 1982-2011” at the Foro Boario (March 6th-May 8th 2016) has been dedicated.