Tag: Peter Magubane

Fearless Apartheid Photographer Peter Magubane Dies Aged 91 | PetaPixel

Fearless Apartheid Photographer Peter Magubane Dies Aged 91

He fought apartheid with his camera.

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/01/02/fearless-apartheid-photographer-peter-magubane-dies-aged-91/

The photographer was imprisoned numerous times during his career and subjected to a five-year ban that prevented him from working or even leaving his home without police permission.

https://petapixel.com/2024/01/02/fearless-apartheid-photographer-peter-magubane-dies-aged-91/

January 2, 2024
Peter Magubane, 91, Who Fought Apartheid With His Camera, Is Dead – The New York Times

Peter Magubane, 91, Who Fought Apartheid With His Camera, Is Dead

He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/world/africa/peter-magubane-dead.html

He documented the cruelties of white South African rule, and he was made to pay for it, enduring beatings and 586 consecutive days in solitary confinement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/world/africa/peter-magubane-dead.html

January 2, 2024
Peter Magubane’s Photos From Apartheid-Era South Africa

A Fighter With a Camera in Apartheid-Era South Africa

The South African photographer Peter Magubane documented his country during several tumultuous decades, and some of his work is part of an exhibit at the International Center of Photography in New York.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/a-fighter-with-a-camera-in-apartheid-era-south-africa/

Peter Magubane has always lived by simple words, adopted from a former editor: “If you want a picture, you get that picture, under all circumstances.”

September 21, 2012