Mandisa Buthelezi and Thembi Mthembu are adding depth to the photographic archive through their self-portraits with captions and historical reframing
"I always felt awkward photographing people in desperate, unfortunate conditions. What do you say? How do you comfort? Is “sorry” ever enough?"
"He had a formidable reputation amongst photographers and would not hesitate to throw you out if you disturbed him onstage"
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/ 10 October 2007
Using words to convey the experience of visiting a photo exhibition means converting the event into a different currency of communication. But the coinage of text can’t recreate the imagery, or evoke the space of a gallery. What it can do is dig into the meaning of the Then & Now exhibition, which opened in Grahamstown last month.