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Omar Badsha

A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole
Friday
/ 14 March 2025

A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole

Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today

By Laurence Hamburger
Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story
Friday
/ 6 March 2025

Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story

Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa

By Daniel Magaziner
Hotstix’s  hug a celebration of survival
Friday
/ 31 October 2021

Hotstix’s  hug a celebration of survival

The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography

By Niren Tolsi
Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation
Friday
/ 1 October 2021

Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation

Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book

By Peter Magubane
Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary
Friday
/ 17 September 2020

Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary

Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial

By Niren Tolsi
Intimate images from an activist photographer
Article
/ 11 May 2018

Intimate images from an activist photographer

Omar Badsha hopes his book ‘Seedtime’ and an accompanying exhibition will open space for more dialogue.

By Paul Botes
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Article
/ 11 August 2006

The butterfly effect

Photographer and activist Omar Badsha’s new exhibition features the ordinary people who have changed the course of history over the past 30 years.

By Niren Tolsi and Catherine Brahic

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