Peter Mckenzie
latest news & developmentsHotstix’s hug a celebration of survival
The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography
The darkroom process of Black Photo Libraries
A book of photographers with no photographs highlights the ownership battles black lensmen are still battling
Why we need a South African jazz photography archive
We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’
Timmy’s copped it – or so I thought
Instead, it’s Mama, the former Durban mayor who may have been wading through the solid waste tender, the Hawks are visiting
Dawn’s the time to oil the joints
It’s in the early morning that things catch up with you and force you to seek relief
Rest in Peace
They left us in 2017
Beware the white gaze
Photography is an art plagued by colonial voyeurism and today’s creators need to keep this in mind
One last, exhilarating swim with true rebel Peter McKenzie
They tilt the urn. The grey ash that was our brother spills out. Some of it is carried by the wind, writes Paddy Harper.
Making photos, forging connections
Remembering Peter McKenzie, whose work spanned the breadth of his considerable creative imagination and highly political sense of social justice.
We mourn a friend and fighter as Zuma jols in Nigeria
Photographer, filmmaker and activist Peter McKenzie — ‘who wielded his camera the way other people use petrol bombs or saxophones’ — has died