Alf Kumalo
latest news & developmentsJazz in focus: Capturing a sound in image
From rare Ernest Cole prints to iconic portraits of Makeba and Masekela, this show captures the musicians and the energy of live music itself
Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited
House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
Hotstix’s hug a celebration of survival
The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography
The Portfolio: ‘How photographer Bongani Mnguni saw his death coming’
Lucia Mnguni remembers her husband Bongani Mnguni, who photographed some of South Africa’s most turbulent events
The abysmal state of South Africa’s photo archives
With most photographers struggling to raise capital to digitise work, those that have managed to do so have mostly used their own resources
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
Obituary: The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of Jürgen Schadeberg
‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman
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’
Exposed: SA’s iconic pics plundered
Our photographic heritage is being stolen by pirates peddling ‘pictures of pictures’
A life lived vividly, loudly
Tiisetso Makube pays tribute to legendary Soweto photographer Alf Kumalo.
Selebi saga bags M&G top newspaper award
The saga of police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has won the Mail & Guardian‘s investigations team the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award for story of the year, it was…