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Generational wealth: An archive of 60 000 negatives in a Swedish bank was published posthumously by the Ernest Cole Family Trust through Aperture in the book The True America in 2023. Photo: Ernest Cole
AFRICAN ART

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

  • Laurence Hamburger
8 min read