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Together in song: There was a band called Fire Brigade owned by Cynthia Mavuso’s father that used to rehearse at his home. On this particular day in the 1990s, they had held a beauty contest called Miss Fire Brigade. (Cynthia Mavuso)
A CORDONED HEART

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

  • Cedric Nunn
  • Paul Weinberg
  • Premesh Lalu
9 min read