Lauren Clifford Holmes
latest news & developmentsLake Chad: Where refugees flee from Boko Haram
The M&G’s Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram.
Tracing a life gone awry
Turner Adams, at the centre of photographer Gordon Clark’s latest body of work, is an extraordinary subject.
‘Everyone’s view of Jo’burg is valid’
Kutlwano Moagi’s exhibition <em>Split Façades,</em> curated by Thato Mogotsi, asks us to take another look at the heart of Johannesburg.
The importance of being Ernie
Gordon Clark’s latest work, <em>Ernie Lastig Occurrence</em>, reveals life on the Cape Flats and the inevitable journey from childhood to gangster.
A short life, richly lived
Leon Botha, an accomplished South African painter and DJ, as well as one of the world’s oldest survivors of progeria, died on June 5.
Beyond transgression
Accomplished painter and DJ Leon Botha, who died of heart complications relating to his rare progeria condition, died on Sunday. He was 26 years old.
Journalists call for Hammerl’s release
Friends and media activists have rallied to demand the release of Anton Hammerl, the SA lensman believed to be held by Gaddafi forces in Libya.
Emancipation takes pride of place
To be included in the Deutsche Bank Collection, is a big accolade for any artist. For SA artist and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa, it’s an honour.
Most viewed M&G multimedia of 2010
The most viewed <em>Mail and Guardian</em> multimedia of 2010, from the hilarity of the dancing striker to our exclusive series on refugees.
No end to Silva streak
Though he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, the show is not over for João Silva.
Change springs from deep in the past
Photographer Araminta de Clermont captures the profound transformation of young men after initiation, writes <b>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</b>.
Full circle in the city centre
Marc Shoul gives <strong>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</strong> the lowdown on the creative process behind Flatlands.
Mthethwa’s balancing act
<em>Lauren Clifford-Holmes</em> speaks to artist Zwelethu Mthethwa about the difficulty of portraying poverty in photography.
The fibre of reality
Lauren Clifford-Holmes speaks to the artists behind an evocative photographic exhibition that celebrates the darker side of the human spirit.