Peter Magubane

Not only was he world renowned for his powerful images, he also used his talent to fight apartheid, at great personal cost

House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world

Lucia Mnguni remembers her husband Bongani Mnguni, who photographed some of South Africa’s most turbulent events

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

‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman

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’

We explore the issues involved in artists’ reasonable or fair use of other people’s works

Siphiwo Mahala talks about his fascination with the 1950s writer and journalist

Veteran photographer Peter Magubane inspires both hero worship and interrogation, proof that at 86, he’s passed into the realm of legend

Despite being kept in solitary for 20 months in total, a defiant Peter Magubane made it his mission to document South Africa’s turbulent history.

Using words to convey the experience of visiting a photo exhibition means converting the event into a different currency of communication. But the coinage of text can’t recreate…