"Published to coincide with the exhibition Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography in the Porter Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, curated by Tamar Garb and Martin Barnes, 12 April - 17 July, 2011"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-85).
Contents:
Foreword / Martin Barnes -- Figures and fictions: South African photography in the perfect tense / Tamar Garb -- Plates -- Interviews and artists' statements -- Thinking from the South: reflections on image and place / Tamar Garb ... [et al.] -- Exhibition checklist.
Summary:
Presents images, with a focus on figural photography, produced between 2000 and 2010 by 17 South African photographers: David Goldblatt, Santu Mofokeng, Guy Tillim, Pieter Hugo, Zwelethu Methethwa, Berni Searle, Jodi Bieber, Terry Kurgan, Zanele Muholi, Hassan and Husain Essop, Roelof van Wyk, Graeme Williams, Kudzanai Chiurai, Sabelo Mlangeni, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, and Nontsikelelo Veleko.
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