South African Photography

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Samuel Fosso and the Invention of the Artist as a Young Photographer

In an interview for his new monograph, Fosso spoke with the late curator Okwui Enwezor about his teenage self-portraits and how all his work concerns the question of power.

Is African Photography a State of Mind?

In a biennial and two recent photobooks, artists consider the postcolonial African subject through intriguingly intimate images.

Introducing: Lindokuhle Sobekwa

Years after the South African photographer’s sister mysteriously disappeared, his images become a public record of a private myth.

Santu Mofokeng’s Pensive Visions of Land and Ritual

In a new series of photobooks, the revered photographer conjures the mysteries of faith in South Africa.

The Land and the Landscape

Throughout his long career, David Goldblatt has used the camera to reflect the social realities of South Africa.

Across a Racial Divide, Images of Daily Life under Apartheid

An innovative book juxtaposes images from the archives of two South African families—one black, and one white.

In Cape Town, A New Destination for African Art

Asserting black identity, photographers take center stage at a bold new museum.

Screen Legends

South Africa’s new media artists are transforming the digital world.

Zanele Muholi's Faces & Phases

A conversation with the Johannesburg-based photographer about photography and activism, her latest series, Black Beauties, and her influences.

Okwui Enwezor on “Rise and Fall of Apartheid”

Aperture speaks with curator Okwui Enwezor about the exhibition “Rise and Fall of Apartheid” at International Center of Photography.

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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