The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends
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The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends Pinelands...
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The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends Pinelands Bowling Club Ladies, Cape Town, 1981 (Early Works) Local fisherman at Kalk Bay harbour, 1980-83 (Early Works) Primo Levi, 1986 (Portraits...
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- The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends Pinelands Bowling Club Ladies, Cape Town, 1981 (Early Works) Local fisherman at Kalk...
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Pinelands Bowling Club Ladies, Cape Town, 1981 (Early Works)
Local fisherman at Kalk Bay harbour, 1980-83 (Early Works)
Primo Levi, 1986 (Portraits 1980s–Present)
Vanessa Redgrave, London, 2008 (Portraits 1980s–Present)
President Nelson Mandela, Tuynhuys (the presidential house), 1994-99 (Portraits 1980s–Present)
Robert Rauschenberg, 1993 (Portraits 1980s–Present)
Thembinkosi Tshabe and Mxolisi Goboza, South Africa, 1997 (Truth and Lies 1996–2002)
Father Lapsley, Cape Town, 1997 (Truth and Lies 1996–2002)
Joyce Mtimkulu, Zwide Port Elizabeth, 1997 (Truth and Lies 1996–2002)
Bishop Desmond Tutu at the Truth Commission headquarters, Cape Town, 1999 (Truth and Lies 1996–2001)
Grasscoats: Dan Harvey and Heather Ackroyd, London, 1992 (Affinities)
Actor Simon Callow and choreographer Stuart Hopps, London, 1991 (Affinities)
Gilbert & George, London, 2014 (Affinities)
Mother and daughter, Vala Listopad and Victoria Marochka, outside Dnipro on the Dnieper River, 2018
Local resident walking his dogs, between Stellenbosch and Franschoek, Western Cape, 2018
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