Category: Artist

11 Aug

Artist: Pamela Gien

Pamela Gien is an artist who was born in South Africa, and now lives in the United States. She is the author of the Syringa Tree, a play about the experience of life during apartheid South Africa from the perspective of a young child.

28 Jul

Artist: Guy Tillim

South African photojournalist Guy Tillim began taking pictures in the mid 1980s during the last days of apartheid. His photographs have a hush and luminosity that runs counter to traditional ideas of photojournalism.

12 May

Artists & Leaders of Change: Sue Johnson & Alistair Berg

Photographers, Sue Johnson and Alistair Berg, founded Isilo Labantu (“Eye of the People”), an organization that introduces photography to residents of Cape Town townships.

21 Apr

Artist: Jillian Edelstein

Since getting her start as a photojournalist in Johannesburg, Edelstein has evolved into an award-winning photographer renowned for her portraits.

14 Apr

Artist: Khalid Kodi

This Sudanese artist seeks to address the roots of violence, social injustice, intolerance, and apathy.