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Articles by Cedric Nunn
The abysmal state of South Africa’s photo archives
Together in song: There was a band called Fire Brigade owned by Cynthia Mavuso’s father that used to rehearse at his home. On this particular day in the 1990s, they had held a beauty contest called Miss Fire Brigade. (Cynthia Mavuso) Cedric Nunn The need for digitisation became apparent at the very beginning of the digital era. In about 1996, I invested in an Apple Mac with a digital scanner.
The Portfolio: Cedric Nunn
Ultimate sacrifice: The funeral of two youths abducted and killed in the ‘Natal War’ in 1987. Photo: Cedric Nunn In the early 1980s and onwards, I found myself caught up in the spiral of violence that gripped our country as the struggle for liberation intensified. Those acts of resistance were mostly led by the youth and they paid a heavy price for them; being imprisoned, tortured, maimed and killed.
The Portfolio: Cedric Nunn
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New Year’s Old Racists
The beach has always revealed South Africa in its most naked state. During apartheid, under “Whites Only” signs, it pettily, but overtly, dictated first and second-class citizenry: Where natural beauty and access to calm waters abounded, Blacks were not allowed. In contemporary South Africa, it is used by racists like Penny Sparrow and her apologists, to suggest a dirty, ignorant sub-humanity of Black Africans.
Quiet Photos of Turbulent South Africa
Slide Show Questions of racial identity still affect nearly every facet of life in South Africa. For Cedric Nunn, a 53-year-old photographer who distills sweeping social issues into simple human stories, the issue couldn’t be closer to home. Since 1985, he has been photographing his own family in KwaZulu-Natal Province.
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