Rescued Portraits
A Glimpse Into Apartheid-Era Life
Kitty’s photo studio was in the middle of Pietermaritzburg's black shopping district and was a place of community dialogue for his mainly African (Zulu), Indian, and “coloured” (mixed race) clients.
The raw news photography of apartheid-era South Africa is seared into our collective memory. Signs declaring benches and beaches fit for “whites only,” animated crowds marching for their rights, the lifeless body of yet another young man killed by police—these images galvanized the international pressure needed to end apartheid after almost 50 years in 1994.
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