Identity area
Reference code
ZA AFRAPIX AP5-14-14.4-14.4.21
Title
Children behind a soldier at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town
Date(s)
- 1987-05-19 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph, b/w
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1982-1992)
Administrative history
Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Soldier stands with civilians behind. As the white dominated South African parliament opens amid much pomp and ceremony, weary children seem to find things more interesting at street level. Cape Town, May 1987
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Photographer: © Guy Tillim
Permission to use the photograph for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX