Identity area
Reference code
ZA AFRAPIX AP5-5-5.1-5.1.11
Title
The crowd at an impromptu End Conscription Campaign press conference
Date(s)
- 1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph, b/w
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
End Conscription Campaign (ECC) spokespeople give an impromptu press conference, to a large crowd, after 16 people were arrested during a protest outside the Wits command HQ. October 1986.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Photographer: © Steve Hilton-Barber
Permission to use the photograph for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.