Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A3440-A-A4
Title
Life in the USA
Date(s)
- 1960s-1970s (Creation)
Level of description
sub-series
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1940-1990)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Newspaper clips, magazines, some with notes spanning a wide spectrum of topics. As noted by his agency Magnum Photos: "impressions are of a guy who’s enjoying being in a new city, discovering new people with new attitudes, even if his notes betray sarcasm toward some of the experience. He was clearly interested in aspects of New York life that were taboo in apartheid-era South Africa. There are plenty of pictures of racially mixed couples, anti-government protests and of the burgeoning pleasure industry."