Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1980s-1990s (Production)
Niveau de description
recordgrp
Étendue matérielle et support
+/- 800 photographs
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
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.
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection was opened by Julie Frederikse while she began researching her book The Unbreakable Thread: Non-Racialism in South Africa. The photographs she gathered, numbering over 1200, form the bulk of this collection. Captured by photographers from Afrapix and International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF), and other photographers of the time, this collection of 'struggle photography' is a visual document of South Africa's turbulent political past, and include topics such as: African National Congress, Conscription, Education, Elections, Funerals, Labour, Living Conditions, Military and Police, National Party, Protests, Transvaal Indian Congress, Resistance, and Unrest.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
The photographs which are displayed here form part of "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection". Not all of the images have been taken by AFRAPIX photographers and are therefore excluded from this project. However, the numbering and structure of the "The Original SAHA Photograph Collection" has been retained.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions de reproduction
The copyright of the photographs in this collection rests with the respective photographer.
Permission to use these photographs for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
The photographs have been digitised from the the collection "AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection", held at the South African History Archive (SAHA).
http://www.saha.org.za/collections/south_african_history_archive_photographs_6.htm