Compiled by Paul Weinberg. The former Afrapix photographers are most welcome to submit further information, thereby adding to this section.
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.
Published
This section contains journal articles relating to Afrapix, which have been written by various authors about Afrapix. They were provided in digital format.
Published
Listed here are bibliographic references and links to books and journal articles published by Afrapix photographers, as well as journal articles and books about Afrapix photographers, exhibitions and other projects, which were published by national and international researchers.
Also included press coverage and online resources.
Published
"Apartheid - a vigilant witness: A reflection on photography", by Paul Weinberg
Published in the book "Art and the End of Apartheid", John Peffer, University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis, London, 2009
Published
Containing two articles:
"Afrapix - going beyond the image", by Paul Weinberg
"Inanda", by Omar Badsha
Published in the magazine "Creative Camera", Numbers 235/236 July/August 1984.
Founded in 1968, Creative Camera, a UK based magazine, has been a forum for modern photography.
Published
Review of South African Photography nd South African Documentary Photography, with contributions by Afrapix photographers.
Published
The publication contains a second publication entitled 'Two Tone', the South African's First Jazz Magazine.
Published
Including articles:
Beyond the barricades: Collectivism in the 80s
The rainy season, John Liebenberg in Namibia
Going home, by Santu Mofokeng and Paul Weinberg
Gallery, with images from Pax Magwaza and Graeme Williams
Khikhi hostels, by Roger Meintjes
Published
Including articles:
Troyville, by Jenny Gordon
Structures, by David Goldblatt
War in Natal, by Guy Tillim
A view from exile, by George Hallett
The way we live, Mavis Mthandeki, Primrose Talakumeni
Published
"On the Front Line: a Portrait of Civil War", by Paul Weinberg and Afrapix photographers Guy Tillim, Dave Hartman and Steve Hilton-Barber
Published in the Tri-quarterly journal "From South Africa: New Writing, Photographs and Art", Northwestern University, Issue 69, 1987
Published
This book, presented by the 'Staffrider' magazine, contains photographs contributed by Paul Alberts, Joe Alfers, Omar Badsha, Tessa Colvin, Ivan Gieson, David Goldblatt, Lesley Lawson, Peter McKenzie, Mxolisi Moyo, Judas Ngwenya, Shepard Nompunza, Biddy Partridge, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Karl Sansom, Wendy Schwegmann, Peter Setuke, Paul Weinberg, John Wolverstone, Morris Zwi.
"South Africa through the lens: Social documentary photography", presented by the 'Staffrider' magazine, published by Ravan Press, Johannesburg, 1983
Published
"Staffrider and documentary photography", article by Joyce Ozynski
Published in 'Staffrider' magazine, Vol. 7 No. 3 and 4, 1988
Published
"Politics and Photography in Apartheid South Africa, by David L. Krantz
Published in the journal "History of Photography", Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 32(4), October 2008
Published
"Afrapix Photographers’ Collective and Agency: Fashioning an ‘Image Space’ in Apartheid South Africa", by M. Neelika Jayawardane
Published in "TRIGGER - a platform for research, reflection and debate on all things photographic"
URL: https://fomu.be/trigger/articles/afrapix-photographers-collective-and-agency?fbclid=IwAR0G-Ht7AIpIPlO7gHhggdBQbbFBJ8Qx0j0IP9wxkVb8rDb0Bo0yImidpPk