Photo Synthesis

Photo SynthesisFrom the foreword: "PhotoSynthesis' is the third major national project that has originated at the SANG. In 1990 sixteen eminent photographers were invited to submit project proposals of their own choice. An amount of R8 000,00 was allocated for a single commission, but the submissions were of such an excellent and interesting nature that R40 000,00 was raised from the Foundation for the Creative Arts (FCA) to add another five projects. The FCA also

selected collaborative artworks

in a place

and Warhol to Pierneef and take a refreshing look at these pivotal references from a woman’s perspective

tenderness

Gabrielle Guy’s postcards offer a series of lyrical scenes and abstractions

he lived and worked in Cape Town

Kapwani Kiwanga lives and works in Paris

Part 4 offers a lyrical pairing of scenes and abstractions

Johannesburg-based American photographer and painter Roger Ballen (born 1950) has developed a distinctively dark and eerie style – characterized by a simple square format and stark black and white – to create images of the South African social landscape and portraits of surreal vignettes

both on a political and spiritual level

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” For 2021