This exhibition presents the vibrant and sophisticated photographic culture that has emerged in post-apartheid South Africa. It features works by some of the most exciting and inventive photographers living and working in South Africa today. The photographs on display respond to the country's powerful rethinking of issues of identity across race, gender, class and politics.

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About the exhibition Figures & Fictions

The work of 17 South African photographers, all of whom live and work in the country and whose images were made bet…

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Figures & Fictions: The photographers

The 17 photographers featured are some of the most exciting and inventive living and working in South Africa today.…

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