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Unpacking the privilege of life as a white South African

Un/Settled — As a child of the post-apartheid generation, photographer Sydelle Willow Smith has found that her relationship with home poses more questions than answers.

  • Photography
  • Sydelle Willow Smith

Weird, wild and wonderful shots of everyday Cape Town

The Travel Diary — In his ongoing photography project, Hometown Blues, Duran Levinson fuses portraiture and street shots to capture the day-to-day oddities of his hometown.

  • Travel
  • Duran Levinson

A portrait of life in South Africa’s ‘white-only’ squats

On the fringes — In a new project, photographer Phil Kneen heads to the outskirts of Pretoria and Johannesburg to capture the regions’ poverty-stricken townships and communities.

  • Photography
  • Phil Kneen

David Goldblatt’s monochrome portraits of South Africa

Frozen in time — The photographer’s black and white shots of life around the South African apartheid have been collated for new book, Structures of Dominion and Democracy.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Biker Sam Reynolds shares his guide to the Western Cape

Lost in Stellenbosch — From treacherous hikes to sun-soaked vineyards, professional mountain biker Sam Reynolds gives us a tour of his favourite South African spots.

  • Travel
  • Daryl Mersom

Inside the ghostly hotel that symbolises South Africa's past

From decadence to decay — Celebrities, politics, murder... Johannesburg's Carlton Hotel has seen it all. But as two artists sneak into its now-abandoned halls, taking pictures as they go, the emptiness speaks volumes.

  • Photography
  • Cian Traynor

How Zanele Muholi used photography to confront her trauma

Hail the Dark Lioness — The South African photographer places herself centre stage in Hail the Dark Lioness, drawing on experiences of homophobia and hate crimes that impact her own community.

  • Magazine
  • Zanele Muholi, as told to Alex King

Portraits of life, death and desolation on the Western Cape

Enter Exit — Before his death in 2013, Pierre Crocquet captured thousands of scenes across Africa. In the series Enter Exit, he explores the remote, isolated community of Karatara, illustrating tales of hardship with a warmth and wicked humour.

  • Photography
  • Mischa Frankl-Duval

Life in the shadow of South Africa’s gold mines

Chasing El Dorado — In a new exhibition, photographer Marc Shoul examines the contrasting fortunes of those living in the country’s places of gold.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

The photographer pushing beyond violent cliches in post-apartheid Cape Town

Life on The Flats — Photographer Charlie Shoemaker has found a second home in a suburb of Cape Town where highs and lows are seldom captured in a balanced way.

  • Photography
  • Charlie Shoemaker

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