Figures & Fictions; Contemporary South African Photography is the first UK exhibition of South African photography undertaken during the last ten years.
Under National Party rule (1948-94) and the implementation of Apartheid, photography was used by the State to manage racial classification. But it also served to document resistance and record the lives of those subjected to racial laws and social segregation.
This vibrant work of 17 South African photographers address that history. Through their images they challenge the country's rethinking of issues of identity across race, gender, class and politics.
All the photographers question what it is to be human at this time in South Africa.
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Figures & Fictions; Contemporary South African Photography showing at the V & A London until 17 July.
Elise Godsell
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