Research Catalog

Title

Photographs of South Africa / Ansell Horn.

Author

Horn, Ansell

Publication

[1987?]-1994.

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Details

Description

• 67 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 21 x 26 cm
• 61 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 6 photographic prints : Ilfochrome, color ;

Summary

Depictions of South Africa under apartheid, 1973 to 1985, and during the country's first free election, 1994, consisting of candid shots and views of black township residents; black laborers, service workers and domestic help; young children, mainly school children; white residents in their daily routines; political campaign workers and supporters; voters and poll workers at polling stations; and election celebrations. Also depicted are views of living and social conditions in Soweto township, notably the area Pimville (1973), and Orange Farm township (1994). Depictions of the 1994 election consist mainly of views of African National Congress (ANC) supporters; black, white and Asian citizens lining up or casting their votes at polling stations, and views of ANC supporters celebrating their party's victory. Also depicted are ANC leader Nelson Mandela, Mandela's daughter, Zinzi, and ANC President Oliver Tambo in the Hague, Netherlands.

Subject

• Black people > South Africa
• Apartheid > South Africa
• Economic & social conditions > South Africa > Soweto > 1970-1989
• Economic & social conditions > South Africa > Johannesburg > 1980-1989
• Anti-apartheid movements > South Africa
• Presidential elections > South Africa > 1990-1999
• Political participation > South Africa
• Voting > South Africa > 1990-1999
• South Africa
• Orange Farm (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1980-1999.
• Group portraits – 1980-1999.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1999.
• Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.

Note

• Title based on captions.
• All photographs bear photographer's signature on verso. Some photographs bear handwritten captions on verso.
• Images captured between 1973 to 1985 were printed later, approximately 1987.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Ansell Horn is a South African-born photographer who documented life in South Africa under apartheid and during the country's first free elections, from the 1970s to the mid-1990s. He is currently living in the United States.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Horn, A.)

OCLC

1281673671

Author

Horn, Ansell, photographer.

Title

Photographs of South Africa / Ansell Horn.

Production

[1987?]-1994.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Ansell Horn is a South African-born photographer who documented life in South Africa under apartheid and during the country's first free elections, from the 1970s to the mid-1990s. He is currently living in the United States.

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Sc Photo Portfolio (Horn, A.)