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Gideon Mendel, (b. South Africa, 1959) (Taken during conflict in KTC Squatter Camp)Signed and
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Gideon Mendel, (b. South Africa, 1959) (Taken during conflict in KTC Squatter Camp)
Signed and dated 1986 (verso) Vintage silver fibre photographic print 30cm x 41cm (11.8 x 16.1in)
Framed and Glazed
Born in Johannesburg in 1959, Gideon Mendel studied psychology and African history at the University of Cape Town. Following his studies he became a photographer, dedicated to documenting change and conflict in South Africa in the lead-up to Nelson Mandela`s release from prison.
In 1990 he moved to London, shortly after which Mendel began photographing the impact of AIDS in Africa. His work on this issue has been widely recognised over the past twenty years. He has won six World Press Photo Awards, first prize in the American Pictures of the Year competition, a Canon Photo Essayist Award, the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography and the Amnesty International Media Award for Photojournalism. Recent exhibitions include: Rise and Fall of Apartheid, curated by Okwui Enwezor at the International Center of Photography, New York (Sept 2012-Jan 2013); Haus der Kunst, Munich (Feb-May 2013), and touring. His project, `Drowning World`, about the impact of flooding on individual lives was part of the ICP Triennial in New York (May-Sept 2013) and also a solo exhibition at Tiwani Contemporary in London (June-July 2013).
In the week leading up to making this image, Gideon Mendel was witnessing increasing levels of violence in KTC and Crossroads Squatter Camps. He took this photograph very early in the morning, having sneaked passed police roadblocks to an area of complete devastation; a wasteland of destroyed shacks and possessions, torched the previous day.There he found a woman trying to recover what she could from the ruins of her shack, he captured the image of her leaving the site carrying sheets of corrugated iron with her. Shortly after these events the government declared an Emergency making all photography of political violence and conflict illegal. From the collection of Gideon Mendel, U.K. Click here to view Catalogue
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Gideon Mendel, (b. South Africa, 1959) (Taken during conflict in KTC Squatter Camp)
Signed and dated 1986 (verso) Vintage silver fibre photographic print 30cm x 41cm (11.8 x 16.1in)
Framed and Glazed
Born in Johannesburg in 1959, Gideon Mendel studied psychology and African history at the University of Cape Town. Following his studies he became a photographer, dedicated to documenting change and conflict in South Africa in the lead-up to Nelson Mandela`s release from prison.
In 1990 he moved to London, shortly after which Mendel began photographing the impact of AIDS in Africa. His work on this issue has been widely recognised over the past twenty years. He has won six World Press Photo Awards, first prize in the American Pictures of the Year competition, a Canon Photo Essayist Award, the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography and the Amnesty International Media Award for Photojournalism. Recent exhibitions include: Rise and Fall of Apartheid, curated by Okwui Enwezor at the International Center of Photography, New York (Sept 2012-Jan 2013); Haus der Kunst, Munich (Feb-May 2013), and touring. His project, `Drowning World`, about the impact of flooding on individual lives was part of the ICP Triennial in New York (May-Sept 2013) and also a solo exhibition at Tiwani Contemporary in London (June-July 2013).
In the week leading up to making this image, Gideon Mendel was witnessing increasing levels of violence in KTC and Crossroads Squatter Camps. He took this photograph very early in the morning, having sneaked passed police roadblocks to an area of complete devastation; a wasteland of destroyed shacks and possessions, torched the previous day.There he found a woman trying to recover what she could from the ruins of her shack, he captured the image of her leaving the site carrying sheets of corrugated iron with her. Shortly after these events the government declared an Emergency making all photography of political violence and conflict illegal. From the collection of Gideon Mendel, U.K. Click here to view Catalogue
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Specialist in charge: Ed Cross
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Absentee Bidding Now Open - Please register to bid
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