Then and Now
Paul Weinberg
Highveld Press, 2008
ISBN 978-0-620-4232-74
Initiated and curated by Paul Weinberg, Then and Now is a major project featuring the work of eight South African photographers whose careers have straddled South Africa’s transition to democracy. The other contributors are David Goldblatt, George Hallett, Eric Miller, Cedric Nunn, Guy Tillim, Graeme Williams and Gisele Wulfsohn. Most were members of the of Afrapix and part of the anti-apartheid collective photographic movement of the 1980’s.
“The anthology is a also a reunion of a community of photographers who have known each for many years and were all associated with a particular photographic movement in the turbulent 1980s and early 1990s. Then and Now is a journey shared by of all of us who have recorded, observed and lived through those extraordinary times.”
“In essence, Then & Now is a dialogue with photographers who have photographed and continue to photograph in two distinct periods in our history: during and after apartheid. The participating photographers were asked to select ten images taken before and after apartheid, which they felt exemplified their work during in those very different periods.”
“They were also interviewed about their work, and their approach to photography, during those periods. The various narratives are a product of that process of interaction, and develop on several levels: photographically, intellectually and personally.”
“This anthology is also a reunion of a community of photographers who have known each other for many years, and were all associated with a particular photographic movement in the turbulent 1980s and early 1990s. In a way, Then & Now is a journey shared by all of us who have recorded, observed and lived through those extraordinary times.”
