South Africa Photographers

This country page gathers photographers connected to South Africa and traces how their work relates to Conceptual Art, Photojournalism, and Social Documentary within the history of photography. It is designed as a country-based entry point, linking individual photographers to eras, movements, and nearby figures rather than treating national photography as a closed category.

Basic facts
CountrySouth Africa
Photographers3

Photographers

🇿🇦ZA1940–1990
Ernest Cole
Photojournalism
PhotojournalismSocial Documentary+1

Ernest Cole (1940-1990) was a South African photographer who exposed apartheid from within the system that shaped his own daily life.

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🇿🇦ZA1976–
Pieter Hugo
Portrait
PortraitSocial Photography+1

Pieter Hugo (born 1976 in Johannesburg) is a South African photographic artist based in Cape Town.

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🇿🇦ZA
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Conceptual Art
Conceptual Art

South African photographer and painter born in 1960 in Durban.

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