Jürgen Schadeberg, Whose Photos Chronicled Apartheid, Dies at 89

August 31, 2020 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography

 

Nelson Mandela revisits his cell on Robben Island, 1994
                 ©Jurgen Schadeberg: Nelson Mandela's return to his Cell on Robben Island 1994


The New York Times

Jürgen Schadeberg, a German-born photographer who survived the turmoil of wartime Berlin, then emigrated to South Africa, creating some of the most potent and enduring images of Nelson Mandela and chronicling the increasingly violent imposition of apartheid on Black lives, died on Saturday at his home in La Drova, Spain. He was 89.

Independent Online

Jürgen Schadeberg, the photographer who took the iconic picture of former president Nelson Mandela looking through the bars of his cell on Robben Island, has died. He was 89 years old.

The Citizen

With a large body of work and critical acclaim internationally, Schadeberg will be most remembered by younger generations for his famous photograph of Nelson Mandela looking through the bars of his Robben Island prison cell.

Arts 24

The things we will remember about Jürgen Schadeberg


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