South African Photographers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: Abrie Fourie, Alf Khumalo, Ambrose Lomax, Andrzej Sawa, Arthur Elliott, Austin Stevens, Bob Gosani, Caroline Gibello, Colla Swart, David Goldblatt, David Lurie, Ernest Cole, Guy Tillim, Hasan and Husain Essop, James Chapman (explorer), Jürgen Schadeberg, Kevin Carter, Michael Meyersfeld, Nandipha Mntambo, Obie Oberholzer, Omar Badsha, Paul Yule, Peter Magubane, Pieter Hugo, Richardt Strydom, Sam Haskins, Sam Nzima, Steve Bloom, Zanele Muholi, Zwelethu Mthethwa. Excerpt: Sam Haskins, born Samuel Joseph Haskins (born 11 November 1926, died 26 November 2009), was a British photographer, born and raised in South Africa. He started his photographic career in Johannesburg and moved to London in 1968. Haskins is best known for his contribution to nude photography, in-camera image montage, and his books, the most influential of which were Cowboy Kate (1965) and Haskins Posters (1973). He suffered a stroke on 19 September 2009, the opening day of his exhibition to launch 'Fashion Etcetera' at Milk Gallery in New York and died at home in Bowral, Australia, nine weeks later. Sam Haskins was born in Kroonstad in the province of the Orange Free State of South Africa. His father Ben was a goods inspector on South African Railways. Early creative influences were fueled by an interest in magic tricks, kite making, drawing and the circus. A talented athlete, as a teenager Sam excelled at hurdling and trained with a circus, resulting in a job offer as a trapeze catcher. Formal higher education was at the Johannesburg Technical College, 1945 to 1948, where he did a general arts course followed by a part-time photographic module. Between 1949 and 1951 he studied at the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts in Bolt Court, later renamed the London College of Printing and now known as the London College of Communication. Sam Haskins married Alida Elzabe van Heerden in 1952 and they have two sons; Ludwig (4 August 1955) and Konrad (1963). They adopted a daughter, Heidi. She passed away as an infant. Alida gave up a career in fashion soon after their marriage to become Sam's business partner. She played a key role in the launch of his career by acting as a publishing agent for Five Girls when Sam was still an unknown photographer. She continued to negotiate worldwide publication of all subsequent Haskins books. Haskins started his career as an advertising photographer in Johannesburg in 1953. He ran what was probably the first modern freelance adverti