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This limited offer includes Amien Hendricks at the seven steps, District Six. 1981 by Sue Williamson and Tshililo (right) and her friends share a one-roomed apartment in Cape Agulhas, Esselen Street, Hillbrow by Guy Tillim
Sue Williamson, Amien Hendricks at the seven steps, District Six. 1981
Pigment inks on archival cotton paper
50 x 67.5 cm
Edition of 60
Sue Williamson (b. 1941) is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Williamson occupies an influential and highly respected position in the South African art world, not only for her formidable artistic talent but also for her long history as a writer and cultural worker.
Amien Hendricks at the seven steps, District Six. 1981 forms part of Williamson’s documentation of the destruction of District Six in the 1980’s. Hendricks, a carpenter who was one of the last people to be forcibly removed from the area, is captured in pensive mood at the steps, which used to act as a popular meeting place.
Guy Tillim, Tshililo (right) and her friends share a one-roomed apartment in Cape Agulhas, Esselen Street, Hillbrow
Pigment inks on archival cotton rag paper
Image: 35.3 x 52.4 cm
Paper: 42 x 59.4 cm
Edition of 60
Guy Tillim (b. 1962) is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
For his brilliantly observed studies of the life of the often beleaguered residents of Hillbrow, Johannesburg in their decaying and overcrowded environment, Guy won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2005, awarded by the Leica Camera Group in collaboration with Rencontres de la Photographie festival held in Arles, France.
