Violence after Funeral of Mputa Ngubeni - a Six Year Old Killed by a Police Rubber Bullet
1985 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 24 × 35.5 cm (9 1/2 × 14 in.); Paper: 30.2 × 40.4 cm (11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Gideon Mendel
1959
WA-00044042
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gideon Mendel is a South African photographer, based in London. His work engages with contemporary social issues of global concern. It was his work as a 'struggle photographer' during the final years of apartheid in the 1980s that first brought attention to his work.
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