Artworks · Santu Mofokeng

Church of God, Motouleng Cave, Clarens

1996 · Gelatin silver print

57.3 × 38.3 cm (22 9/16 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 51 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pilgrims, DIkgorong, Motouleng, Clarens

1996 · Gelatin silver print

57.3 × 38.2 cm (22 9/16 × 15 1/16 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 51 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shebeen, Sewefontein

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.2 × 24.9 cm (14 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 40 × 30.3 cm (15 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Riding Staff, Johannesburg - Soweto Line

1986 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 25 × 19.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 24 cm (12 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Supplication, Johannesburg - Soweto Line

1986 · Gelatin silver print

25 × 19.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Opening Song, Hand Clapping and Bells from the series Train Church

1986 · Gelatin silver print

11 7/8 × 17 11/16" (30.2 × 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscapes - South Beach, Durban

Gelatin silver print

57 × 38.1 cm (22 1/2 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ray Phiri, leader of Stimela Music band at Shareworld, near Soweto

Gelatin silver print; edition 1/5

Image: 45.2 × 30.2 cm (17 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.); paper: 50.5 × 40.7 cm (19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Outside East London, Eastern Cape

Gelatin silver print

Image: 46.1 × 31.3 cm (18 3/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 41.8 cm (20 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Zion Christian Apostolic Church Service on the Melville Koppies, Johannesburg

Gelatin silver print

57 × 38.1 cm (22 1/2 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gully or Sewer in Urban Vente Cartre, Kinshasa

Gelatin silver print

45.2 × 30.2 cm (17 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sani Pass, South Africa / Lesotho Border

Gelatin silver print

57.3 × 38.2 cm (22 9/16 × 15 1/16 in.); Sheet: 60.7 × 51 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Concentration Camp Graves, Brandfort

Gelatin silver print

38.2 × 57.2 cm (15 1/16 × 22 9/16 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.9 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elias (b. 1965) and Francinah (b. 1968) both deceased. Their home is left to the 4 children in Shiluvane, Tzaneen, three of whom are sitting in the front room/Dorah and Athalia who are sitting in the Front Room

Gelatin silver print

Image: 45.3 × 30.3 cm (17 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 30.3 cm (19 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscapes - Mpumalanga

Gelatin silver print

56.9 × 38.1 cm (22 7/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Katse Dam, Lesotho

Gelatin silver print

57.1 × 38 cm (22 1/2 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.7 × 50.9 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mkansi household, bedroom with graffiti and the clothes of their late parents

Gelatin silver print

29 × 18.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 23.9 cm (12 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nkuna’s Fortune Puzzle, Darragh House

Gelatin silver print

Image: 45 × 30 cm (17 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 40.7 cm (19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Politics - Ribiero Funeral, Mamelodi

Gelatin silver print

Image: 29.1 × 19 cm (11 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.9 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trauma - Auschwitz

Gelatin silver print

56.9 × 38 cm (22 7/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lake once filled with the ashes of the cremated, KZ2, Auschwitz

Gelatin silver print

57 × 38.1 cm (22 1/2 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forbidden City, China

Gelatin silver print

45 × 30.2 cm (17 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Johannesburg

Gelatin silver print

23.9 × 30.5 cm (9 7/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Sheet: 25.3 × 19.6 cm (10 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Appropriated Spaces - Clothes hung on a tree overlooking the place of worship, Westdene, Johannesburg

Gelatin silver print

Image: 45 × 30.2 cm (17 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Street Fight, Dukathole

Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.2 × 24.6 cm (14 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 40.4 × 30 cm (15 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dukathole - Dukathole, Old Germiston Location

Gelatin silver print

29 × 19 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.9 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Street Blockade, Merafe

Gelatin silver print

57.1 × 38.3 cm (22 1/2 × 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 60.7 × 51 cm (23 15/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dukathole - Dukathole, Old Germiston Location

Gelatin silver print

29 × 19 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 23.9 cm (12 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Train Church - Johannesburg-Soweto Line

Gelatin silver print

45 × 30.2 cm (17 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.5 cm (20 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Riding Staff, Johannesburg - Soweto Line

Gelatin silver print

Image: 37.4 × 25 cm (14 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seipobe’s photographic studio, Bloemfontein

Gelatin silver print

28.4 × 19.1 cm (11 3/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 24 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Soweto

Gelatin silver print

29 × 18.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.9 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Soweto

Gelatin silver print

56.9 × 38.1 cm (22 7/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boitumelong Township, Bloemhof

Gelatin silver print

45.3 × 30 cm (17 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 50.6 × 40.7 cm (19 15/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Robben Island as You've Never Seen It Before

Gelatin silver print

56.9 × 38.1 cm (22 7/16 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.7 cm (23 15/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

23rd Player, White City, Jabavu

Gelatin silver print

57.2 × 37.7 cm (22 9/16 × 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 60.8 × 50.5 cm (23 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs Nhlapo, Rockville, Soweto

Gelatin silver print

28.4 × 19.2 cm (11 3/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 24 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicken Farm Shebeen, Rockville

Gelatin silver print

28.4 × 19.2 cm (11 3/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 24 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Easter Sunday Church Service

Gelatin silver print

58.7 × 39.2 cm (23 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.); Sheet: 61.1 × 50.8 cm (24 1/16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Funeral - Vaalrand Farm, Bloemhof

Gelatin silver print

45 × 30.2 cm (17 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Labour Tenancies - Mielie Harvest, Vaalrand Farm

Gelatin silver print

Image: 29 × 19 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.5 × 23.9 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Labour Tenancies - Shebeen, Bloemhof

Gelatin silver print

Image: 29 × 18.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 23.9 cm (12 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

27 April 1994 - Bloemhof Farm School

Gelatin silver print

29 × 19 cm (11 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 23.9 cm (12 × 9 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pensioners en route, Bloemhof

Gelatin silver print

56.8 × 38 cm (22 3/8 × 15 in.); Sheet: 60.5 × 50.7 cm (23 7/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Labour Tenancies - Vaalrand Farm

Gelatin silver print

45 × 30.1 cm (17 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 40.4 cm (20 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Raflaga Matau, Bapong

Gelatin silver print

28.5 × 19 cm (11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 24 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oupa Seki's Grand daughters, Bloemhof

Gelatin silver print

28.4 × 19.1 cm (11 3/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 30.2 × 24 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago