
23rd Player, White City, Jabavu
Catalogue
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Santu Mofokeng
Artist

Photography
Santu Mofokeng was a South African photographer whose work documented the social and political landscape of apartheid-era South Africa and its aftermath. Working primarily in black and white, he created sustained bodies of work that examined township life, migration, and the texture of everyday experience under structural violence. His photographs are characterized by formal precision and an unflinching attention to human dignity within constrained circumstances. Mofokeng's practice bridged documentary photography and fine art, establishing him as a central figure in contemporary South African visual culture.
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Record
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- Santu Mofokeng
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-UNK-028483
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





