UPDATED: The blogs have rightly been outraged at a white couple, “Dave and Chantal,” who decided on a “colonial” (and Apartheid) theme at their wedding in South Africa complete with an all-black waiter staff in red fezes. Like it was a scene out of the film “Out of Africa.” (Turns out the happy couple asked […]
It’s okay to show photographs of black men in their underwear with the implication that they are criminal. That they live in a single sex men’s hostel built under Apartheid for black migrant workers, has a much to do with it. No identification or context necessary in the caption. We normally associate this with journalists […]
OK My Club, an invention of Chinese artist Xu Zhen exists to “beat up” political figures such as US President George W. Bush, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The work is a mix of photography, trickery and performance. The title of the work above is “www.okmyclub.com fought Annan […]
The Sartorialist goes to Johannesburg, and likes what he sees
Scott Schuman, better known for his blog The Sartorialist and as a street style photographer, took some heat after accepting an invitation to Fashion Week Africa in Johannesburg and being underwhelmed by what he saw. Instead he took pictures of South Africans on the street. “Johannesburg,” he said, “reminds me of a lot of cities, […]