Peter Magubane 'still loves taking photos' but now his 'favourite subject is sunsets'

Legendary photographer Peter Magubane is focusing on a different subject these days after decades of being on the frontlines of SA’s battle against white supremacy, writes Sarah Hudleston

02 May 2021 - 00:00 By Sarah Hudleston

I grew up to the north of the Limpopo River, in something of a pink bubble in which all was right with the world. But when I was 11, that changed. In our school library I came across a Time Life photographic book and within a couple of minutes my innocence was stripped from me...

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