The eye of the beholder
Thirty years ago, fresh from covering Rwanda’s genocide, Fanie Jason found himself in another hotspot in Thokoza. Bongani Madondo revisits a specific photograph the lensman took
28 July 2024 - 00:00
Often, we are called on to project meaning onto a work of art — in this instance, a work of reportage. However, I’m not interested in the proverbial more than a thousand words tale, and neither am I overly invested in a theoretical reading of Fanie Jason’s photograph we should refer to as “Red/Yet Invisible”...
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