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Andrew Tshabangu Quotes

born 1966 South Africa

Andrew Tshabangu (born 28 November 1966) is a South African photographer born in Dube, Soweto. He is known for his black-and-white social documentary photographic work which was shown in a largescale retrospective entitled Footprints at Standard Bank Gallery from February to April 2017, and which was accompanied by a book publication.

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Even if it varies, the subject matter is interrelated, but of course the gaze might be different. In terms of aesthetics, there is an evident relation, but the streets are my studio.

I am interested in the ordinary of everyday life. I like to capture images that we tend not to pay attention to.

“This is not done intentionally, when I was studying we were taught in classical ways and I found that boring, hence my experimenting with different angles in photography.”

When I started photography, it was during the height of the violence in this country. The images that were being published in mainstream media were violent ones.

Remember when you were young and you had pen pals? I tell my students to imagine they have a pen pal in Kenya, and they need to tell them what South Africa is like using only images.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Andrew Tshabangu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.