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born 1940 South Africa

Gille de Vlieg (born 26 July 1940) is a South African photographer and anti-apartheid activist. She was born in England and moved to South Africa with her mother when she was 3 years old.

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I wanted to make a contribution to an alternative view of South Africa, a view not seen on the South African TV screen then.

Hiding behind my lens, I began to see more than the brutality of the times – although there was plenty of that. What became most visible was the spirit of the people resisting that brutality.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gille de Vlieg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.