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born 1970 South Africa

Ian van Coller (born 1970) is South African American visual artist and academic. He has been a professor of photography at Montana State University since 2006.

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I would say that my history growing up has made me care about social and environmental justice.

I want to provide some kind of artistic record of these things that will someday be gone.

The oral histories, as superficial as they are, give that snapshot of life as a domestic worker and the implications of leaving your family behind. The legacy of apartheid still exists.

What I want people to hopefully get out of this show is the portrayal of these woman as heroic figures, and understand that the work they do is highly valued.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ian van Coller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.