Tamar Garb
Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography.
Göttingen/London: Steidl/V&A Publishing, 2011. First edition. 9783869302669 312 pages.
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.75" x 12.25", is bound in gray paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book is new. Dust jacket shows very light shelfwear and is preserved in mylar cover.
Work published on the occasion of the exhibition organized and shown at the Porter Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from April 12 to July 17, 2011.
Presents images, with a focus on figural photography, produced between 2000 and 2010 by 17 South African photographers: David Goldblatt, Santu Mofokeng, Guy Tillim, Pieter Hugo, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Berni Searle, Jodi Bieber, Terry Kurgan, Zanele Muholi, Hasan and Husain Essop, Roelof van Wyk, Graeme Williams, Kudzanai Chiurai, Sabelo Mlangeni, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, and Nontsikelelo Veleko. This catalogue contains biographical data of the artists represented.