Ian Berry made his reputation as a photojournalist with his reporting from South Africa. In 1960, he was the only photographer to document the massacre at Sharpeville. His photographs were subsequently used in the trial proving the victim’s innocence…

Ian Berry was born in Lancashire, England. In his early twenties, he moved to South Africa, where Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had assisted Ansel Adams, vouched for him as an immigrant and taught him the technical basics of photography while employing him as an assistant…

Living apart: South Africa under Apartheid, 1960-1986

NATAL TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA, 1994

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