{"product_id":"life-itself-simon-a-clarke-9781836390428","title":"Life Itself: Photography and South Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive and beautiful survey of South African photography.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From colonialism to democracy, \u003ci\u003eLife Itself\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of South Africa's photographic history. Featuring images from the heyday of \u003ci\u003eDrum \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and Black emergence to Peter Magubane's Soweto uprising pictures, David Goldblatt's\u003ci\u003e In Boksburg\u003c\/i\u003e to the photographers' collective \u003ci\u003eAfrapix \u003c\/i\u003eand the struggles for freedom, this book concludes with post-apartheid documentary and art photography in the work of Andrew Tshabangu, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, and others. \u003ci\u003eLife Itself\u003c\/i\u003e helps to fill a gap in our understanding of the role of the camera in South African society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon a. Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836390424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836390428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Simon a. Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489646170367,"sku":"9781836390428","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8392c9d5-7148-42b1-bdc9-4c4f03103e04.jpg?v=1736954158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-itself-simon-a-clarke-9781836390428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}