“In essence, Then & Now is a dialogue with photographers who have photographed and continue to photograph in two distinct periods in our history: during and after apartheid. The participating photographers were asked to select ten images taken before and after apartheid, which they felt exemplified their work during in those very different periods.”
The collection has been exhibited in all the major South African centres, and has travelled in the United States, Europe and Australia.
Besides the exhibition, the project comprises a video documentary featuring interviews with the contributors, and a book featuring the entire collection of photographs, a critical essay, and extracts from the interviews.
It is managed by the Centre for Curating the Archive in the Michaelis School of Fine Art of the University of Cape Town, and funded by the Conference, Workshop and Cultural Initiative (CWCI) Fund, a partnership programme between South Africa and the European Union; and the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University in the United States.
