#1 by John Liebenberg (Museum Accession Number R6105/4) Image copyright: John Arthur Liebenberg
This photo shows a man wearing a vest and shorts with work tools and hunting gear including a bow and arrow. He is a migrant worker at the Okombone compound in Namibia. The work is from John Liebenberg’s series ‘Weekends at the Okombone’. Liebenberg was a South African photojournalist known for documenting war and protest in Southern Africa. Black and white photographic print on fiber base paper, collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project.
Creator: John Liebenberg
Title: #1
Place: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
Date: 1984