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Black and white photograph of man in vest and shorts with hunting gear and bow and arrow

R6105/4 Photograph ‘#1’

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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 Read More …

CategoriesExplore Art and PhotographyTagsLiebenberg, Namibia, Photography

Black and white photograph of man with tailcoats and briefcase

R6105/3 Photograph ‘#19’

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This photo shows a smartly dressed man wearing a tailcoat with a briefcase. It was taken at the Okombone compound in Namibia where migrant workers were housed. He is probably a salesman who has come to sell clothes to the workers. This work is from the series ‘Weekends at the Okombone’ by John Liebenberg, a Read More …

CategoriesExplore Art and PhotographyTagsLiebenberg, Namibia, Photography

Black and white photograph of man wearing a hat, open striped shirt and two watches

R6105/2 Photograph ‘#3’

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This photograph shows a man wearing a hat, an open striped shirt and two watches. He is a migrant worker at the Okombone compound in Namibia. This work is from the series ‘Weekends at the Okombone’ by John Liebenberg, a South African photojournalist who worked in Namibia in the 1980s. Black and white photographic print Read More …

CategoriesExplore Art and PhotographyTagsLiebenberg, Namibia, Photography

Black and white photograph of two women and three men outside a café

R6105/1 Photograph ‘Sunday Afternoon at the Love Café’

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This photograph shows two women wearing fashionable outfits, standing the the doorway of a cafe, with three men in the background. John Liebenberg was a South African photojournalist who worked in Namibia. This work is from the series ‘Bush of Ghosts’ and was taken when he worked for the publication ‘The Namibian’ in the 1980s. Read More …

CategoriesExplore Art and PhotographyTagsLiebenberg, Namibia, Photography

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