Ernest Cole (b. 1940 d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1990) was a South African photographer. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera.
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Overview
Ernest Cole was born in Eersterust in Pretoria. Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa.
He left school early and became an unskilled labourer. His break came when he was employed by a Chinese studio photographer as his assistant. Here he picked up the basics of photography and obtained an old reflex camera.
In 1958 Cole applied for a job with Drum magazine. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Drum is a South African family magazine mainly aimed at Black readers and contains market news entertainment and feature articles Jürgen Schadeberg, the chief photographer employed him as his assistant. Jürgen Schadeberg (born 1931) is a South African Photographer and Artist. Cole also started a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Photography. The International Center of Photography is a photography museum school and research center located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City ( United With their support, he decided on a project which entailed recording the evils and social effects of apartheid.
He then worked at the Bantu World newspaper (later renamed The World - now The Sowetan) where he continued his career as a photographer. The World, originally named The Bantu World, was the Johannesburg black daily newspaper which published photographer Sam Nzima's iconic image of Hector Pieterson The Sowetan is an English language, South African newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle newspaper and was freely distributed In the early 1960s, he started to freelance for clients such as Drum, the Rand Daily Mail, The World and the Sunday Express. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Rand Daily Mail was a Johannesburg daily newspaper with an anti-apartheid bias that broke the news about the apartheid state's disinformation funding scandal in This made him South Africa’s first black freelance photographer. [1]
Seeking to leave South Africa, he became re-classified as a Coloured. In the South African Namibian Zambian Botswanan and Zimbabwean context the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense As a result, he was able to leave for New York in 1966. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. He took his apartheid project prints with him. These he showed to Magnum Photos. Magnum Photos is an international photographic Cooperative owned by its Photographer -members with offices located in New York, Paris This resulted in a publishing deal with the publishing rights owned by Random House. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher The book, House of Bondage, was banned in South Africa.
In the book, Cole writes: "Three-hundred years of white supremacy in South Africa has placed us in bondage, stripped us of our dignity, robbed us of our self-esteem and surrounded us with hate. " [2]
Later he received a grant from the Ford Foundation for another book, A study of the Negro family in the rural South and the Negro family in the urban ghetto. The Ford Foundation is a Private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by This was never published although he did take a number of photographs. [1]
Cole then moved to Sweden where he took up film making. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The apartheid photos he had taken were used extensively by the ANC in their various publications. The African National Congress (ANC has been South Africa 's governing party supported by its Tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions
He died in New York in 1990. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Books
- House of Bondage, Random House, 1967, ISBN 0-39-442935-4
Documentaries
- 2006 - Ernest Cole – Video - 52 min
"This is the story of the first black photojournalist to challenge South Africa’s apartheid system. Risking imprisonment, Ernest Cole dedicated his life to showing the world the injustices and exploitation of segregation. But he paid a heavy price for his work and ended up dying in exile. " Journeyman Pictures
Selected group exhibitions
- Photo-journalism exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London [3]
- Life Under Apartheid at the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg [4]
- 2001 - Soweto – A South African Myth - Photographs from the 1950s (by Alf Khumalo, Ernest Cole and Jürgen Schadeberg). The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection The Castle of Good Hope is a Star fort which was built on the original coastline of Table Bay and now because of Land reclamation, seems nearer the centre Tate is the United Kingdom 's national museum of British and Modern Art and is a network of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain (opened in The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Alfred Khumalo (born 1930 (better known as Alf Khumalo) (also spelled Kumalo) is a South African Photographer. Jürgen Schadeberg (born 1931) is a South African Photographer and Artist. The core of the exhibition is the student uprising of 1976. The Soweto uprising or Soweto Riots were a series of clashes in Soweto, South Africa on June 16 1976 between black youths and the South African Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This includes some of Peter Magubane's work. Peter Magubane (born 1932 is a South African Photographer. Overview He was born in Vrededorp now Pageview, a suburb in Johannesburg
References
- ^ a b "Ernest Cole", SA History. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire
- ^ Ernest Cole,. House of Bondage. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-39-442935-4.
- ^ "Photographers in This Display", Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- ^ "Exhibitions", Apartheid Museum. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- ^ "African Photography 1840-1998", The Castle. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
- ^ "Colour this Whites Only", Tate Britain. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.