'Rise and Fall of Apartheid. Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life' by Okwui Enwezor (ed.)

Winner of the German Photo Book Award 2014 in the category 'Photo Story'!

"The history of apartheid in South Africa - a comprehensive exploration of origins, development and decline - photographers such as Eli WEINBERG, Alf KHUMALO, David GOLDBLATT, Peter MAGUBANE, Ian BERRY and others played a vital role in the documentation of apartheid.

Her pictures show how the system permeated the most everyday aspects of South African life, from living through public facilities and transport to education, tourism, religion and commerce.

Chronologically constructed, the present volume connects 'Rise and Fall of Apartheid'. Photography and knowledgeable texts work together to explore the crucial aspects of apartheid, such as institutionalization through the legal system, growing resistance in the 1950s, the radicalization of the anti-apartheid movement, and Mandela's return ,

Detailed and extensively researched, presents' Rise and Fall of Apartheid. Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life 'impressive photo material from more than 60 years, and thus becomes an important part of the historical documentation of South Africa." (publishing text, © Prestel, 2013)