Taxi-004: Santu Mofokeng

by Santu Mofokeng, Sam Radithlalo

Text by Santu Mofokeng and Sam Raditlhalo; softcover; 96 pages; 48 pages of duotones; with French and Dutch translations; David Krut Publishing 2001.ISBN 0 62027949 4 Santu Mofokeng was born in 1956 in Johannesburg. He began his photographic career informally as a street photographer in Soweto, and in the early 1980’s set out to pursue photography in earnest, mostly through documentary coverage of political activity. Having won several awards and staged numerous exhibitions in the interim, Mofokeng has become one of South Africa’s foremost photographers – one whose work re-situates the role of the medium in the country’s history. Engaging subjects as visually diverse as religious ritual, black middle-class identities, and the signifying potential of landscape, he upsets the comfort zones of racial and cultural memory, always foregrounding the ideological role of representation. Based in Johannesburg, Mofokeng works as a freelance curator, writer, researcher and photographer.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001