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Zwelethu Mthethwa’s Photographs of Black Africa

Philip Gefter on Zwelethu Mthethwa's major new exhibit, and its racial context in African photography.

Published Jul. 28 2010 6:35AM EDT

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-1_pbztza — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-1_ccbz4z — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-2_rzxn27 — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-3_t8lwuc — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-4_nltaiw — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-5_ygpuac — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-6_d8w8hq — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-7_oymm2u — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-8_smiw9t — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Studio Museum of Harlem and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-9_claqzc — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-10_hdgp0t — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-11_excmtw — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

galleries/2010/07/28/zwelethu-mthethwa/zwelethu---image-12_vyljmu — Zwelethu Mthethwa / Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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