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Louise Gubb - is a South African photojournalist noted for her coverage of struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the emergence of democracy under Nelson Mandela. Almost all of Gubb's commissioned work has been international in scope. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Time[1] , Life, Stern, Paris Match, and National Geographic[2] . She currently freelances from Cape Town[3] and is represented by Corbis Saba.
Background
editLouise Gubb studied Philosophy and English at the University of Cape Town. Upon completing her degree in 1968, she traveled through the Middle East and the USA. She then studied Journalism and Photography at Harvard and MIT in the United States from 1976 to 1977. While working for U.S. News and World Report in 1985, Gubb and eight other photojournalists were arrested while covering a mass protest against apartheid in Athlone, a mixed-race Cape Town suburb.[4]
Work
editIn 1972, Gubb worked for the United Nations and a local newspaper in Beirut as a writer and photographer. Between 1977 and 1980, she worked for Associated Press and Gama, covering the war and transition of Rhodesia to Zimbabawe. She then moved to New York, working with the Gamma Liaison photo agency and the United Nations while covering international news stories. In the 1980s, she returned to South Africa to photograph the struggle against apartheid. Gubb has judged the annual South African Ilford Photo Awards multiple times, the Fuji Press photography competitions in South Africa, as well as serving on an international panel of judges identifying candidates for the African Photo Entrepreneur Programme. She was also the assignment editor for "A Day in the Life of Africa" project[5]
Exhibitions
edit- 2002 "Shooting Resistance: South African Photography 1976 - 1994" - Axis Gallery Inc., New York City, NY
Books
edit- Mandela: The Authorized Portrait[6]
- Nelson Mandela: A Life in Photographs[7]
- A Bigger Picture: A Manual of Photojournalism in Southern Africa [8].
- Building Hope (The Carter Center Health Programs in Africa) [9]
- Life Under Democracy[10]
- Women by Women: 50 Years of Women’s Photography in South Africa[11]
- South Africa's Diverse Peoples[12]
References
edit- ^ Carter, Jimmy (20 March 2008). "A Village Woman's Legacy". Time Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "CameraWorks". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Waller, B. (2000). A Bigger Picture: A Manual of Photojournalism in Southern Africa. Juta and Company Ltd.
- ^ "Nine Journalists Arrested With AM-South Africa, Bjt". Associated Press. 28 August 1985. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "A Day in the Life of Africa Photographer Profiles". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Mac Maharaj; Ahmad M. Kathrada (2006). Mandela: The Authorized Portrait. Andrews McMeel Publishing.
- ^ Battersby, John D. (2009). Nelson Mandela: A Life in Photographs. Sterling Publishing Company.
- ^ Waller, B. (2000). A Bigger Picture: A Manual of Photojournalism in Southern Africa. Juta and Company Ltd.
- ^ Park, Hannah (2007). Building Hope (The Carter Center Health Programs in Africa). The Carter Center.
- ^ Yudelman, Dale (2013). Life Under Democracy. Jacana Media. ISBN 978-1-4314-0613-5.
- ^ George Hallett; Neo Ntsoma; Robin Comley (2006). Women by Women: 50 Years of Women's Photography in South Africa. Wits University Press.
- ^ Sally Frankental; Owen B. Sichone (2005). South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO.