Then & Now - Eight South African Photographers

An exhibition of 160 photographs mounted in 5 venues at Duke University. South African photographer Paul Weinberg conceived and curated Then & Now which is comprised of black and white and color photographs from 8 South African documentary photographers. Twenty photographs were selected from each photographer, 10 made under apartheid and 10 photographs made after the historic democratic elections of 1994. The photographs in this exhibit and hundreds of other images by photographers documenting African social conditions under apartheid are preserved in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as part of the South African Photographs Collection.

Exhibit opening and reception on April 2nd in the Rare Book Room, Perkins Library, 5:30-7:30. Open to the public.

The Special Collections Gallery is open seven days a week and follows library hours. Call 660.5870 for hours or visit http://library.duke.edu/about/hours/

Exhibit Venues

• Allen Building, 2nd floor gallery. (West Campus) March 31 - December 12, 2008; Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5.
  
• Center for Documentary Studies. 1317 West Pettigrew St., April 18 - September 28, 2008; Hours: Mon-Sun, see http://cds.aas.duke.edu/exhibits/index.html#galleryhours
  
• Divinity School Library (West Campus). March 31 - August 1, 2008; Hours: Mon-Sun, see http://library.duke.edu/divinity/library/hours.html
  
• Graduate Liberal Studies House. 2114 Campus Drive at Anderson St., March 31 - July 27, 2008; Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5.
  
• Special Collections Gallery, Perkins Library (West Campus). March 31 - July 27, 2008; Hours: Mon-Sun, see http://library.duke.edu/about/hours/ 
  

Opening Reception
April 2, 2008, 5:30-7:30, Rare Book Room, Perkins Library.  The program includes retired South African minister Kay-Robert Volkwijn, South African historian Karin Shapiro, librarian for African Studies Karen Jean Hunt, and a performance by South African singer/songwriter Roger Lucey.

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