1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1930–2014 · NIGERIA
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 2014
- Country
- Nigeria
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1968Nigerian hairstyles (series)
WHY THEY MATTER
His Hairstyles series has been shown at the Venice Biennale (2013) and is held by major collections.
THE LIFE
Ojeikere was a Nigerian photographer who worked for television and advertising before devoting himself to personal projects. From 1968 he documented Nigerian women's hairstyles, photographing them from behind against plain backgrounds. The series grew to around a thousand images and became a record of cultural identity. It was shown at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia
1933–2024 · Japan · Photographer
Eikoh Hosoe
Theatrical, erotic and mythic black-and-white collaborations.
Barakei (Ordeal by Roses), 1963Source: Wikipedia