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: A couple posing intimately at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A couple pose intimately, with his hand on her breast, at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Boxer standing on table, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A boxer stands on a table, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Boxer with bandaged hands, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A man boxing with bandaged hands in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Boxer with bandaged hands, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Boxer with bandaged hands, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Bride and groom in garden on their wedding day, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Bride and groom in a garden on their wedding day in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Bridesmaid in pink dress standing amongst yellow flowers, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A bridesmaid dressed in a pink dress stands amongst yellow flowers in a garden in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Couple Outside, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A couple standing together outside in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Couple posing at a ballroom dancing competition, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A couple pose at a ballroom dancing competition in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Couple posing on the stairs at formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A couple pose on the stairs at formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Dephnie Mzakie Bottoman "My Best Friend", Eastern Cape, South Africa; Dephnie Mzakie Bottoman "My Best Friend", Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Dephnie Mzakie Bottoman "My Best Friend", Eastern Cape, South Africa; Dephnie Mzakie Bottoman "My Best Friend", Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Group of women on train, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A group of women posing on a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Group of women posing on pavement, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A group of four women pose on the side of the road in front of a township in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Group posing next to car near the beach, Eastern Cape South Africa; A group poses next to a car near the beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Group posing next to car near the beach, Eastern Cape South Africa; A group poses next to a car near the beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Little girl on her third birthday with cake and Oros, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A little girl at a table with cake and Oros on her third birthday in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Man boxing on a table, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A Man boxing on a table in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Man holding hands with two women as they walk out the sea, Eastern Beach, South Africa; A man holds the hands of two women as they walk out of the sea at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Man swinging golf club in an open field, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A man swings his golf club in an open field in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Receiving awards at Lloyd's admin offices, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Receiving awards at Lloyd's admin offices. Kapoyi looks at the camera. Eastern Cape, South Africa

: Showing off cooldrinks and a pineapple over a shop counter, East Bank, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Group holding cooldrinks and a pineapple over a shop counter in East Bank, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Three men walking along the shore, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Three men walk along the shore at a beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Three woman and a man pose with big smiles in front of a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Three women at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Three women pose for a portrait at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two girls posing in bathing costumes, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two girls pose in their bathing costumes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two men and a woman posing, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman sits and poses between two men, one holding a camera and the other holding an umbrella. Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two men and two women socialising, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two men and two women pose for a picture at a social event, while one of the men pours a drink, Eastern Cape, South Africa

: Two women at a formal event, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two women pose for a portrait at a formal event in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two women dressed in their Sunday best, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two women dressed in their Sunday best in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two women dressed smartly, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two women dressed in formal clothing pose for a picture in a home in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photographer: K T Wotshela. Fort Beaufort. c1970s.

: Two women playing for Deep Freezing netball team, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two women from the Deep Freezing netball team, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two women posing on a rock next to the ocean. Eastern Beach, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two women pose on a rock next to the ocean at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two women wearing sunglasses and sitting in a rock pool at Eastern Beach, South Africa; Two women wearing sunglasses sit in a rock pool at Eastern Beach in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Two young boys posing in front of a Volkswagen Beetle, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Two young boys pose in front of a Volkswagen Beetle in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Weight lifters holding trophies. 2 Boy Ndabandune on right, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Three weight lifters hold the trophies they won at a competition. '2 Boy' Ndabandune stands on the right, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Woman brushing hair while looking in mirror, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman, dresseed in her underwear, brushes hair while looking in a mirror in her home in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Woman dressed smartly posing on a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman dressed in formal clothing poses on a train, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Woman leaning against bonnet of car, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman leans against the bonnet of a Volkswagen Beetle parked in front of a hostel in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Woman posing for a portrait holding a plant, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman poses for a portrait holding a plant in a garden in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

: Woman posing with young boy in school uniform, Eastern Cape, South Africa; A woman holds the hand of a young boy dressed in school uniform in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Daniel Morolong’s photographs tell the ‘other’ story of life in the black urban residential areas of the city, at a time when apartheid’s political agendas were beginning to unfold. The authorities and the residents of East London’s locations have always seen and understood the locations differently. To the authorities, they were overcrowded and filthy, a breeding ground for poverty, disease and crime. These conditions were seen to reflect the characters of people – somehow less than human. Racist images of people and the locations dominated public life.
These photographs on show how residents saw the locations. They portray life in the locations as rich, dynamic and vibrant. In an extraordinary way they show the very ordinary nature of social life and living and therefore picture aspects of life that apartheid denied and 'whiteness' kept hidden. Despite a long list of artificial restrictions imposed by apartheid on their lives, location residents made their own definitions of what it really meant to be 'the other’ in white South Africa. As such, when they remember their lives in these old locations, it is neither the poverty nor the hardship that they remember most. Rather, it is the social diversity, cultural vibrancy and sense of identity that first come to mind.

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Description: Daniel Morolong’s photographs tell the ‘other’ story of life in the black urban residential areas of the city, at a time when apartheid’s political agendas were beginning to unfold. The authorities and the residents of East London’s locations have always seen and understood the locations differently. To the authorities, they were overcrowded and filthy, a breeding ground for poverty, disease and crime. These conditions were seen to reflect the characters of people – somehow less than human. Racist images of people and the locations dominated public life. These photographs on show how residents saw the locations. They portray life in the locations as rich, dynamic and vibrant. In an extraordinary way they show the very ordinary nature of social life and living and therefore picture aspects of life that apartheid denied and 'whiteness' kept hidden. Despite a long list of artificial restrictions imposed by apartheid on their lives, location residents made their own definitions of what it really meant to be 'the other’ in white South Africa. As such, when they remember their lives in these old locations, it is neither the poverty nor the hardship that they remember most. Rather, it is the social diversity, cultural vibrancy and sense of identity that first come to mind.
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