Guy Tillim

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: Joaquim Chissano; Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986-2005).

: Joaquim Chissano; Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986-2005).

: Joaquim Chissano; Newly elected Mozambican president, Joaquim Chissano, greets jubilant FRELIMO government supporters after his presidential inauguration.

: Joaquim Chissano; Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986-2005).

: Jonas Savimbi's former residence; The former residence of Jonas Savimbi, former leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

: KTC resident; Residents of KTC informal settlement fight 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).

: Kabul landscape; People walk past building ruins.

: Labour Party's Allan Hendrickse; Labour Party candidate and anti-apartheid activist, Allan Hendrickse, addressing a meeting room.

: Last respects for Samora Machel; Mourners queue at Maputo city hall to pay their last respects to late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Lesotho Highlands; A mounted herdsman wrapped in a blanket, Lesotho Highlands.

: Lesotho Highlands; A mounted herdsman wrapped in a blanket.

: Lindelane; An army casspir (armoured military vehicle) monitors violence in the informal settlement of Lindelane.

: Local Militia; A member of the local militia protecting residents from a RENAMO attack.

: Local militia; An armed civilian looks out over a mountain range.

: Logging; Logging.

: Luanda ruins; An amputee on crutches passes a derelict building.

: MPLA government helicopter flies over ruins; A Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government army helicopter flies over Kuito, Angola. Fighting in the surrounding areas resulted in a refugee population of approximately 150 000, which was sustained and fed by the World Food Programme.

: Mahimba woman and child; Himba woman and child in traditional dress.

: Mahimba woman and child; Himba woman and child in traditional dress.

: Mahimba women; Himba women supporting the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA).

: Man searching for brother; A man searches a morgue for his missing brother.

: Man with Tuberculosis; An old man suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) sits on the floor of his hut.

: Mass grave; A mass grave being dug for SWAPO members killed by the South West African Police (SWAPOL).

: Meeting of Himba clan of Kapika; The Himba tribe meet during the annual commemoration of their leader, Chief Munemuholo Kapika.

: Member of 203rd Bushman Battalion; A member of the 203rd Bushman Battalion (originally the 36th Bushman Battalion) and his dependents.

: Mitchell's Plain charge office; A young man arrested for shoplifting.

: Mitchell's Plain charge office; Police lock up a suspect brought in by neighbourhood watch members.

: Mourners leaving Samora Machel's funeral; Mourners leave the Maputo city hall where the body of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel, is lying in state.

: Mourners of Samora Machel; Mourners at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Murraysburg show dance; Murraysburg show dance contest.

: NP supporters; Anxious National Party (NP) supporters await the outcome of the 1987 South African general election.

: Namibian Independence elections; Namibian Independence elections.

: Namibian Independence parade; Namibian Independence parade.

: Namibian mass graves; People cover their faces to avoid the smell of the mass graves.

: Neighbourhood watch; Mitchell's Plain police station.

: On a London bus; A bus advertising Dolce and Gabbana.

: Orange river; Resident of Orania fishing on the banks of the Orange River.

: Orania; Residents of Orania with a flag which highlights the area which they hope will become an independent Afrikaner republic.

: P.W and Eliza Botha; Ex-president of South Africa, P.W. Botha, and his wife, Elize Botha.

: P.W. Botha; Ex-president of South Africa, P.W. Botha.

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Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. He completed a degree in commerce at the University of Cape Town, but turned to full-time photography instead. In 1986 he joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers that supplied news and feature images -- notably about the struggle against apartheid -- to the local and international media. In that period he worked for Reuters in South Africa, and he also worked for Agence France Presse in the run-up to the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994.
From 1990 onwards Tillim broadened the scope of his work to Africa and elsewhere. He worked on assignment for various international publications, but also pursued his own projects, resulting in a number of major documentary essays From 1998 onwards he has increasingly concentrated on his own work. He now lives in Cape Town.
Tillim’s work has been exhibited throughout the world, and is held in various permanent collections.

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Description: Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. He completed a degree in commerce at the University of Cape Town, but turned to full-time photography instead. In 1986 he joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers that supplied news and feature images -- notably about the struggle against apartheid -- to the local and international media. In that period he worked for Reuters in South Africa, and he also worked for Agence France Presse in the run-up to the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. From 1990 onwards Tillim broadened the scope of his work to Africa and elsewhere. He worked on assignment for various international publications, but also pursued his own projects, resulting in a number of major documentary essays From 1998 onwards he has increasingly concentrated on his own work. He now lives in Cape Town. Tillim’s work has been exhibited throughout the world, and is held in various permanent collections.
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