Guy Tillim

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: SWAPO supporters march; SWAPO supporters march in Windhoek.

: SWAPOL at SWAPO rally; An armed member of the South West African Police (SWAPOL) stands guard at a SWAPO rally held during the 1989 Namibian independence elections.

: SWAPOL at SWAPO rally; An armed member of the South West African Police (SWAPOL) stands guard at a SWAPO rally held during the 1989 Namibian independence elections.

: Salvaging remains; Women flee from violence in an informal settlement.

: Salvaging remains; A resident salvages material from an informal settlement raided by 'witdoeke' (vigilantes).

: Sammy Mjobo's funeral; Funeral for the seventh member of the 'Gugulethu Seven'. The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Funeral parade for late Mozambican president, Samora Machel. Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, and FRELIMO founding member, Marcelino dos Santos, help to carry Machel's coffin.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Female mourners leave the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel, outside Maputo city hall.

: Samora Machel's funeral; A final march past Maputo city hall at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano and FRELIMO founding member, Marcelino dos Santos, at the funeral of 17 government officials who were killed in a plane crash which happened under suspicious circumstances.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Women holding a banner and mourning the death of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Mozambican armed forces parade past Maputo city hall where the body of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel, is lying in state.

: Samora Machel's funeral; The Mozambican and FRELIMO flags flown at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; The Mozambican flag is flown at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, attends the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Female FRELIMO supporters mourning the death of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; A FRELIMO soldier weeps at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Female FRELIMO supporters holding a placard and mourning the death of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; A white woman amongst a crowd of mourners at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Funeral procession for late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Public mourners queueing to see the body of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel, lying in state in Maputo city hall.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Female mourners queue to see the body of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel, lying in state in Maputo city hall.

: Samora Machel's funeral; A crowd holding placards and mourning the death of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; Mourners holding placards at the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Samora Machel's funeral; FRELIMO founding member, Marcelino dos Santos, and Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joaquim Chissano, attend the funeral of late Mozambican president, Samora Machel.

: Selling chilli peppers; Chilli peppers being sold outside a house.

: Shepherds; Shepherds with their flock.

: Sleeping shepherd; A sleeping shepherd.

: Soldier guarding village; A soldier guards the residents of Dindiza against a possible attack by RENAMO.

: South African army in Namibia; South African Defence Force (SADF) tanks.

: South African army in Namibia; Children kneeling in the foreground, a South African army tank in the background.

: South African children; A white women and children sweep the street.

: Spaza shop; An informal trader in his spaza (shop) in the townships.

: Stick fighting; Traditional stick fighting.

: Street children; Street children and their bedding.

: Teaching school children; Isobel Diolino teaches school children in a roofless primary school.

: The Gugulethu Seven' funeral; Funeral for six members of 'The Gugulethu Seven'. 'The Gugulethu Seven' were members of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe ('MK'), who died at the hands of apartheid security forces in Gugulethu on 3 March 1986.

: The Ratib; Performing the Ratib. The Ratib is an Islamic ritual where an individual tests his or her faith by singing Koranic verses and making music. Through this process, a person is led to a state of 'higher consciousness' which enables them to endure great pain and cut themselves without drawing blood.

: Tin miners; A child plays with a tennis ball in a tin-mining compound.

: Tin miners; A women panning.

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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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